Here are the Letter Boxed January 21, 2024 Answers from New York Times Games. Our solutions and answers are 100% valid and accurate. We suggest trying to solve the game on your own before using the help of our website.
Sides of this Letter Box are:
TJKLHSBICAOM
The answers are:
JOBBLACKSMITH
JOB—BLACKSMITH
LOCKSMITH—HIJAB 🔒🔑🧕
HIJACK—KATABOLISM* ☠️☠️☠️
Same as your first two but opposite order.
Also liked jobsmith and chatbots … but couldn’t get them to work.
Yes, I also liked jacksmith but LB didn’t. I found this:
JACKSMITH*—HACKBOLT*
JACK—SMITH—HACK—BOLT
☕
Me too. Once I get it, I don’t try for more options because my brain keeps going back to my OA.
like MVUA, I got Locksmith-Hijab first and then the Job-Blacksmith answer.
I looked up Katabolism – very good! Actually in the Collins dictionary as a British variant to Catabolism. I’m not sure if I have ever heard of either word before. I learned something – I think! 😎
Thanks! I was surprised it was a PSW. I never saw it spelled with a K.
OA.
Me too!
Me three!
me 4! Fastest solve ever. Found BLACKSMITH, obvious match was JOB
Amazing. First word I saw was Blacksmith, then realised I could start with job. All done in a few seconds. I very rarely get this in two guesses
LOCKSMITH – HIJAB
Ditto!
Same
Ditto!
LOCKSMITH – HIJAB, fastest solve in a while
Locksmith-Hijab. Really pleased as now jumping on a plane so wouldn’t be able to do!
Like the other day, I found the OA instantaneously.
OA plus the popular but slightly less efficient Locksmith Hijab. I always feel oddly cheated when I solve these without a struggle, and instead of rejoicing in the recovered time, waste it looking for still more solutions.
OA … liked HIJACKS but couldn’t pair.
LOCKSMITH and HIJAB
Same
So I didn’t exactly win. I found (in the comments section of the spelling bee) where somebody posts data on how many words there actually are and how many solutions there actually are for this game, in a google form.
So I knew that there were only 3 solutions for this game and they were all short. But then also, from there, there were people giving hints for the answers (starting letters, ending letters and therefore the hook) and descriptions of the word. So that wasn’t good, just basically a cheat.
But the data itself is a little better hinting. Here it is if you want it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4jEVMXqsrMA8Mjnp69GRkrMmIdDfJkQ/view
The only place I previously knew to go was here, and all you can do here is either be happy you got the answer, or just give in and be miserable that you did not and then commiserate.
So that google document might provide me some middle ground where I can muster something some days.
Saw the j and was dismayed. Then had the OA in about 10 seconds. One never knows, with LB!
Me too – all of it!
OA with obvious TI.
Also… LOCKSMITH – HIJAB
I feel like there may be something close to… jobsmith – hijack (L not used)
A “smith” ending word with “b, o, l” in it.
Blocksmith didn’t work 😂. Maybe even something on the other end. Blackjack would have worked if not for the K-J on the same line.
OA
OA
Didn’t want to spend more time on it today but should’ve got this one, as I had got Job, Black, and Smith! BLACK/S earlier, and JOBS SMITH HACK KILT (17/4), then entered SMITH HIJAB BACKLOT (17/3).
OA after JOCKITCH not accepted and dry January’s ALCOHOLIC didn’t pair.
Blacksmith was an OA November 9, 2022 as well
OA
Found BLACK pretty quickly, the SMITH, but didn’t put them together. Found JOBSMITH instead, with HACKL left over. While playing around with those I realized LOCKSMITH was viable, and instantly figured the match would be HIJAB. Was so pleased when I found it that I assumed it would be OA. Was very surprised to see I overlooked a more straightforward 13/2.
Still thinking LOCKSMITH – HIJAB feels more like Ezersky’s style though… (i.e. a little more esoteric and frustrating 🤣)
LOCKSMITH – HIJAB here as well
Here is the full list including Scrabble words:
** Don’t look at the list if you haven’t finished solving the puzzle **
(The first number is a count and the second number is the number of letters used)
1 – 13 job / blacksmith
2 – 14 locksmith / hijab
3 – 15 locksmith / hijabs
4 – 17 blacksmith / hobjob*
5 – 18 blacksmith / hobjobs*
6 – 17 hijack / katabolism*
7 – 18 hijack / katabolisms*
8 – 17 hobjob* / blacksmith
9 – 19 jacksmith* / hackbolt*
10 – 20 jacksmith* / hackbolts*
11 – 20 jacksmith* / histoblast
12 – 21 jacksmith* / histoblasts