Thursday · Word Ladder

Shuffalo September 17, 2026 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

September 17, 2026

Word ladder

Step 1
M
U
S
E
Step 2
S
E
R
U
M
Step 3
L
E
M
U
R
S
Step 4
M
I
S
R
U
L
E
Step 5
C
L
U
M
S
I
E
R

★ Bonus Round ★

D
U
L
C
I
M
E
R
S

DULCIMERS

About this puzzle

The Shuffalo for Thursday, September 17, 2026 is a 5-step word ladder with a 9-letter Bonus Round.

The ladder begins with MUSE and climbs to CLUMSIER. 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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