Word ladder answers for November 6, 2026
The daily ladder for Friday, November 6, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was SCOPE to SNORT, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was CHECKS to SPARES, which needs at least 6.
Solutions are folded away until you open them, so you can have a go first. We show one shortest path per puzzle. Plenty of ladders have two or three paths of the same length, so if yours doesn't match and has the same step count, it's just as good.
Puzzle 1: SCOPE to SNORT
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- P becomes R
- C becomes N
- E becomes T
Words in this ladder
- SCOPE noun
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- SCORE noun
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- SNORE noun
- the rattling noise produced when snoring
- SNORT noun
- a disrespectful laugh
Puzzle 2: HOSES to RISEN
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- H becomes R
- O becomes I
- S becomes N
Words in this ladder
- HOSES noun
- socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
- ROSES noun
- any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
- RISES noun
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- RISEN verb
- move upward
Puzzle 3: ZOOM to CLANS
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- M becomes S
- Z becomes C
- O becomes N
- O becomes A
- add L
Words in this ladder
- ZOOM noun
- a rapid rise
- ZOOS noun
- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- COOS noun
- the sound made by a pigeon
- CONS noun
- an argument opposed to a proposal
- CANS noun
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- CLANS noun
- group of people related by blood or marriage
Puzzle 4: THORN to SPOUT
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- T becomes S
- N becomes T
- R becomes U
- H becomes P
Words in this ladder
- THORN noun
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- SHORN adjective
- having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
- SHORT noun
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- SHOUT noun
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- SPOUT noun
- an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
Puzzle 5: CHECKS to SPARES
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- E becomes U
- C becomes S
- U becomes A
- C becomes R
- H becomes P
- K becomes E
Words in this ladder
- CHECKS noun
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- CHUCKS noun
- informal terms for a meal
- SHUCKS noun
- something of little value
- SHACKS noun
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- SHARKS noun
- any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- SPARKS noun
- a momentary flash of light
- SPARES noun
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
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