Word ladder answers for June 5, 2026
The daily ladder for Friday, June 5, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was GAD to BAN, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was WEEKS to SNIPS, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: GAD to BAN
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- G becomes B
- D becomes N
Words in this ladder
- GAD noun
- an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
- BAD noun
- that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- BAN noun
- a decree that prohibits something
Puzzle 2: RAPS to KINS
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- A becomes I
- R becomes K
- P becomes N
Words in this ladder
- RAPS noun
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- RIPS noun
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- KIPS noun
- sleep
- KINS noun
- a person having kinship with another or others
Puzzle 3: WEEKS to SNIPS
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- W becomes S
- K becomes P
- E becomes K
- E becomes I
- K becomes N
Words in this ladder
- WEEKS noun
- any period of seven consecutive days
- SEEKS noun
- the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
- SEEPS verb
- pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
- SKEPS noun
- a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
- SKIPS noun
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- SNIPS noun
- (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal
Puzzle 4: LINER to SALVER
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- N becomes V
- I becomes A
- L becomes S
- add L
Words in this ladder
- LINER noun
- (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- LIVER noun
- large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
- LAVER noun
- Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
- SAVER noun
- someone who saves something from danger or violence
- SALVER noun
- a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver
Puzzle 5: XCI to WIVE
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- C becomes I
- X becomes L
- I becomes E
- add V
- L becomes W
Words in this ladder
- XCI adjective
- being one more than ninety
- XII noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
- LII adjective
- being two more than fifty
- LIE noun
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- LIVE verb
- inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- WIVE verb
- take (someone) as a wife
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