Shuffalo August 20, 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
S
T
R
E
S
S
Step 4
S
I
S
T
E
R
S
Step 5
P
E
R
S
I
S
T
S
★ Bonus Round ★
S
P
I
N
S
T
E
R
S
SPINSTERS
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, August 20, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with SETS and climbs to PERSISTS. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.
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