Shuffalo July 5, 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
N
E
S
T
Step 2
D
E
N
T
S
Step 3
S
T
O
N
E
D
Step 4
F
O
N
D
E
S
T
Step 5
S
O
F
T
E
N
E
D
★ Bonus Round ★
F
E
S
T
O
O
N
E
D
FESTOONED
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Sunday, July 5, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with NEST and climbs to SOFTENED. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.
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