Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 27, 2026

Sunday, September 27, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

OAI
PDN
UCM
LKT

Sides: OAI · UCM · LKT · PDN · 1,551 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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DIPLOMATIC – CLUNK

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

13 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
DOLMAN – NUTPICK13 letters
OLDMAN – NUTPICK13 letters
DIPLOMATIC – CLUNK15 letters
KNOUD – DIPLOMATIC15 letters
MALUKA – ACTINOPOD15 letters
AUTOCIDAL – LIMPKIN16 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, September 27, 2026 board put OAI, UCM, LKT, PDN 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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