Shuffalo December 23, 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
Tuesday
Word ladder
Step 1
V
E
S
T
Step 2
S
T
A
V
E
Step 3
S
T
A
R
V
E
Step 4
S
E
R
V
A
N
T
Step 5
V
E
T
E
R
A
N
S
★ Bonus Round ★
V
E
N
E
R
A
T
E
S
VENERATES
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Tuesday, December 23, 2025 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with VEST and climbs to VETERANS. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.