Shuffalo January 21, 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
Wednesday
Word ladder
Step 1
R
O
D
E
Step 2
R
O
D
E
O
Step 3
R
O
O
T
E
D
Step 4
M
O
T
O
R
E
D
Step 5
O
D
O
M
E
T
E
R
★ Bonus Round ★
M
E
T
E
O
R
O
I
D
METEOROID
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Wednesday, January 21, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with RODE and climbs to ODOMETER. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.