LinkedIn Crossclimb puzzle #920 for November 6, 2026: spoiler-free hints first, then the complete solution when you want it.
This is an earlier Crossclimb puzzle. Latest Crossclimb Answer: #927 (Nov 13)
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Reveal Hint #1Hint #1
The middle answers include a buying location and an owl’s call.
Reveal Hint #2Hint #2
A purchase happens in a SHOP, and a chance can be a SHOT.
Reveal Hint #3Hint #3
The bookends form an action involving timber.
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- Top word (4 letters)CHOP
- Rung 1 (4 letters)SHOP
- Rung 2 (4 letters)SHOT
- Rung 3 (4 letters)SOOT
- Rung 4 (4 letters)HOOT
- Rung 5 (4 letters)HOOD
- Bottom word (4 letters)WOOD
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Crossclimb #920 Solution
AnswerCHOP, SHOP, SHOT, SOOT, HOOT, HOOD, WOOD
Ladder, top to bottom: CHOP, SHOP, SHOT, SOOT, HOOT, HOOD, WOOD.
How to Solve Crossclimb #920
The Crossclimb 920 ladder is CHOP → SHOP → SHOT → SOOT → HOOT → HOOD → WOOD. The bookends form CHOP WOOD.
- SHOP: a place to make a purchase.
- SHOT: an opportunity or chance.
- SOOT: the black residue found in a chimney.
- HOOT: an owl’s call.
- HOOD: a covering attached to some jackets.
Put the middle words in the order SHOP, SHOT, SOOT, HOOT and HOOD. SHOP changes its final letter to T for SHOT. SHOT changes H to O for SOOT. SOOT changes its first letter to H for HOOT, which then changes T to D for HOOD.
CHOP becomes SHOP by changing the first letter. At the other end, HOOD becomes WOOD in the same position. Each step changes exactly one character and keeps the word length at four.
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