Shuffalo January 28, 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
C
O
S
T
Step 2
S
T
O
C
K
Step 3
S
O
C
K
E
T
Step 4
P
O
C
K
E
T
S
Step 5
L
O
C
K
S
T
E
P
★ Bonus Round ★
S
T
O
C
K
P
I
L
E
STOCKPILE
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Wednesday, January 28, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with COST and climbs to LOCKSTEP. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.