Shuffalo January 22, 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
Thursday
Word ladder
Step 1
I
C
E
S
Step 2
S
L
I
C
E
Step 3
C
H
I
S
E
L
Step 4
C
L
I
C
H
E
S
Step 5
C
H
A
L
I
C
E
S
★ Bonus Round ★
C
H
E
M
I
C
A
L
S
CHEMICALS
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, January 22, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with ICES and climbs to CHALICES. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.