Word ladder answers for November 11, 2026
The daily ladder for Wednesday, November 11, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was LIMO to LAKE, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was CRANK to FLIERS, 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: LIMO to LAKE
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- O becomes E
- M becomes K
- I becomes A
Words in this ladder
- LIMO noun
- large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
- LIME noun
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- LIKE noun
- a similar kind; ,
- LAKE noun
- a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Puzzle 2: FEE to LEFT
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- F becomes L
- E becomes T
- add F
Words in this ladder
- FEE noun
- a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
- LEE noun
- United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
- LET noun
- a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
- LEFT noun
- location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
Puzzle 3: OVERT to GROCERS
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- T becomes S
- add R
- V becomes W
- add G
- W becomes C
Words in this ladder
- OVERT adjective
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- OVERS noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- ROVERS noun
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- ROWERS noun
- someone who rows a boat
- GROWERS noun
- someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- GROCERS noun
- a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
Puzzle 4: ENDS to BARNS
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- add B
- E becomes A
- N becomes R
- D becomes N
Words in this ladder
- ENDS noun
- either extremity of something that has length
- BENDS noun
- pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
- BANDS noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- BARDS noun
- a lyric poet
- BARNS noun
- an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
Puzzle 5: CRANK to FLIERS
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- R becomes L
- K becomes S
- N becomes P
- C becomes F
- A becomes I
- P becomes E
- add R
Words in this ladder
- CRANK noun
- a bad-tempered person
- CLANK noun
- a loud resonant repeating noise
- CLANS noun
- group of people related by blood or marriage
- CLAPS noun
- a sudden very loud noise
- FLAPS noun
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- FLIPS noun
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- FLIES noun
- (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
- FLIERS noun
- someone who travels by air
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