Shuffalo January 25, 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
S
T
E
M
Step 2
M
E
L
T
S
Step 3
M
E
T
A
L
S
Step 4
A
M
U
L
E
T
S
Step 5
S
O
U
L
M
A
T
E
★ Bonus Round ★
M
O
D
U
L
A
T
E
S
MODULATES
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Sunday, January 25, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with STEM and climbs to SOULMATE. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.