Word ladder answers for August 4, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was LORE to NODE, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was RAVEN to OAHUS, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: LORE to NODE
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- R becomes D
- L becomes N
Words in this ladder
- LORE noun
- knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- LODE noun
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- NODE noun
- a connecting point at which several lines come together
Puzzle 2: MANES to SINUS
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- A becomes I
- M becomes S
- E becomes U
Words in this ladder
- MANES noun
- a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
- MINES noun
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- SINES noun
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- SINUS noun
- an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
Puzzle 3: LOTS to WASHES
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- O becomes A
- add E
- add H
- T becomes S
- L becomes W
Words in this ladder
- LOTS noun
- a large number or amount
- LATS noun
- the basic unit of money in Latvia
- LATES noun
- a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water
- LATHES noun
- machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
- LASHES noun
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- WASHES noun
- a thin coat of water-base paint
Puzzle 4: SALES to BORER
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- A becomes O
- L becomes R
- S becomes B
- S becomes R
Words in this ladder
- SALES noun
- income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
- SOLES noun
- a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- SORES noun
- an open skin infection
- BORES noun
- a person who evokes boredom
- BORER noun
- a drill for penetrating rock
Puzzle 5: RAVEN to OAHUS
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- N becomes S
- V becomes S
- E becomes P
- S becomes M
- P becomes U
- M becomes H
- R becomes O
Words in this ladder
- RAVEN noun
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- RAVES noun
- a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
- RASES noun
- the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- RASPS noun
- uttering in an irritated tone
- RAMPS noun
- an inclined surface connecting two levels
- RAMUS noun
- the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
- RAHUS noun
- a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses
- OAHUS noun
- an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state
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