Word ladder answers for August 26, 2026
The daily ladder for Wednesday, August 26, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was SLIPS to SOAPS, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was AVES to RENT, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: SLIPS to SOAPS
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- I becomes A
- L becomes O
Words in this ladder
- SLIPS noun
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- SLAPS noun
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- SOAPS noun
- a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
Puzzle 2: MOO to MOLE
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- O becomes D
- add L
- D becomes E
Words in this ladder
- MOO noun
- the sound made by a cow or bull
- MOD noun
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
- MOLD noun
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- MOLE noun
- the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Puzzle 3: BURGERS to CURVEDS
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- G becomes N
- R becomes D
- N becomes L
- B becomes C
- L becomes V
Words in this ladder
- BURGERS noun
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
- BURNERS noun
- an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
- BURNEDS verb
- destroy by fire
- BURLEDS verb
- remove the burls from cloth
- CURLEDS verb
- form a curl, curve, or kink
- CURVEDS verb
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Puzzle 4: RYES to LILTS
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- R becomes L
- Y becomes I
- E becomes T
- add L
Words in this ladder
- RYES noun
- the seed of the cereal grass
- LYES noun
- a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- LIES noun
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- LITS noun
- the humanistic study of a body of literature
- LILTS noun
- a jaunty rhythm in music
Puzzle 5: AVES to RENT
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- A becomes E
- V becomes Y
- E becomes B
- Y becomes E
- S becomes T
- E becomes N
- B becomes R
Words in this ladder
- AVES noun
- (ornithology) the class of birds
- EVES noun
- (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
- EYES noun
- opinion or judgment
- BYES noun
- you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- BEES noun
- any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- BEET noun
- biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- BENT noun
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- RENT noun
- a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
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