Shuffalo May 7, 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
D
I
R
T
Step 2
T
R
I
E
D
Step 3
T
I
E
R
E
D
Step 4
R
E
C
I
T
E
D
Step 5
R
E
D
I
R
E
C
T
★ Bonus Round ★
R
E
C
R
U
I
T
E
D
RECRUITED
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, May 7, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with DIRT and climbs to REDIRECT. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.