Letter Boxed Answer: Oct 20, 2026

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

IHR
NYP
VTU
ACO

Sides: IHR · VTU · ACO · NYP · 1,149 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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VICUNA – ATROPHY

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

14 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
VICUNA – ATROPHY13 letters
RUPTION – NAVARCHY15 letters
PUNITION – NAVARCHY16 letters
PUPATION – NAVARCHY16 letters
VAUNT – TROPOPHYTIC16 letters
AVAUNT – TROPOPHYTIC17 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Tuesday, October 20, 2026 board put IHR, VTU, ACO, NYP 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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