Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 21, 2026

Monday, September 21, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

LUY
MAG
CHB
TIO

Sides: LUY · CHB · TIO · MAG · 642 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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BUM – MYTHOLOGICAL

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

12 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
CYATHIUM – MOBLOG14 letters
ALBUM – MYTHOLOGIC15 letters
BUM – MYTHOLOGICAL15 letters
CYATHIUM – MILBLOG15 letters
LABIUM – MYTHOLOGIC16 letters
MYTHOLOGIC – CUMBIA16 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Monday, September 21, 2026 board put LUY, CHB, TIO, MAG 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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