Cook until the color changes, as onions

The answer to “Cook until the color changes, as onions” in LinkedIn Crossclimb on Sunday, August 9, 2026 is BROWN — a 5-letter word, and rung 3 of that day's ladder. Crossclimb is a word ladder, so this isn't just a trivia answer: BROWN has to fit both the clue and the one-letter chain running through the puzzle. Below you'll find why it fits, exactly where it sits in the ladder, and links to the day's other clues if more than one rung is giving you trouble.

“Cook until the color changes, as onions” answer

The Crossclimb answer for “Cook until the color changes, as onions” (Sunday, August 9, 2026) is:

BROWN

You can also reveal it one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

Why the answer is BROWN

From CROWN you change the first letter of CROWN from C to B to reach BROWN, then change the third letter of BROWN from O to A to get BRAWN.

How BROWN fits the ladder

Crossclimb stacks 7 words where each one changes a single letter from the word above it. Here's the full ladder for August 9, 2026, with “Cook until the color changes, as onions” highlighted:

BROWN sits at rung 3: from CROWN you change the first letter of CROWN from C to B to reach BROWN, then change the third letter of BROWN from O to A to get BRAWN. Each neighbouring rung is exactly one letter away, which is how you can derive BROWN even if the clue alone stumps you — solve a neighbour and the single-letter rule points straight here.

More clues from this Crossclimb puzzle

Stuck on another rung? Here are the other clues from the August 9, 2026 ladder — tap any for its answer and where it sits in the chain:

• Black birds that collectively form a “murder” → CROWS
• The top part of the head, or something one might put there → CROWN
• Muscular strength → BRAWN
• Human organ that takes up only 2% of a body’s weight but uses about 20% of its energy → BRAIN

Want the whole ladder in one place, including the top and bottom words? The full August 9, 2026 solution is on that day's Crossclimb answers page, and today's live Crossclimb answers are always one tap from the main Crossclimb page.

About LinkedIn Crossclimb

Crossclimb is one of LinkedIn's daily games: solve short trivia clues to fill a ladder of words, where each word changes just one letter from the one above it, then order the rungs so the chain holds. Completing the middle rungs unlocks the top and bottom words, which are easier because they must fit the letters already in place. A new puzzle drops every day at midnight Pacific Time (3:00 a.m. Eastern), and it's free to play at LinkedIn Games. This was a Sunday puzzle.

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