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Stepword #15: Give a FISH its FINS
What happens when you set out from FISH with FINS in mind? On Tuesday, October 20, 2026 that was the question, and “Give a FISH its FINS” was the story that went with it in ladder #15.
The facts for #15
- Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- Start word: FISH
- Goal word: FINS
- Par: 5 steps
- Word length: 4 letters
Reading par 5 in #15
FISH does not run straight to FINS. The words differ in 2 of their 4 places, and the shortest ladder takes 5, so 3 of its steps go round an obstacle.
There is an anchor: F and I stays in the first and second position from start to goal. The letter S turns up in both words as well, in different places. Count the vowels and the start word has 1, the goal 1. Par can be reached by 4 different ladders in the game’s word list.
- Letter 1: F to F (already there)
- Letter 2: I to I (already there)
- Letter 3: S to N
- Letter 4: H to S
Ladder #15 against the others
Weekday ladders use four letters and weekend ladders five; this Tuesday one used 4. 8 of the 18 ladders so far have had a par of 5.
Climbing #15 yourself
This ladder is recent enough to replay: open #15 here or choose it from the calendar on Stepword’s title screen. Replays are kept apart from your streak and stats.
The par ladder is yours to find.
The days around ladder #15
- Stepword #14: Sing your AUNT a SONG (Oct 19), AUNT to SONG, par 4
- Stepword #16: Paddle a BOAT to the PIER (Oct 21), BOAT to PIER, par 5
See the whole run on the list of Stepword ladders, or learn par and hints in the Stepword guide. For trivia and mini crosswords, see the topics hub.