Word ladder answers for June 20, 2026
The daily ladder for Saturday, June 20, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was ZIPS to RAWS, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was FISHING to CLICKING, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: ZIPS to RAWS
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- Z becomes R
- I becomes A
- P becomes W
Words in this ladder
- ZIPS noun
- a quantity of no importance
- RIPS noun
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- RAPS noun
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- RAWS noun
- informal terms for nakedness
Puzzle 2: BEG to TON
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- E becomes O
- B becomes T
- G becomes N
Words in this ladder
- BEG verb
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- BOG noun
- wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
- TOG verb
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- TON noun
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
Puzzle 3: REARS to BAUDS
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- R becomes D
- R becomes B
- A becomes N
- E becomes A
- N becomes U
Words in this ladder
- REARS noun
- the back of a military formation or procession
- READS noun
- something that is read
- BEADS noun
- several beads threaded together on a string
- BENDS noun
- pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
- BANDS noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- BAUDS noun
- (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Puzzle 4: 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 5: FISHING to CLICKING
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- F becomes D
- H becomes K
- D becomes R
- S becomes C
- R becomes L
- add C
Words in this ladder
- FISHING noun
- the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
- DISHING verb
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- DISKING verb
- draw a harrow over (land)
- RISKING verb
- expose to a chance of loss or damage
- RICKING verb
- pile in ricks
- LICKING noun
- an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- CLICKING verb
- move or strike with a noise
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