Today's Letter Boxed (often searched as Letterboxed) uses these twelve letters, three on each side of the box. Use them all in as few words as you can. Hints first, then the answer.
Hint 1: How many words you need
The New York Times solution uses 2 words. The game's target is 6 words or fewer. There are 1 two-word solution in total in today's word list.
Hint 2: Word lengths
Word 1 has 6 letters, Word 2 has 7 letters.
Hint 3: What the words mean
- Word 1: Alternative form of ____-up. [(informal) An explosion (physical or emotional).]
- Word 2: The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
Hint 4: First letters
Word 1 starts with B, Word 2 starts with P. Each word starts with the last letter of the one before it.
Show the first word
BLOWUP
Show the full solution
- BLOWUP
- PHARYNX
The New York Times solution for November 7, 2026 is BLOWUP then PHARYNX.
Letter Boxed deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Every two-word solution
1 pair in today's word list use all twelve letters:
- BLOWUP → PHARYNX
The longest words on today's board
NONOXYNOL, OXYBAPHON, PARAPOLAR, BAHAHAHA, HALOHALO, HALUHALO, NONRURAL, PHULWARA, HOUBARA, LAYAWAY, OPHRYON, PABULAR
The game accepts 371 words today.
Yesterday's answer (November 6, 2026)
FARMLAND then DOVEKIE. Yesterday's hints
Play today's Letter Boxed at The New York Times
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