Word ladder answers for July 11, 2026
The daily ladder for Saturday, July 11, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was HOBBY to CABBY, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was HUNKS to SEWEDS, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: HOBBY to CABBY
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- O becomes U
- H becomes C
- U becomes A
Words in this ladder
- HOBBY noun
- an auxiliary activity
- HUBBY noun
- a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- CUBBY noun
- a small secluded room
- CABBY noun
- someone who drives a taxi for a living
Puzzle 2: MOAN to WOOS
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- A becomes O
- N becomes S
- M becomes W
Words in this ladder
- MOAN noun
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- MOON noun
- the natural satellite of the Earth
- MOOS noun
- the sound made by a cow or bull
- WOOS verb
- seek someone's favor
Puzzle 3: WAGE to PLOWS
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- E becomes S
- W becomes L
- A becomes O
- G becomes W
- add P
Words in this ladder
- WAGE noun
- something that remunerates
- WAGS noun
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- LAGS noun
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- LOGS noun
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- LOWS noun
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- PLOWS noun
- a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
Puzzle 4: DIETS to DEDUCES
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- I becomes U
- E becomes C
- T becomes E
- add E
- add D
Words in this ladder
- DIETS noun
- a prescribed selection of foods
- DUETS noun
- two items of the same kind
- DUCTS noun
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- DUCES noun
- leader
- DEUCES noun
- a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
- DEDUCES verb
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Puzzle 5: HUNKS to SEWEDS
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- H becomes F
- K becomes D
- U becomes E
- N becomes E
- F becomes S
- add W
Words in this ladder
- HUNKS noun
- a well-built sexually attractive man
- FUNKS noun
- a state of nervous depression
- FUNDS noun
- assets in the form of money
- FENDS verb
- try to manage without help
- FEEDS noun
- food for domestic livestock
- SEEDS noun
- a small hard fruit
- SEWEDS verb
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
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