Word ladder answers for April 21, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was JUGS to DONS, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was FUCUS to FORTHS, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: JUGS to DONS
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- U becomes O
- J becomes D
- G becomes N
Words in this ladder
- JUGS noun
- a large bottle with a narrow mouth
- JOGS noun
- a sharp change in direction
- DOGS noun
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- DONS noun
- a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
Puzzle 2: WALES to BITES
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- W becomes B
- A becomes I
- L becomes T
Words in this ladder
- WALES noun
- one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
- BALES noun
- a large bundle bound for storage or transport
- BILES noun
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- BITES noun
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
Puzzle 3: WETS to WONKS
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- T becomes N
- E becomes O
- add K
Words in this ladder
- WETS noun
- wetness caused by water
- WENS noun
- a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
- WONS noun
- the basic unit of money in South Korea
- WONKS noun
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Puzzle 4: PAD to CLUE
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- P becomes C
- A becomes U
- D becomes E
- add L
Words in this ladder
- PAD noun
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- CAD noun
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- CUD noun
- food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
- CUE noun
- an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- CLUE noun
- a slight indication
Puzzle 5: FUCUS to FORTHS
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- U becomes I
- U becomes E
- C becomes R
- I becomes O
- E becomes T
- add H
Words in this ladder
- FUCUS noun
- any member of the genus Fucus
- FICUS noun
- large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
- FICES noun
- a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
- FIRES noun
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- FORES noun
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
- FORTS noun
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- FORTHS noun
- a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
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