Word ladder answers for August 24, 2026
The daily ladder for Monday, August 24, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was BEER to PEEK, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was RISEN to CANONS, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: BEER to PEEK
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- B becomes P
- R becomes K
Words in this ladder
- BEER noun
- a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
- PEER noun
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- PEEK noun
- a secret look
Puzzle 2: CORK to MORN
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- K becomes N
- C becomes M
Words in this ladder
- CORK noun
- outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
- CORN 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
- MORN noun
- the time period between dawn and noon
Puzzle 3: HOG to REUSE
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- G becomes E
- add S
- add U
- H becomes R
- O becomes E
Words in this ladder
- HOG noun
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- HOE noun
- a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
- HOSE noun
- socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
- HOUSE noun
- a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- ROUSE verb
- become active
- REUSE verb
- use again after processing
Puzzle 4: WOWS to GRATE
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- W becomes R
- O becomes A
- W becomes T
- S becomes E
- add G
Words in this ladder
- WOWS noun
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- ROWS noun
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- RAWS noun
- informal terms for nakedness
- RATS noun
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- RATE noun
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
- GRATE noun
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
Puzzle 5: RISEN to CANONS
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- N becomes S
- I becomes A
- R becomes C
- S becomes N
- add O
- E becomes N
Words in this ladder
- RISEN verb
- move upward
- RISES noun
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- RASES noun
- the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- CASES noun
- an occurrence of something
- CANES noun
- a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
- CANOES noun
- small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- CANONS noun
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
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