Word ladder answers for August 5, 2026
The daily ladder for Wednesday, August 5, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was SPAS to TEAR, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was REALS to SERVO, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: SPAS to TEAR
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- P becomes E
- S becomes T
- S becomes R
Words in this ladder
- SPAS noun
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- SEAS noun
- a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- TEAS noun
- a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- TEAR noun
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
Puzzle 2: MOLT to GULL
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- T becomes L
- O becomes U
- M becomes G
Words in this ladder
- MOLT noun
- periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- MOLL noun
- the girlfriend of a gangster
- MULL noun
- a term used in Scottish names of promontories
- GULL noun
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Puzzle 3: SOYA to STYLES
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- A becomes S
- Y becomes L
- add E
- add T
- O becomes Y
Words in this ladder
- SOYA noun
- erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
- SOYS noun
- a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- SOLS noun
- a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- SOLES noun
- a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- STOLES noun
- a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
- STYLES noun
- how something is done or how it happens
Puzzle 4: MODE to PLAICE
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- O becomes A
- D becomes C
- M becomes P
- add L
- add I
Words in this ladder
- MODE noun
- how something is done or how it happens
- MADE verb
- engage in
- MACE noun
- (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
- PACE noun
- the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- PLACE noun
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- PLAICE noun
- flesh of large European flatfish
Puzzle 5: REALS to SERVO
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- R becomes M
- A becomes R
- S becomes E
- L becomes G
- M becomes S
- G becomes V
- E becomes O
Words in this ladder
- REALS noun
- any rational or irrational number
- MEALS noun
- the food served and eaten at one time
- MERLS noun
- common black European thrush
- MERLE noun
- common black European thrush
- MERGE verb
- become one
- SERGE noun
- a twilled woolen fabric
- SERVE noun
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- SERVO noun
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
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