Word ladder answers for April 4, 2026
The daily ladder for Saturday, April 4, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was FACES to DIMES, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was BAWDS to TEEMS, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: FACES to DIMES
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- C becomes M
- F becomes D
- A becomes I
Words in this ladder
- FACES noun
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- FAMES noun
- the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- DAMES noun
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- DIMES noun
- a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
Puzzle 2: RODS to ACIDS
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- O becomes I
- R becomes A
- add C
Words in this ladder
- RODS noun
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- RIDS verb
- relieve from
- AIDS noun
- a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
- ACIDS noun
- any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
Puzzle 3: BAWDS to TEEMS
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- W becomes R
- D becomes M
- A becomes E
- B becomes T
- R becomes E
Words in this ladder
- BAWDS noun
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- BARDS noun
- a lyric poet
- BARMS noun
- a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
- BERMS noun
- a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
- TERMS noun
- status with respect to the relations between people or groups
- TEEMS verb
- be teeming, be abuzz
Puzzle 4: BONKS to TROPES
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- K becomes E
- B becomes T
- N becomes P
- add R
Words in this ladder
- BONKS verb
- have sexual intercourse with
- BONES noun
- a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
- TONES noun
- the quality of a person's voice
- TOPES noun
- a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
- TROPES noun
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Puzzle 5: SCALER to DREAMED
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- R becomes D
- C becomes E
- L becomes M
- S becomes R
- add D
Words in this ladder
- SCALER noun
- an electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually
- SCALED verb
- measure by or as if by a scale
- SEALED verb
- make tight; secure against leakage
- SEAMED verb
- put together with a seam
- REAMED verb
- squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
- DREAMED verb
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
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