Letter Boxed Answer: Sep 28, 2026

Monday, September 28, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

LIS
CBN
HTR
AUM

Sides: LIS · HTR · AUM · CBN · 1,613 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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CHARLATAN – NIMBUS

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

18 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
ALBURNS – SMITCH13 letters
LUBRICANTS – SHIM14 letters
CHARLATAN – NIMBUS15 letters
LUBRICANTS – SHIMS15 letters
CHARLATANS – SUBMIT16 letters
LUBRICANTS – SMIRCH16 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Monday, September 28, 2026 board put LIS, HTR, AUM, CBN 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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