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Stepword #23: DASH for the finish LINE
What happens when you set out from DASH with LINE in mind? On Wednesday, October 28, 2026 that was the question, and “DASH for the finish LINE” was the story that went with it in ladder #23.
The facts for #23
- Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- Start word: DASH
- Goal word: LINE
- Par: 5 steps
- Word length: 4 letters
DASH to LINE: what par 5 asks
The two words disagree in all 4 places, but getting from one to the other takes 5 steps, one extra. Somewhere along the way the best climb makes a sideways move.
Nothing lines up between DASH and LINE: not one letter is in the same place in both, so each position must change on the way. DASH has 1 vowel and LINE has 2 vowels. The game’s list has 5 different ways to climb in par.
- Letter 1: D to L
- Letter 2: A to I
- Letter 3: S to N
- Letter 4: H to E
How #23 compares
9 of the 23 ladders so far have had a par of 5. As a Wednesday ladder it used 4-letter words.
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Next to #23
- Stepword #22: WASH the PANS (Oct 27), WASH to PANS, par 4
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