Shuffalo January 18, 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
L
E
W
D
Step 2
D
W
E
L
L
Step 3
W
A
L
L
E
D
Step 4
A
L
L
O
W
E
D
Step 5
W
A
L
L
O
W
E
D
★ Bonus Round ★
S
W
A
L
L
O
W
E
D
SWALLOWED
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Sunday, January 18, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with LEWD and climbs to WALLOWED. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.