Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 12, 2026

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

FET
BWZ
LIH
ORS

Sides: FET · LIH · ORS · BWZ · 834 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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BLOWFISH – HERTZ

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
BLOWFISH – HERTZ13 letters
BLOBFISH – HOWITZER16 letters
BLOWFISH – HOWITZER16 letters
FISHBOWLS – SELTZER16 letters
BLOWFISHES – SELTZER17 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Saturday, September 12, 2026 board put FET, LIH, ORS, BWZ 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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