Shuffalo February 8, 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
Sunday
Word ladder
Step 1
D
E
A
N
Step 2
A
N
T
E
D
Step 3
D
E
T
A
I
N
Step 4
D
E
F
I
A
N
T
Step 5
I
N
F
L
A
T
E
D
★ Bonus Round ★
D
E
F
L
A
T
I
O
N
DEFLATION
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Sunday, February 8, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with DEAN and climbs to INFLATED. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.