Word ladder answers for September 15, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, September 15, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was PACT to LIST, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was DYED to SIEGES, which needs at least 6.
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Puzzle 1: PACT to LIST
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- C becomes S
- P becomes L
- A becomes I
Words in this ladder
- PACT noun
- a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- PAST noun
- the time that has elapsed
- LAST noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- LIST noun
- a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
Puzzle 2: JOWLS to FOODS
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- J becomes F
- W becomes O
- L becomes D
Words in this ladder
- JOWLS noun
- the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- FOWLS noun
- a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
- FOOLS noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- FOODS noun
- any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
Puzzle 3: TOLLS to LEAKS
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- O becomes E
- L becomes A
- L becomes K
- T becomes L
Words in this ladder
- TOLLS noun
- a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
- TELLS noun
- a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- TEALS noun
- a blue-green color or pigment
- TEAKS noun
- hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
- LEAKS noun
- an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
Puzzle 4: MILL to TYING
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- M becomes T
- L becomes T
- L becomes N
- T becomes G
- add Y
Words in this ladder
- MILL noun
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- TILL noun
- unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- TILT noun
- a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- TINT noun
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- TING noun
- a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
- TYING noun
- the act of tying or binding things together
Puzzle 5: DYED to SIEGES
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- D becomes S
- add N
- Y becomes I
- D becomes S
- add G
- N becomes E
Words in this ladder
- DYED verb
- color with dye
- DYES noun
- a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- DYNES noun
- a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
- DINES verb
- have supper; eat dinner
- SINES noun
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- SINGES noun
- a surface burn
- SIEGES noun
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
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