The board

PWE
FGU
LTA
IDN

Sides: PWE · LTA · IDN · FGU · 723 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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UPLIFT – TWANGED

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

1 two-word solution

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

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UPLIFT – TWANGED13 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, September 13, 2026 board put PWE, LTA, IDN, FGU 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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