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Stepword #10: Hear HAIL on the ROOF
Ladder #10 of Stepword came out on a Thursday. Its story line, “Hear HAIL on the ROOF”, sent players up a 4-letter ladder that starts at HAIL and finishes at ROOF.
The facts for #10
- Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
- Start word: HAIL
- Goal word: ROOF
- Par: 6 steps
- Word length: 4 letters
HAIL to ROOF: what par 6 asks
With 4 different places you might expect a short climb, yet par is 6. That leaves 2 steps that have to go sideways before the ladder can reach ROOF.
No letter sits in the same place in both words, so every position has to change at some point on the way. HAIL has 2 vowels and ROOF has 2 vowels. The game’s list has 5 different ways to climb in par.
- Letter 1: H to R
- Letter 2: A to O
- Letter 3: I to O
- Letter 4: L to F
How #10 compares
3 of the 18 ladders so far have had a par of 6, counting this one.
Play ladder #10
Ladder #10 is outside the seven days that Stepword keeps open for replay. Today’s ladder, and the recent days on the calendar, are open.
Answers stay in the game.
Next to #10
- Stepword #9: Bring FOOD HOME (Oct 14), FOOD to HOME, par 4
- Stepword #11: MEND a SHOE (Oct 16), MEND to SHOE, par 5
See the whole run on the list of Stepword ladders, or learn par and hints in the Stepword guide. Quizzes and crosswords live on the topics hub.