Climb from SUITE to CREEP, one letter at a time, every rung a word. Par is 10, the proven shortest route. No undo, only a restart.
JestersSeat the court →
SwornSpot the liars →
AxiomFind the hidden rule →
HearsayDeduce what they don't know →
VennSort the overlaps →
StandsRebuild the results →
EtchA picture in the numbers →
MateWhite to play and mate →
FourOne column wins →
ParkFree the red block →
CheckGive a piece, take them all →
Rung is a free daily word ladder from Source of Truths. Two five-letter words, and a climb from one to the other changing a single letter at a time, with every rung a word in its own right. The puzzle is as old as Lewis Carroll and still one of the best things you can do with a dictionary.
Every ladder is machine generated and then solved exactly, so the par you are scored against is the true shortest route rather than somebody’s guess, and it was confirmed by a second search written independently of the first. On most boards there is only one shortest ladder, which is what makes matching par worth something. Weekday climbs run 10 to 12 rungs and Sundays a good deal further.
A new ladder drops every day at midnight Eastern. No app, no signup, play free in your browser, keep a streak, and race the daily leaderboard. More dailies: Crunch, our daily numbers round, Park, our daily sliding-block jam, and Crux, our clueless crossword.