The board

LVT
PEF
OMI
WAR

Sides: LVT · OMI · WAR · PEF · 1,272 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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VAMP – POWERLIFTER

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

11 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
MATIPO – OVERFLEW14 letters
MATIPO – OVERFLOW14 letters
VAMP – POWERLIFTER15 letters
MATIPO – OVERFLOWER16 letters
PLATFORMER – REVIEW16 letters
POWERLIFTER – REVAMP17 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, October 11, 2026 board put LVT, OMI, WAR, PEF 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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