Word ladder answers for June 9, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, June 9, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was SPITE to STATE, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was GUTS to TELLY, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: WAIL to BILL
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- I becomes L
- A becomes I
- W becomes B
Words in this ladder
- WAIL noun
- a cry of sorrow and grief
- WALL noun
- an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
- WILL noun
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - George Meredith
- BILL noun
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
Puzzle 2: SPITE to STATE
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- I becomes A
- P becomes T
Words in this ladder
- SPITE noun
- feeling a need to see others suffer
- SPATE noun
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- STATE noun
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
Puzzle 3: ARC to WORTS
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- C becomes M
- add W
- M becomes S
- add T
- A becomes O
Words in this ladder
- ARC noun
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- ARM noun
- a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- WARM verb
- get warm or warmer
- WARS noun
- the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- WARTS noun
- any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- WORTS noun
- usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
Puzzle 4: BUGS to PIXY
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- B becomes P
- U becomes I
- G becomes T
- S becomes Y
- T becomes X
Words in this ladder
- BUGS noun
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- PUGS noun
- small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
- PIGS noun
- domestic swine
- PITS noun
- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
- PITY noun
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- PIXY noun
- creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
Puzzle 5: GUTS to TELLY
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- U becomes E
- G becomes B
- add L
- T becomes L
- S becomes Y
- B becomes T
Words in this ladder
- GUTS noun
- fortitude and determination
- GETS noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- BETS noun
- the money risked on a gamble
- BELTS noun
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- BELLS noun
- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- BELLY noun
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- TELLY noun
- an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
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