Letter Boxed Answer: Aug 30, 2026

Sunday, August 30, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

TGA
FRL
HUP
EKO

Sides: TGA · HUP · EKO · FRL · 1,081 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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POLKA – AFTERTHOUGHT

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

7 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
KALPA – AFORETHOUGHT17 letters
KALPA – AFTERTHOUGHT17 letters
PARKLET – THOUGHTFUL17 letters
POLKA – AFORETHOUGHT17 letters
POLKA – AFTERTHOUGHT17 letters
PARKLET – THOROUGHFARE19 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, August 30, 2026 board put TGA, HUP, EKO, FRL 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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