Word ladder answers for March 6, 2026
The daily ladder for Friday, March 6, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was PAP to WAIL, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was COILS to DIRTS, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: PAP to WAIL
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- P becomes L
- add I
- P becomes W
Words in this ladder
- PAP noun
- worthless or oversimplified ideas
- PAL noun
- a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- PAIL noun
- a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- WAIL noun
- a cry of sorrow and grief
Puzzle 2: GOB to COPY
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- G becomes C
- B becomes Y
- add P
Words in this ladder
- GOB noun
- a man who serves as a sailor
- COB noun
- nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
- COY adjective
- affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- COPY noun
- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
Puzzle 3: DUAL to SEWED
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- U becomes E
- L becomes D
- A becomes E
- D becomes S
- add W
Words in this ladder
- DUAL adjective
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- DEAL noun
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- DEAD noun
- people who are no longer living
- DEED noun
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
- SEED noun
- a small hard fruit
- SEWED verb
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
Puzzle 4: BRAY to TOPIS
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- Y becomes S
- R becomes O
- A becomes P
- B becomes T
- add I
Words in this ladder
- BRAY noun
- the cry of an ass
- BRAS noun
- an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- BOAS noun
- a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- BOPS noun
- the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- TOPS noun
- the upper part of anything
- TOPIS noun
- a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
Puzzle 5: COILS to DIRTS
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- I becomes O
- L becomes K
- O becomes R
- C becomes D
- O becomes I
- K becomes T
Words in this ladder
- COILS noun
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- COOLS noun
- the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- COOKS noun
- someone who cooks food
- CORKS noun
- outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
- DORKS noun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- DIRKS noun
- a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
- DIRTS noun
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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