Letter Boxed Answer: Oct 18, 2026

Sunday, October 18, 2026 · par 4 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

NKL
TCH
IOE
WRA

Sides: NKL · IOE · WRA · TCH · 1,909 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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HORNTAIL – LACEWORK

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

137 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
CROWN – NAKHLITE13 letters
TWOCKER – RHINAL13 letters
NAKHLITIC – COWER14 letters
ROWEN – NAKHLITIC14 letters
WHACKER – RETINOL14 letters
WORKAHOLIC – CENT14 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, October 18, 2026 board put NKL, IOE, WRA, TCH 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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