Shuffalo July 20, 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
Monday
Word ladder
Step 1
C
A
R
T
Step 2
A
C
T
O
R
Step 3
C
A
P
T
O
R
Step 4
A
P
R
I
C
O
T
Step 5
O
P
E
R
A
T
I
C
★ Bonus Round ★
P
R
O
A
C
T
I
V
E
PROACTIVE
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Monday, July 20, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with CART and climbs to OPERATIC. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.