Test your vocabulary with this Elf-themed word ladder! Find 42 four-letter words connected to the movie Elf.
Type the 4-letter word for each rung to reveal it. All words are connected to quotes and themes from the movie Elf!
Hint: This is a word ladder - each word differs by only one letter from the words above and below it!
Note: Type words in lowercase (e.g., "best", "jest", "just"). Watch for Elf movie quotes in the hints!
| Hint | Word |
|---|---|
| 'The ____ way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to [Rung 42].' | BEST |
| Act jokingly | JEST |
| 'I ____ [Rung 25] to smile! Smiling's my favorite.' | JUST |
| Sculpture of person's head | BUST |
| 43rd President of the United States | BUSH |
| American chef: John ____ | BESH |
| Author known for A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | BEAH |
| Some kinds are kidney, lima, etc. | BEAN |
| Had existed | BEEN |
| 'You smell like ____ and cheese, you don't smell like Santa.' | BEEF |
| Great Barrier, for example | REEF |
| Grassy plant that grows in marshy areas | REED |
| Legal document regarding ownership | DEED |
| Not living | DEAD |
| Chief | HEAD |
| Grasped | HELD |
| Present tense of [Rung 16] | HOLD |
| Crease paper | FOLD |
| 'We elves try to stick to the four main ____ groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup.' | FOOD |
| Where a sock goes | FOOT |
| Army post | FORT |
| Golfer's cry | FORE |
| Dismiss an employee | FIRE |
| NASCAR racer: Aaron ____ | FIKE |
| 'I [Rung 3] ____ to smile! Smiling's my favorite.' | LIKE |
| Lurching movement | LIPE |
| Used to kiss | LIPS |
| 'You sit on a throne of ____!' | LIES |
| Sediment of wine in a barrel | LEES |
| Views | SEES |
| Leak slowly through a hole | SEEP |
| Can precede 'ladder' or 'mother' | STEP |
| 'Watch out! The yellow ones don't ____.' | STOP |
| Building where goods are sold | SHOP |
| Make visible | SHOW |
| Antonym of fast | SLOW |
| Move steadily in a stream | FLOW |
| Imperfection | FLAW |
| Apartment, in British English | FLAT |
| Accomplishment | FEAT |
| Become hotter | HEAT |
| 'The [Rung 1] way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to ____.' | HEAR |
Note: This is a word ladder puzzle where each word differs by only one letter from the words above and below it. The ladder starts with "BEST" and ends with "HEAR", completing the Elf movie quote: "The best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear."
Elf Movie Trivia: All hints contain references to quotes or themes from the 2003 Christmas movie "Elf" starring Will Ferrell.