Thursday · Word Ladder

Shuffalo November 20, 2025 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

Thursday

November 20, 2025

Word ladder

Step 1
P
I
T
A
Step 2
P
A
I
N
T
Step 3
C
A
T
N
I
P
Step 4
C
A
P
T
I
O
N
Step 5
P
L
A
T
O
N
I
C

★ Bonus Round ★

C
O
M
P
L
A
I
N
T

COMPLAINT

About this puzzle

The Shuffalo for Thursday, November 20, 2025 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.

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

Play today's Shuffalo on The New Yorker site.

Shuffalo November 20, 2025 Answers — Word Ladder & Bonus Round | AppWalkthrough