Word ladder answers for September 27, 2026
The daily ladder for Sunday, September 27, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was BUSK to MUST, solvable in 2 steps, and the longest was RAND to TRIMS, which needs at least 5.
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Puzzle 1: BUSK to MUST
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- K becomes T
- B becomes M
Words in this ladder
- BUSK verb
- play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- BUST noun
- a complete failure
- MUST noun
- a necessary or essential thing
Puzzle 2: NABS to DRAYS
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- B becomes Y
- N becomes R
- add D
Words in this ladder
- NABS verb
- tag the base runner to get him out
- NAYS noun
- a negative
- RAYS noun
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- DRAYS noun
- a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
Puzzle 3: RAND to TRIMS
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- add G
- D becomes S
- N becomes M
- G becomes T
- A becomes I
Words in this ladder
- RAND noun
- the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
- GRAND noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- GRANS noun
- the mother of your father or mother
- GRAMS noun
- a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
- TRAMS noun
- a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
- TRIMS noun
- a state of arrangement or appearance
Puzzle 4: SEAL to BRAY
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- L becomes T
- S becomes B
- E becomes R
- T becomes Y
Words in this ladder
- SEAL noun
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- SEAT noun
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- BEAT noun
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- BRAT noun
- a very troublesome child
- BRAY noun
- the cry of an ass
Puzzle 5: BONED to MOSSES
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- D becomes S
- N becomes S
- add S
- B becomes M
Words in this ladder
- BONED verb
- study intensively, as before an exam
- BONES noun
- a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
- BOSES noun
- Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons
- BOSSES noun
- a person who exercises control over workers
- MOSSES noun
- tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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