The Gauntlet: a 50-stage word ladder campaign
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Prefer a map of puzzles to a random starting word? The Gauntlet gives you 50 fixed word ladders across five chapters. Begin with short connections to POOP and work through a wider range of starting words.
Choose Start stage 1 on the campaign map. Completing a stage unlocks the following stage, while completed stages stay available to replay. The map shows the word pair, par, and stars for every level.
The five chapters are The Porcelain Basics, The Plumber’s Apprentice, The Porcelain Labyrinth, Pipe Dreams & Obstacles, and Grandmaster Commode. Each contains ten stages.
Finish at par to earn three stars. A route one or two moves over par earns two stars; any longer completed route earns one. A win still unlocks the next stage, so you can come back to shorten a difficult ladder later.
Your best star result for each stage is saved in this browser. Use Compare paths after solving to study a shortest solution, then replay the stage to try a more direct route.
The Gauntlet has 50 stages divided into five chapters of ten. Each stage can earn up to three stars, for 150 stars in total.
No. Completing a stage with any star result unlocks the following stage. You can replay completed stages to improve your best result.