Letter Boxed Answer: Nov 5, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026 · par 5 · edited by Sam Ezersky

The board

TEJ
SBD
WCL
IHA

Sides: TEJ · WCL · IHA · SBD · 1,491 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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JAWS – SWITCHBLADE

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

26 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
BAJADAS – SWITCHEL15 letters
JALEBIS – SWATCHED15 letters
JALEBIS – SWITCHED15 letters
JAWS – SWITCHBLADE15 letters
BAJADAS – SWITCHELS16 letters
JADES – SWITCHBLADE16 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Thursday, November 5, 2026 board put TEJ, WCL, IHA, SBD 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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