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Stepword #18: TOIL all day then REST
On Friday, October 23, 2026, Stepword players were given this story line: “TOIL all day then REST”. It was ladder #18, a climb from TOIL to REST.
The facts for #18
- Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
- Start word: TOIL
- Goal word: REST
- Par: 6 steps
- Word length: 4 letters
The 6-step climb from TOIL to REST
This is one of the longer detours: 4 places differ, and par still comes out at 6. 2 rungs of the best climb cannot be spent on a straight fix.
No letter sits in the same place in both words, so every position has to change at some point on the way. T appears in both words, though not in the same place. TOIL has 2 vowels and REST has 1 vowel. The game’s list has 3 different ways to climb in par.
- Letter 1: T to R
- Letter 2: O to E
- Letter 3: I to S
- Letter 4: L to T
Where #18 sits among the ladders
3 of the 18 ladders so far have had a par of 6. As a Friday ladder it used 4-letter words.
How to play day #18
This ladder is recent enough to replay: open #18 here or choose it from the calendar on Stepword’s title screen. Replays are kept apart from your streak and stats.
The climb itself is left for you.
The days around ladder #18
- Stepword #17: Put CASH in the TILL (Oct 22), CASH to TILL, par 5
- Today’s ladder: open now in Stepword, with no answer here.
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