Word ladder answers for April 28, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, April 28, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was CONK to ZONE, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was BYRES to FUGLY, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: CONK to ZONE
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- K becomes E
- C becomes Z
Words in this ladder
- CONK noun
- informal term for the nose
- CONE noun
- any cone-shaped artifact
- ZONE noun
- a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
Puzzle 2: SENTS to FEATS
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- N becomes A
- S becomes F
Words in this ladder
- SENTS noun
- 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
- SEATS noun
- an area that includes places where several people can sit
- FEATS noun
- a notable achievement
Puzzle 3: WADES to SCALES
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- D becomes L
- W becomes S
- add C
Words in this ladder
- WADES noun
- English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- 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
- SALES noun
- income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
- SCALES noun
- an ordered reference standard
Puzzle 4: WANE to SITARS
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- N becomes R
- E becomes S
- W becomes T
- add S
- add I
Words in this ladder
- WANE noun
- a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- WARE noun
- articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
- WARS noun
- the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- TARS noun
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- STARS noun
- (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- SITARS noun
- a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
Puzzle 5: BYRES to FUGLY
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- Y becomes A
- R becomes L
- E becomes L
- A becomes U
- B becomes F
- S becomes Y
- L becomes G
Words in this ladder
- BYRES noun
- a barn for cows
- BARES verb
- lay bare
- BALES noun
- a large bundle bound for storage or transport
- BALLS noun
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- BULLS noun
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- FULLS noun
- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
- FULLY adverb
- to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
- FUGLY adjective
- (slang) extremely ugly
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