Letter Boxed Answer: Oct 22, 2026

Thursday, October 22, 2026 · par 4 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

GKO
AHY
LPS
FIR

Sides: GKO · LPS · FIR · AHY · 808 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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FLAGSHIP – PORKY

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

5 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
FLAGSHIP – PORKY13 letters
POLYGRAPH – HIPFLASK17 letters
POLYGRAPH – HIPFLASKS18 letters
ARGYROPHILIA – AFAKASI19 letters
ARGYROPHILIA – AFAKASIS20 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Thursday, October 22, 2026 board put GKO, LPS, FIR, AHY 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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