Word ladder answers for July 7, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, July 7, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was VATS to CABS, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was SINK to SEWERS, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: VATS to CABS
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- V becomes C
- T becomes B
Words in this ladder
- VATS noun
- a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
- CATS noun
- feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- CABS noun
- a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
Puzzle 2: PUKE to LACE
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- K becomes C
- U becomes A
- P becomes L
Words in this ladder
- PUKE noun
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- PUCE noun
- a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
- PACE noun
- the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- LACE noun
- a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
Puzzle 3: SINK to SEWERS
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- K becomes S
- I becomes E
- N becomes E
- add R
- add W
Words in this ladder
- SINK noun
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- SINS noun
- estrangement from god
- SENS noun
- street names for marijuana
- SEES noun
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- SEERS noun
- a person with unusual powers of foresight
- SEWERS noun
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Puzzle 4: JAMS to VIEW
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- J becomes R
- A becomes I
- R becomes V
- M becomes E
- S becomes W
Words in this ladder
- JAMS noun
- preserve of crushed fruit
- RAMS noun
- the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- RIMS noun
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- VIMS noun
- a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- VIES verb
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- VIEW noun
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Puzzle 5: CORNU to SIZES
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- U becomes S
- N becomes E
- C becomes S
- O becomes I
- R becomes Z
Words in this ladder
- CORNU noun
- (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
- CORNS noun
- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
- CORES noun
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- SORES noun
- an open skin infection
- SIRES noun
- a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- SIZES noun
- the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
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