LADDERWORDS Reviewed
#54 · FRIDAY 6 NOV 2026
BEANSSTORM
Par 6· Tricky 5/7· …
All 5 letters change·1 stepping stone at par

How climbers did

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Our route

Tap any rung for its meaning.

0
1N → R
2B → S
3E → T
4stepping stone
5A → O
6E → M

The E is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 4 to keep stare a real word, then given back at the summit. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.

The words

Beans

noun · plural

An edible seed grown in a pod.

From Old English 'bean', referring to the broad bean, one of the oldest cultivated plants in Europe. It is a common Germanic word with close relatives in Dutch and German. The word has been in continuous use with essentially the same meaning for over a thousand years.

Full entry on Wiktionary ↗

Storm

noun

A violent weather event with strong wind and rain.

Storm comes from Old English 'storm,' meaning a tempest or commotion. It is shared across Germanic languages, appearing in Old Norse and Old High German in similar forms. The word likely traces back to a root meaning to stir or move violently.

Full entry on Wiktionary ↗

Definitions give each word’s most common meaning — the full entries live at Wiktionary.