Letter Boxed Answer: Aug 20, 2026

Thursday, August 20, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

OUN
PRY
ALI
KGQ

Sides: OUN · ALI · KGQ · PRY · 674 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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OKAPI – INQUIRINGLY

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

5 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
INQUIRINGLY – YAPOK16 letters
OKAPI – INQUIRINGLY16 letters
QUAKING – GROPINGLY16 letters
QUANKING – GROPINGLY17 letters
POROPOROAKI – INQUIRINGLY22 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Thursday, August 20, 2026 board put OUN, ALI, KGQ, PRY 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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