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Rung #82 hints and answer

August 20, 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 my oldest African form, a hollow gourd hangs beneath each note to deepen and swell it.

Hint 2, worth 4 points

Composers reach for me whenever a scene needs dancing skeletons: my voice became the sound of rattling bones.

Hint 3, worth 3 points

My pitch depends mostly on the length of each piece: cut one shorter and it sings higher.

Hint 4, worth 2 points

I ring out bright and bell-clear, my voice carved from rosewood in the concert hall or bamboo in the village.

Hint 5, worth 1 point

Children know my rainbow rows, each colorful bar a different singing note under the mallet.

Extra hint, the shape of the answer

9 letters, starts with “X”.

Reveal the answer to Rung #82
XYLOPHONE
The word xylophone comes from Greek for 'wood sound,' and it's one of the few instruments where the material of the bars defines the entire instrument.
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