Word ladder answers for April 8, 2026
The daily ladder for Wednesday, April 8, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was HALTS to PAGES, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was VET to DUSK, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: HALTS to PAGES
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- T becomes E
- H becomes P
- L becomes G
Words in this ladder
- HALTS noun
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- HALES noun
- a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
- PALES noun
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- PAGES noun
- one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
Puzzle 2: WOE to GOB
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- W becomes R
- E becomes B
- R becomes G
Words in this ladder
- WOE noun
- misery resulting from affliction
- ROE noun
- fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- ROB verb
- take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- GOB noun
- a man who serves as a sailor
Puzzle 3: VET to DUSK
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- V becomes B
- E becomes U
- add S
- B becomes D
- T becomes K
Words in this ladder
- VET noun
- a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- BET noun
- the money risked on a gamble
- BUT adverb
- and nothing more
- BUST noun
- a complete failure
- DUST noun
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- DUSK noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
Puzzle 4: TAMER to SIZES
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- A becomes I
- R becomes S
- M becomes D
- T becomes S
- D becomes Z
Words in this ladder
- TAMER noun
- an animal trainer who tames wild animals
- TIMER noun
- a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
- TIMES noun
- a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
- TIDES noun
- the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- SIDES noun
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- SIZES noun
- the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
Puzzle 5: BARING to WAGGLING
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- add G
- R becomes G
- B becomes W
- add L
Words in this ladder
- BARING noun
- the removal of covering
- BARGING verb
- push one's way
- BAGGING noun
- coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
- WAGGING verb
- move from side to side
- WAGGLING verb
- move from side to side
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