Rung #80 hints and answer

August 18, 2026. Here is the full clue ladder for this puzzle, gentlest first. Each rung is worth fewer points, so open only what you need. The answer stays hidden until you click.

Hint 1, worth 5 points

In fierce heat you will find me pressed against a shaded trunk, hugging the cool bark to survive.

Hint 2, worth 4 points

I live my whole life up in the branches, on a diet so poor I have barely any strength to spare.

Hint 3, worth 3 points

I have a second thumb on each front paw, giving me an extra-sure grip on the smooth limbs I climb.

Hint 4, worth 2 points

I sleep nearly twenty hours a day, eat only one kind of leaf, and barely need to drink.

Hint 5, worth 1 point

Gray, round-eared, and drowsy in a gum tree. Australians treat me as a kind of living national emblem.

Extra hint, the shape of the answer

5 letters, starts with “K”.

Reveal the answer to Rung #80

KOALA

Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans', so similar they could reportedly confuse a crime scene.

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