Word ladder answers for April 6, 2026
The daily ladder for Monday, April 6, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was MOTS to SEPTS, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was SILT to BEAST, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: MOTS to SEPTS
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- M becomes S
- O becomes E
- add P
Words in this ladder
- MOTS noun
- a clever remark
- SOTS noun
- a chronic drinker
- SETS noun
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- SEPTS noun
- the month following August and preceding October
Puzzle 2: HINT to BRUNT
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- I becomes U
- H becomes R
- add B
Words in this ladder
- HINT noun
- an indirect suggestion
- HUNT noun
- Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
- RUNT noun
- disparaging terms for small people
- BRUNT noun
- main force of a blow etc
Puzzle 3: SILT to BEAST
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- I becomes A
- S becomes M
- L becomes S
- M becomes E
- add B
Words in this ladder
- SILT noun
- mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
- SALT noun
- a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
- MALT noun
- a milkshake made with malt powder
- MAST noun
- a vertical spar for supporting sails
- EAST noun
- the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- BEAST noun
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Puzzle 4: PREPS to PARKS
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- R becomes E
- P becomes K
- E becomes R
- E becomes A
Words in this ladder
- PREPS noun
- preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- PEEPS noun
- the short weak cry of a young bird
- PEEKS noun
- a secret look
- PERKS noun
- an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
- PARKS noun
- United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
Puzzle 5: BUBER to TAMERS
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- B becomes T
- R becomes S
- U becomes A
- B becomes M
- add R
Words in this ladder
- BUBER noun
- Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria); as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs; his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (1878-1965)
- TUBER noun
- a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
- TUBES noun
- conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- TABES noun
- wasting of the body during a chronic disease
- TAMES verb
- correct by punishment or discipline
- TAMERS noun
- an animal trainer who tames wild animals
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