Letter Boxed Answer: Aug 5, 2026

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

EAT
LUV
ING
COF

Sides: EAT · ING · COF · LUV · 819 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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GENUFLECTION – NAIVE

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

35 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
FACTIVE – EUGENOL14 letters
GUANO – OLFACTIVE14 letters
FUGUE – EVECTIONAL15 letters
GENUFLECTION – NAV15 letters
LANUGO – OLFACTIVE15 letters
VAG – GENUFLECTION15 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Wednesday, August 5, 2026 board put EAT, ING, COF, LUV 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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