Shuffalo May 21, 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
Thursday
Word ladder
Step 1
V
A
I
N
Step 2
N
A
I
V
E
Step 3
N
A
T
I
V
E
Step 4
V
I
N
T
A
G
E
Step 5
N
E
G
A
T
I
V
E
★ Bonus Round ★
E
L
E
V
A
T
I
N
G
ELEVATING
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, May 21, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with VAIN and climbs to NEGATIVE. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.
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