Letter Boxed Answer: Oct 23, 2026

Friday, October 23, 2026 · par 6 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

ARC
BUN
IGT
ZEH

Sides: ARC · IGT · ZEH · BUN · 932 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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CHATEAU – URBANIZING

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

8 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
BATCHING – GAUZIER15 letters
URBANE – ETHICIZING16 letters
ABATURE – ETHICIZING17 letters
CHATEAU – URBANIZING17 letters
CHINTZIER – RUTABAGA17 letters
BRUCINE – EUTHANIZING18 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Friday, October 23, 2026 board put ARC, IGT, ZEH, BUN 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 6 words; finishing in two is the classic flex, and the table above shows whether that was possible.

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