Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 20, 2026

Sunday, September 20, 2026 · par 4 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

OIS
FTW
EPM
LRH

Sides: OIS · EPM · LRH · FTW · 2,047 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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HIMSELF – FLOWERPOT

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

278 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
FELTS – SHIPWORM13 letters
THEWS – SLIPFORM13 letters
WHELMS – SPORTIF13 letters
WHETS – SLIPFORM13 letters
FELTS – SHIPWORMS14 letters
FILETS – SHIPWORM14 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, September 20, 2026 board put OIS, EPM, LRH, FTW 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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