Shuffalo April 9, 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
Thursday
Word ladder
Step 1
S
E
T
S
Step 2
R
E
S
T
S
Step 3
A
S
S
E
R
T
Step 4
T
A
S
T
E
R
S
Step 5
T
A
R
T
N
E
S
S
★ Bonus Round ★
S
T
R
A
N
G
E
S
T
STRANGEST
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, April 9, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with SETS and climbs to TARTNESS. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.