Letter Boxed Answer: Oct 25, 2026

Sunday, October 25, 2026 · par 4 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

DAK
IWC
NTR
LEB

Sides: DAK · NTR · LEB · IWC · 1,631 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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CRABWALKED – DETAIN

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

24 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
BACKCRAWL – LANDTIE16 letters
BACKWATER – REDLINE16 letters
CRABWALKED – DETAIN16 letters
LAIDBACK – KNITWEAR16 letters
TINKERBIRD – DECLAW16 letters
ALIENATED – DRAWBACK17 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Sunday, October 25, 2026 board put DAK, NTR, LEB, IWC 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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