Letter Boxed Answer: Oct 21, 2026

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

SCQ
UVN
DTO
ERI

Sides: SCQ · DTO · ERI · UVN · 1,854 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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TURQUOISE – EVINCED

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

120 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
CORVIDS – SEQUENT14 letters
CROQUETS – SNIVED14 letters
DIVORCES – SEQUENT15 letters
CROQUETED – DIVINES16 letters
ROQUESITE – EVINCED16 letters
TURQUOISE – EVINCED16 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Wednesday, October 21, 2026 board put SCQ, DTO, ERI, UVN 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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