Shuffalo October 8, 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
S
T
A
R
Step 2
D
A
R
T
S
Step 3
T
R
I
A
D
S
Step 4
D
R
A
S
T
I
C
Step 5
D
I
S
T
R
A
C
T
★ Bonus Round ★
D
I
C
T
A
T
O
R
S
DICTATORS
About this puzzle
The Shuffalo for Thursday, October 8, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.
The ladder begins with STAR and climbs to DISTRACT. Highlighted tiles in the ladder mark the letter that changed at each step.
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