Word ladder answers for March 8, 2026
The daily ladder for Sunday, March 8, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was FOB to COP, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was TIKE to DIETS, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: CARE to MASH
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- R becomes S
- E becomes H
- C becomes M
Words in this ladder
- CARE noun
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- CASE noun
- an occurrence of something
- CASH noun
- money in the form of bills or coins
- MASH noun
- a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
Puzzle 2: FOB to COP
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- F becomes C
- B becomes P
Words in this ladder
- FOB noun
- a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
- COB noun
- nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
- COP noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Puzzle 3: TIKE to DIETS
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- K becomes N
- E becomes S
- add T
- T becomes D
- N becomes E
Words in this ladder
- TIKE noun
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- TINE noun
- prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
- TINS noun
- a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- TINTS noun
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- DINTS noun
- interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
- DIETS noun
- a prescribed selection of foods
Puzzle 4: BIDE to BURGH
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- E becomes S
- I becomes U
- D becomes G
- add R
- S becomes H
Words in this ladder
- BIDE verb
- dwell
- BIDS noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- BUDS noun
- a partially opened flower
- BUGS noun
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- BURGS noun
- colloquial American term for a town
- BURGH noun
- a borough in Scotland
Puzzle 5: DARDS to DELIS
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- D becomes I
- R becomes L
- A becomes E
Words in this ladder
- DARDS noun
- any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan
- DARIS noun
- an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan
- DALIS noun
- surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)
- DELIS noun
- a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
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