Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 16, 2026

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

TIL
RZW
FGE
ANO

Sides: TIL · FGE · ANO · RZW · 1,169 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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FRATERNIZING – GLOW

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

45 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
AFTERGLOW – WINZE14 letters
AFTERGLOW – WIZEN14 letters
FOWL – LATERIZING14 letters
NIOZA – AFTERGLOW14 letters
GLOZING – GIFTWARE15 letters
WATERFOWL – LAZING15 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Wednesday, September 16, 2026 board put TIL, FGE, ANO, RZW 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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