Here there are Letter Boxed May 07, 2023 Answers from New York Times Games. Our solutions and answers are 100% valid and accurate. We suggest to try and solve the game by your own before using the help of our website.
Sides of this Letter Box are:
BAECHUWSROIP
The answers are:
SCREWUPPHOBIA
Found the OA after a brief dalliance with Caribou, Phrase, Whisper. so much TI it’s an actual diagnosis: atychiphobia.
Atychiphobia is a new word for me; thanks, Bernie!
🐦 CARACARA, CAPE CROW, SCAUP, SORA, IBIS, CARIB 🐦🐦 HARRIER, HOUSE SPARROW
Great word. Thank you.
OA and Bernie diagnosed the TI hours before I got here. Good game and commentary!
PHOBIAS – SCREWUP
First time I’ve solved with my first two words, so was pretty pleased with myself. But then saw that I could have done it more efficiently just by flipping them, grrr!
Same here. Still ok with it.
Me too. In my elation at having arrived at a solution I was blind to the otherwise obvious. But glad to get on with my Sunday.
It’s ok. Don’t be afraid.
simple yet i missed it. ended up with WAREHOUSES-SUBSPECIES . i wish SHOWERCAP was accepted as it would result in such beautiful answer
Same warehouses-subspecies. I did not see showercap. Scarecrows, whisper, hairbrushes.
Also, subspaces and showcases. Whorehouses was not accepted.
Official. Also surprised at the prudishness of WHOREHOUSES not accepted.
Spacewarp was accepted. Not that it was ultimately useful.
5.7.23 : BAE—CHU—WSR—OIP
SCREWUP⇄PHOBIA(S)
EUPHORBIAS⇄SHOWCASE
Characters: PHARAOH, the SCARECROW, SUPERHEROES
Greek: PHI φ Φ, RHO ρ Ρ, PSI ψ Ψ
Elements: PHOSPHORUS ₁₅P
Yes, I found PHOSPHOROUS too. Thought for a minute that it must be part of the official.
It looks like all the chemical elements will be acceptable, KP; barring double letters of course.
I’ve had good luck with the Greek alphabet too, but only partial success with Hebrew. The Planets are a no-go, unless there’s an alternate common meaning (earth, mercury). Names of foreign currencies, and their sub units, appear to be fair game so far as well.
RE planets: If I recall correctly, LB did accept VENUS, but not JUPITER. That’s when I threw in the towel.
cowhouses – sparerib
Brilliant! A truly meaty solution. I’ll be laughing ’til the cows come home.
Lol
HOWES – SUPRAPUBIC 15/2 & EUPHORBIAS – SCREW 15/2 -making absolutely sure that at least one of them wouldn’t be the official solution, which (you don’t need me to tell you) trumps both in terms of efficiency & theme; in fact, it’s the definition of TI, as it requires no explaining at all (& who can claim to never have experienced the fear of messing up?). Bernie Horowitz even came up with that marvelous coined term that I, too, was unaware of, even though it’s entirely Greek-rooted.
Other finds: WAREHOUSE(S), BICEP(S), PUBIC, [SAPROBIC], and CASHEW.
LBF score: 4 (5/12 letters correctly guessed). Going with
UAT SJH EOR FIB
next.
I was also phobias/screwup
Tried to start with brewhouse but it was a dead end.
brewhouses spacier works!
Brewhouses Spacier for me today.
Lots of fun today and many tunnels to go down (HOUSEWARES, WAREHOUSES, BICEPS, PHOSPHOROUS, SURPRISE, SUBPAR etc…. Happy to find the OA at last. Thanks for the new words Bernie, Sota and Mark – I bow to your prowess!
Thank you Susan. I’m on a mission of sorts to find out which names LB will accept. While it appears to be generally true that proper names are excluded, I am finding exceptions. The other day it accepted Rameses. Unless there’s a more common usage of this word, I’m not sure of the reason yet. If anyone knows, please share the info. 🙂
OA immediately. Screwup, then phobia. The picture of perfection. Not one mistake made in the process.
Phobias and Screwup
BREWHOUSES – SERAPHIC
Phobias – Screwup
Traumatic, so heading for the seraphic brewhouse.
Brewhouses and spacier for me too
Tried caribous and hairbrushes for a long time to no avail
Warehouses subspecies
SCREWUP-PHOBIA
Was trying to get EUROPHOBIA to work, but the letters didn’t match up. Anyway, it’s probably not a word.
Should be a 1-solve! What would you call the fear of warehouses? Warehousephobia or Warehouseaphobia, right? Both work!
Phobias – Screwup.
Birds:
Riroriro (Grey warbler)
Whio (Blue duck)
Ruru (Morepork)
Parore (Wrybill)