Letter Boxed Answer: Aug 29, 2026

Saturday, August 29, 2026 · par 6 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

YOE
VTQ
LAG
NUI

Sides: YOE · LAG · NUI · VTQ · 696 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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QUAIL – LONGEVITY

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

11 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
QUAIL – LONGEVITY14 letters
AQUAVIT – TELEGONY15 letters
EQUATIVE – ENOLOGY15 letters
QUANTITIVE – EULOGY16 letters
QUOTATIVE – ENOLOGY16 letters
QUANTITIVE – ENOLOGY17 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Saturday, August 29, 2026 board put YOE, LAG, NUI, VTQ 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 6 words; finishing in two is the classic flex, and the table above shows whether that was possible.

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