Shuffalo April 19, 2026 answers
The full five-rung ladder and nine-letter Bonus Round for today's Shuffalo from The New Yorker.
Today's solution
Ladder rungs
5
Bonus letters
9
Total letters
39
Day of week
Sunday
Word ladder
Step 1
D
A
T
E
Step 2
A
D
E
P
T
Step 3
D
E
P
A
R
T
Step 4
A
D
O
P
T
E
R
Step 5
T
E
A
R
D
R
O
P
★ Bonus Round ★
P
O
R
T
R
A
Y
E
D
PORTRAYED
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Sunday, April 19, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with DATE and climbs to TEARDROP. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.