Monday · Word Ladder

Shuffalo October 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

Monday

October 20, 2025

Word ladder

Step 1
R
U
D
E
Step 2
U
N
D
E
R
Step 3
R
E
F
U
N
D
Step 4
F
O
U
N
D
E
R
Step 5
F
L
O
U
N
D
E
R

★ Bonus Round ★

W
O
N
D
E
R
F
U
L

WONDERFUL

About this puzzle

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

The ladder begins with RUDE and climbs to FLOUNDER. 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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