Word ladder answers for August 6, 2026
The daily ladder for Thursday, August 6, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was BULK to DULL, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was COMP to MARL, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: MINI to FITS
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- I becomes S
- M becomes F
- N becomes T
Words in this ladder
- MINI noun
- a very short skirt
- MINS noun
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- FINS noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- FITS noun
- a display of bad temper
Puzzle 2: BULK to DULL
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- K becomes L
- B becomes D
Words in this ladder
- BULK noun
- the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- BULL noun
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- DULL verb
- make dull in appearance
Puzzle 3: COMP to MARL
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- P becomes E
- M becomes R
- C becomes M
- O becomes A
- E becomes L
Words in this ladder
- COMP noun
- an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
- COME noun
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- CORE noun
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- MORE noun
- English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
- MARE noun
- female equine animal
- MARL noun
- a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime
Puzzle 4: JAMS to LACY
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- J becomes L
- M becomes C
- S becomes Y
Words in this ladder
- JAMS noun
- preserve of crushed fruit
- LAMS noun
- a rapid escape (as by criminals)
- LACS noun
- resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
- LACY adjective
- made of or resembling lace
Puzzle 5: LEANT to GRAFT
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- T becomes S
- L becomes G
- E becomes R
- S becomes T
- N becomes F
Words in this ladder
- LEANT verb
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- LEANS noun
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- GEANS noun
- wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
- GRANS noun
- the mother of your father or mother
- GRANT noun
- any monetary aid
- GRAFT noun
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
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