Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 4, 2026

Friday, September 4, 2026 · par 4 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

HNC
EAM
IGB
TVO

Sides: HNC · IGB · TVO · EAM · 1,077 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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CATACOMB – BEHAVING

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

8 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
COMBAT – THIEVING14 letters
CATACOMB – BEHAVING16 letters
GNATHIC – COMBATIVE16 letters
BHAVAN – NOMOGENETIC17 letters
COMBATANT – THIEVING17 letters
COMBATIVE – ENTHEOGEN18 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Friday, September 4, 2026 board put HNC, IGB, TVO, EAM 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 4 words; finishing in two is the classic flex, and the table above shows whether that was possible.

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