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Stepword #22: WASH the PANS
Ladder #22 of Stepword came out on a Tuesday. Its story line, “WASH the PANS”, sent players up a 4-letter ladder that starts at WASH and finishes at PANS.
#22 in numbers and letters
- Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Start word: WASH
- Goal word: PANS
- Par: 4 steps
- Word length: 4 letters
Why ladder #22 takes 4 steps
Par is 4 against 3 different places. The gap of one is a detour built into the ladder: one rung that changes a letter the goal does not need, to reach a word that can carry on.
Both words have A in the second place, which gives you something to hold on to. The letter S turns up in both words as well, in different places. WASH has 1 vowel and PANS has 1 vowel. Par can be reached by 5 different ladders in the game’s word list.
- Letter 1: W to P
- Letter 2: A to A (already there)
- Letter 3: S to N
- Letter 4: H to S
Ladder #22 against the others
It was a weekday ladder, so the words have four letters. 8 of the 23 ladders so far have had a par of 4.
Climbing #22 yourself
This ladder is recent enough to replay: open #22 here or choose it from the calendar on Stepword’s title screen. Replays are kept apart from your streak and stats.
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The days around ladder #22
- Stepword #21: READ it out LOUD (Oct 26), READ to LOUD, par 3
- Stepword #23: DASH for the finish LINE (Oct 28), DASH to LINE, par 5
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