Word ladder answers for November 10, 2026
The daily ladder for Tuesday, November 10, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was SUBS to CURLS, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was SEW to BUILD, which needs at least 7.
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: SUBS to CURLS
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- S becomes C
- add R
- B becomes L
Words in this ladder
- SUBS noun
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- CUBS noun
- an awkward and inexperienced youth
- CURBS noun
- an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- CURLS noun
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Puzzle 2: ERAS to BOGS
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- E becomes B
- R becomes O
- A becomes G
Words in this ladder
- ERAS noun
- a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- BRAS noun
- an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- BOAS noun
- a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- BOGS noun
- wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
Puzzle 3: BIKE to LOOK
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- B becomes L
- K becomes C
- E becomes K
- I becomes O
- C becomes O
Words in this ladder
- BIKE noun
- a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
- LIKE noun
- a similar kind; ,
- LICE noun
- wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- LICK noun
- a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
- LOCK noun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- LOOK noun
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
Puzzle 4: GRIND to WRISTS
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- D becomes S
- N becomes T
- G becomes W
- add S
Words in this ladder
- GRIND noun
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- GRINS noun
- a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- GRITS noun
- coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
- WRITS noun
- (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- WRISTS noun
- a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
Puzzle 5: SEW to BUILD
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- W becomes T
- E becomes I
- add U
- S becomes Q
- add L
- Q becomes B
- T becomes D
Words in this ladder
- SEW verb
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
- SET noun
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- SIT verb
- be seated
- SUIT noun
- a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
- QUIT verb
- put an end to a state or an activity
- QUILT noun
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- BUILT verb
- make by combining materials and parts
- BUILD noun
- constitution of the human body
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