Stepwise #7 answer
Friday, 16 October 2026
The par ladder: HELLO to FULLY
- HELLO start
- JELLO H to J
- JELLY O to Y
- BELLY J to B
- BULLY E to U
- FULLY B to F
Par was 5: that is the fewest steps using everyday words only. There were 5 different shortest routes through everyday words, so yours may differ from this one and still match par. Each rung changes exactly one letter (shown in bold) and every rung is a real word.
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