The board

ETO
NCQ
HRA
VUI

Sides: ETO · HRA · VUI · NCQ · 1,252 words in the day's dictionary

Official solution

NYT's answer in 2 words

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AQUATIC – CHEVRON

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

22 two-word solutions

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

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PairLength
AQUATIC – CHEVRON14 letters
CHEVRE – EQUATION14 letters
QUANTIC – CHEVRON14 letters
AQUORIN – NITCHEVO15 letters
VAQUERO – ORNITHIC15 letters
VAQUERO – ORTHICON15 letters

About this Letter Boxed

The Tuesday, November 10, 2026 board put ETO, HRA, VUI, NCQ 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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