Shuffalo December 18, 2025 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
D
E
N
T
Step 2
N
O
T
E
D
Step 3
D
O
C
E
N
T
Step 4
N
O
T
I
C
E
D
Step 5
D
O
C
T
R
I
N
E
★ Bonus Round ★
C
O
N
T
R
I
V
E
D
CONTRIVED
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, December 18, 2025 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with DENT and climbs to DOCTRINE. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.