Word ladder answers for June 7, 2026
The daily ladder for Sunday, June 7, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was BUNK to GENS, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was TICKLES to STALKERS, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: BUNK to GENS
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- K becomes S
- B becomes G
- U becomes E
Words in this ladder
- BUNK noun
- a long trough for feeding cattle
- BUNS noun
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- GUNS noun
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- GENS noun
- family based on male descent
Puzzle 2: LIES to FINDS
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- add N
- L becomes F
- E becomes D
Words in this ladder
- LIES noun
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- LINES noun
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- FINES noun
- money extracted as a penalty
- FINDS noun
- a productive insight
Puzzle 3: TEND to DAMP
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- D becomes S
- E becomes A
- N becomes M
- T becomes D
- S becomes P
Words in this ladder
- TEND verb
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- TENS noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- TANS noun
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- TAMS noun
- a woolen cap of Scottish origin
- DAMS noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- DAMP noun
- a slight wetness
Puzzle 4: POSER to FACTS
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- R becomes S
- E becomes T
- O becomes A
- S becomes C
- P becomes F
Words in this ladder
- POSER noun
- a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
- POSES noun
- affected manners intended to impress others
- POSTS noun
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- PASTS noun
- the time that has elapsed
- PACTS noun
- a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- FACTS noun
- a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
Puzzle 5: TICKLES to STALKERS
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- I becomes A
- T becomes H
- L becomes E
- E becomes R
- H becomes T
- C becomes L
- add S
Words in this ladder
- TICKLES noun
- a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
- TACKLES noun
- the person who plays that position on a football team
- HACKLES noun
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- HACKEES noun
- small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
- HACKERS noun
- someone who plays golf poorly
- TACKERS noun
- a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
- TALKERS noun
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- STALKERS noun
- someone who walks with long stiff strides
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