Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 8, 2026

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · par 6 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

NGC
HAQ
ITP
URO

Sides: NGC · ITP · URO · HAQ · 830 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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QUINOA – AUTOGRAPHIC

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

56 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
QUINA – ACTOGRAPH14 letters
QUIN – NOCTOGRAPH14 letters
AUTOGRAPHIC – CINQ15 letters
QUINOA – ACTOGRAPH15 letters
QUINTA – ACTOGRAPH15 letters
QUINT – TACHOGRAPH15 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Tuesday, September 8, 2026 board put NGC, ITP, URO, HAQ 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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