Word ladder answers for April 1, 2026
The daily ladder for Wednesday, April 1, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was WILY to NINE, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was PUN to LAMB, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: WILY to NINE
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- Y becomes E
- L becomes N
- W becomes N
Words in this ladder
- WILY adjective
- marked by skill in deception
- WILE noun
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- WINE noun
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- NINE noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
Puzzle 2: MOLLY to POLOS
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- Y becomes S
- M becomes P
- L becomes O
Words in this ladder
- MOLLY noun
- popular aquarium fish
- MOLLS noun
- the girlfriend of a gangster
- POLLS noun
- the place where people vote
- POLOS noun
- Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
Puzzle 3: WOWS to RAGE
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- W becomes R
- O becomes A
- W becomes G
- S becomes E
Words in this ladder
- WOWS noun
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- ROWS noun
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- RAWS noun
- informal terms for nakedness
- RAGS noun
- a small piece of cloth or paper
- RAGE noun
- a feeling of intense anger
Puzzle 4: PUN to LAMB
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- N becomes P
- add M
- P becomes L
- U becomes A
- P becomes B
Words in this ladder
- PUN noun
- a humorous play on words
- PUP noun
- young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
- PUMP noun
- a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- LUMP noun
- a compact mass
- LAMP noun
- an artificial source of visible illumination
- LAMB noun
- young sheep
Puzzle 5: TATTED to FOAMED
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- T becomes F
- T becomes R
- T becomes M
- A becomes O
- R becomes A
Words in this ladder
- TATTED verb
- make lacework by knotting or looping
- FATTED verb
- make fat or plump
- FARTED verb
- expel intestinal gases through the anus
- FARMED verb
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- FORMED verb
- create (as an entity)
- FOAMED verb
- become bubbly or frothy or foaming
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