Shuffalo August 4, 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
Tuesday
Word ladder
Step 1
F
E
E
D
Step 2
D
E
F
E
R
Step 3
F
E
N
D
E
R
Step 4
R
E
F
I
N
E
D
Step 5
I
N
F
E
R
R
E
D
★ Bonus Round ★
R
E
F
R
A
I
N
E
D
REFRAINED
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with FEED and climbs to INFERRED. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.