Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 17, 2026

Thursday, September 17, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

SYJ
LIO
RCM
AEB

Sides: SYJ · RCM · AEB · LIO · 1,608 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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EMOJI – IRASCIBLY

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

4 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
EMOJI – IRASCIBLY14 letters
CARBYLS – SEMIMAJOR16 letters
BICYCLES – SEMIMAJOR17 letters
BICYCLERS – SEMIMAJOR18 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Thursday, September 17, 2026 board put SYJ, RCM, AEB, LIO 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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