Shuffalo August 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
Wednesday
Word ladder
Step 1
F
I
N
D
Step 2
F
I
E
N
D
Step 3
D
E
F
I
N
E
Step 4
F
E
I
N
T
E
D
Step 5
I
N
F
E
C
T
E
D
★ Bonus Round ★
D
E
F
E
C
T
I
O
N
DEFECTION
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Wednesday, August 19, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with FIND and climbs to INFECTED. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.
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