Sunday · Word Ladder

Shuffalo May 17, 2026 answers

The full five-rung ladder and nine-letter Bonus Round for today's Shuffalo from The New Yorker.

Today's solution

6 steps total

Ladder rungs

5

word ladder

Bonus letters

9

final answer

Total letters

39

across all words

Day of week

Sunday

May 17, 2026

Word ladder

Step 1
R
O
S
E
Step 2
S
C
O
R
E
Step 3
C
H
O
R
E
S
Step 4
T
O
R
C
H
E
S
Step 5
C
R
O
C
H
E
T
S

★ Bonus Round ★

R
I
C
O
C
H
E
T
S

RICOCHETS

About this puzzle

The Shuffalo for Sunday, May 17, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.

The ladder begins with ROSE and climbs to CROCHETS. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.

Play today's Shuffalo on The New Yorker site.

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