Word Climb level 23 answer and walkthrough

The level 23 ladder

Each rung differs from the one above by exactly one letter. The highlighted tile is the letter that changes as you climb.

Level 23 clues and answers

1. SCALP (top rung): The skin beneath your hair
2. SCALE: Bathroom weighing device
3. SCARE: Give someone a fright
4. SCORE: The points in a game
5. STORE: A shop
6. STORY: A tale, or a building's floor
7. STORM (bottom rung): Thunder, lightning and rain

How to solve level 23, step by step

1. Answer the five clued rungs first. On the level 23 ladder they solve to SCALE, SCARE, SCORE, STORE and STORY.
2. Now put those five in the one order where each word differs from its neighbour by a single letter. That forced order (the same puzzle read either way up) links them like this:
3. SCALE becomes SCARE by changing the fourth letter from L to R.
4. SCARE becomes SCORE by changing the third letter from A to O.
5. SCORE becomes STORE by changing the second letter from C to T.
6. STORE becomes STORY by changing the fifth letter from E to Y.
7. Line the five up that way and the ends unlock. The top answer SCALP sits one letter from SCALE (the fifth letter, P to E), and the bottom answer STORM sits one letter from STORY (the fifth letter, Y to M). Solve those two clues to finish the climb.