Word ladder answers for March 26, 2026
The daily ladder for Thursday, March 26, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was HEELS to FUELS, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was NEWS to GUISES, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: BOAR to LOOT
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- R becomes T
- A becomes O
- B becomes L
Words in this ladder
- BOAR noun
- Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
- BOAT noun
- a small vessel for travel on water
- BOOT noun
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- LOOT noun
- goods or money obtained illegally
Puzzle 2: HEELS to FUELS
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- H becomes F
- E becomes U
Words in this ladder
- HEELS noun
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- FEELS noun
- an intuitive awareness; or
- FUELS noun
- a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
Puzzle 3: GHEE to SLOES
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- H becomes L
- G becomes A
- E becomes S
- add O
- A becomes S
Words in this ladder
- GHEE noun
- clarified butter used in Indian cookery
- GLEE noun
- great merriment
- ALEE adverb
- on or toward the lee
- ALES noun
- a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- ALOES noun
- a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
- SLOES noun
- wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
Puzzle 4: BOOM to BLAST
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- M becomes T
- add S
- O becomes A
- O becomes L
Words in this ladder
- BOOM noun
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- BOOT noun
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- BOOST noun
- the act of giving hope or support to someone
- BOAST noun
- speaking of yourself in superlatives
- BLAST noun
- a very long fly ball
Puzzle 5: NEWS to GUISES
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- W becomes T
- N becomes G
- E becomes I
- add L
- add U
- T becomes E
- L becomes S
Words in this ladder
- NEWS noun
- information about recent and important events
- NETS noun
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- GETS noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- GITS noun
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- GILTS noun
- a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
- GUILTS noun
- the state of having committed an offense
- GUILES noun
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- GUISES noun
- an artful or simulated semblance
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