Shuffalo January 2, 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
Friday
Word ladder
Step 1
R
U
S
T
Step 2
S
P
U
R
T
Step 3
E
R
U
P
T
S
Step 4
S
T
U
M
P
E
R
Step 5
S
P
E
C
T
R
U
M
★ Bonus Round ★
C
O
M
P
U
T
E
R
S
COMPUTERS
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Friday, January 2, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with RUST and climbs to SPECTRUM. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.