Letter Boxed Answer: Aug 4, 2026

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

MLO
HCA
UPB
IKS

Sides: MLO · UPB · IKS · HCA · 930 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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AMPHIBIOUS – SLICK

Each word starts with the last letter of the one before, and together they use all twelve letters.

9 two-word solutions

Checked against every word in the official dictionary for this board. The shortest:

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PairLength
BIOPLASMS – SHUCK14 letters
AMPHIBIOUS – SLICK15 letters
BASOPHILIA – AMUCK15 letters
BASOPHILS – SHMUCK15 letters
BIOPLASMS – SHMUCK15 letters
BASOPHILIAS – SHMUCK17 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Tuesday, August 4, 2026 board put MLO, UPB, IKS, HCA on its four sides. Every word has to alternate sides — no two consecutive letters from the same side — and each new word starts with the last letter of the previous one. Par was 5 words; finishing in two is the classic flex, and the table above shows whether that was possible.

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