Word ladder answers for March 29, 2026
The daily ladder for Sunday, March 29, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was LIME to RICE, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was CUBAS to GRILLES, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: LIME to RICE
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- M becomes C
- L becomes R
Words in this ladder
- LIME noun
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- LICE noun
- wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- RICE noun
- grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
Puzzle 2: STILL to SWALE
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- I becomes A
- L becomes E
- T becomes W
Words in this ladder
- STILL noun
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- STALL noun
- a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- STALE verb
- urinate, of cattle and horses
- SWALE noun
- a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
Puzzle 3: COOP to BOOSTS
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- P becomes S
- C becomes B
- add T
- add S
Words in this ladder
- COOP noun
- a farm building for housing poultry
- COOS noun
- the sound made by a pigeon
- BOOS noun
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- BOOTS noun
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- BOOSTS noun
- the act of giving hope or support to someone
Puzzle 4: SLAKE to BEASTS
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- K becomes T
- E becomes S
- L becomes E
- S becomes B
- add S
Words in this ladder
- SLAKE verb
- satisfy (thirst)
- SLATE noun
- (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
- SLATS noun
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
- SEATS noun
- an area that includes places where several people can sit
- BEATS noun
- a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
- BEASTS noun
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Puzzle 5: CUBAS to GRILLES
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- A becomes E
- C becomes R
- B becomes L
- U becomes I
- E becomes L
- add G
- add E
Words in this ladder
- CUBAS noun
- a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
- CUBES noun
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- RUBES noun
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- RULES noun
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- RILES verb
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- RILLS noun
- a small stream
- GRILLS noun
- a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
- GRILLES noun
- small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
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