Here are the Letter Boxed August 09, 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:
BHKCYREPSILA
The answers are:
CLERKSHIPPAYABLE
Bickers Sharply
Likewise.
I would argue (up to a point) that this should be the OA.
🤗 very nice
Same here.
Same. Fun array to play with today.
ICEBREAKERS – SHARPLY
bickers – sharply as well
Bickers – Sharply too!
(together too long, credit card bill arrives, political argument theme?)
Also found… Breakers, Brackish, Brashly, Prickly, Picklechip not accepted), Preachers.
Was close with
Picklers – Sharply ( no B)
Same, and quite quickly.
Same
Clerkship – Payback
Clerkship Payback
Same, which may show my state of mind, LOL, going for payback rather than payable!
Another Clerkship-Payback. What happens when you hire Bartleby.
CLERKSHIP PAYBACK (S)
And Judy, like the scrivener, I prefer not to say how long it took me to solve this one.
👍
Quickly found both Clerkship Payback and Clerkship Payable. Just a normal day at Tammany Hall. Also saw Icebreakers Sylphs. Or is it only the shards glittering in the arctic sun?
Bleachers Skyship.
Didn’t think it would accept but a skyship is acceptable science fiction.
Same here. ALIOW
skyship preachable — I was desperately looking for something that worked with preachable….
This was my solution as well. I’ll take it.
ICEBREAKERS—SYLPHS
⛴️- 👻
icebreaker, n. A vessel specially designed or adapted for breaking a channel through the ice. Cf. ice boat, n.
sylph, n. One of a race of beings or spirits supposed to inhabit the air.
Longest word found: PARAPHRASABLE 13
And I couldn’t resist Physics in a Symmetric Triplet ↘️
PHYSICS—SABERS—SKELP
SKELP—PHYSICS—SABERS
SABERS—SKELP—PHYSICS
Happy Friday LBers!
🙂
Hey Mark, I wanted to use SYLPH but couldn’t find a match for it. Glad you found one.
Bickers Sharply
OA
Biphasic Clerkly
This too seems very Bartleby-ey.
ICEBREAKERS — SHARPLY
Looked at BEARISHLY and CAPYBARA but couldn’t link them.
I also just found BACKPACKERS — SLYISH (LB doesn’t take the latter but it is in the OED)
Slyish sylphs flying around the mountain.
😉
Nice Bill ! Was looking for my pair to BACKPACKERS and only came up with SHYLY
SICKISHLY works as well but LB does like it (OED does).
Backpacker — Rakishly
Lots of letters but it worked
Backpacker rakishly
I was stuck for a bit with BACKPACKER. Couldn’t find a pair.
Earlship payback
Same!
SHIPBREAKER is accepted, but SHIPBREAKERS is not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
anyway I’m claiming SHIPBREAKERS SICKLY!
Only one SHIPBREAKER at a time, please. 🙂
PICKABLE EARLYISH
PACKABLE – EARLYISH
PICKABLE – EARLYISH
Tried PRICKABLE – EARLYISH but it’s not a word. Yet if you prick us, do we not bleed?
👍
LB accepted both.
BICKERS-SHARPLY
Physicker-Reable
I finally figured out how to use “physics” but had no idea “physicker” was a word 🙂
I’ve never heard of it before, but great find!
OA
EARLSHIP – PAYBACK
CABLECARS – SKYSHIP
Land and air modes of transportation in one!
Susan, I love this solution!
It reminded me of the Bifrost in the movie Thor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st
Yes – perfect analogy! I was thinking something futuristic 🙂
Babyship Prickle
PRICKLEBACKS – SHY I’m surprised I was the first one to find this answer. Shy, odd looking fish!
SKYSHIP PRICEABLE
OA, but it took a while.
BACKERS SYLPHIC was my 2w but Sylphic not accepted here even though it was in my online Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Settled for 3w’s with Sylph. Wish I had got BICKERS SHARPLY, good one! I got Payable and -ship but not Clerk. Not sure I would have thought of “clerkship” anyhow.
Ive been away for 2 days…
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 – 18 backpacker / rakishly
2 – 14 bickers / sharply
3 – 16 bickerers / sharply
4 – 15 biphasic / clerkly
5 – 16 bleachers / skyship
6 – 16 cablecars / skyship
7 – 15 chaprasis / skyble
8 – 16 clerkship / payable
9 – 16 clerkship / payback
10 – 17 clerkship / paybacks
11 – 17 clerkship / prayable
12 – 15 ecphrasis / skyble
13 – 18 icebreakers / sharply
14 – 16 icebreakers / sylph
15 – 17 icebreakers / sylphs
16 – 16 packable / earlyish
17 – 18 paraphysis / sackable
18 – 16 pickable / earlyish
19 – 18 pricklebacks / sashay
20 – 19 pricklebacks / sashays
21 – 18 pricklebacks / shacky
22 – 17 pricklebacks / shaky
23 – 18 pricklebacks / sharpy
24 – 19 pricklebacks / sharply
25 – 16 pricklebacks / shay
26 – 17 pricklebacks / shays
27 – 15 pricklebacks / shy
28 – 17 pricklebacks / shyer
29 – 18 pricklebacks / shyers
30 – 17 pricklebacks / shyly
31 – 17 pricklebacks / sylph
32 – 18 pricklebacks / sylphs
33 – 18 pricklebacks / skyish
34 – 19 pricklebacks / skyship
35 – 15 rickeys / shapable
36 – 16 barbicels / skyship
37 – 17 shipbreaker / richly
38 – 17 shipbreaker / rickly
39 – 18 shipbreaker / rickley
40 – 16 babyship / pickerel
41 – 17 babyship / pickerels
42 – 15 babyship / pickler
43 – 16 babyship / picklers
44 – 15 babyship / prickle
45 – 19 babyship / prickleback
46 – 20 babyship / pricklebacks
47 – 18 carbyls / shipbreaker
48 – 15 earlship / payback
49 – 16 earlship / paybacks
50 – 18 physicker / reachable
51 – 19 physicker / releasable
52 – 17 physicker / raceable
53 – 16 physicker / rapable
54 – 15 physicker / reable
55 – 17 physicker / reapable
56 – 15 physickers / sable
57 – 18 physickers / sackable
58 – 17 physickers / sayable
59 – 19 physickers / shakeable
60 – 18 physickers / shakable
61 – 18 physickers / shapable
62 – 19 physickers / shareable
63 – 18 physickers / sharable
64 – 15 skyble / ecphrasis
65 – 18 skyship / prickleback
66 – 19 skyship / pricklebacks
67 – 17 skyship / preachable
68 – 16 skyship / priceable
69 – 18 backchecks* / sylphier*
70 – 14 backers / sylphic*
71 – 15 backers / sylphier*
72 – 15 backers / sylphish*
73 – 20 backpackers / sickishly*
74 – 17 backpackers / slyish*
75 – 18 backpackers / sylphic*
76 – 19 backpackers / sylphier*
77 – 19 backpackers / sylphish*
78 – 17 backpacks / sylphier*
79 – 15 backras* / sylphier*
80 – 13 backs / sylphier*
81 – 13 bakers / sylphic*
82 – 16 barebacks* / sylphic*
83 – 17 barebacks* / sylphier*
84 – 17 barebacks* / sylphish*
85 – 14 barkers / sylphic*
86 – 14 beakers / sylphic*
87 – 15 bipacks* / sylphier*
88 – 14 bracks / sylphier*
89 – 15 breakers / sylphic*
90 – 13 breaks / sylphic*
91 – 16 capabler* / rakishly
92 – 16 clerkship / payably*
93 – 18 icebreakers / sylphic*
94 – 19 icebreakers / sylphier*
95 – 19 icebreakers / sylphish*
96 – 17 icebreakers / sylphy*
97 – 13 kebars* / sylphic*
98 – 15 kerbayas* / sylphic*
99 – 18 parbreaks / sickishly*
100 – 16 parbreaks / sylphic*
101 – 16 paybacks / sylphier*
102 – 18 pickabacks / sylphier*
103 – 17 pracharak* / kielbasy*
104 – 16 precheck* / kielbasy*
105 – 15 prehabs* / sickerly*
106 – 16 prehabs* / sickishly*
107 – 13 prehabs* / sickly
108 – 14 rebacks / sylphic*
109 – 15 rebacks / sylphier*
110 – 15 rebacks / sylphish*
111 – 17 shabracks / sylphier*
112 – 14 sylphier* / reback
113 – 15 sylphier* / rebacks
114 – 15 yickers* / shapable
Glad you’re back!
Here’s all the 8 letter words in today’s solution:
abscisic
aphasics
arabicas
aracaris
bachchas
backache
backpack
barbaric
bareback
beachier
bearable
bearably
berberis
beriberi
bickerer
bikeable
biphasic
biyearly
bleacher
blearier
brackish
breakers
bribable
cablecar
cachacas
capybara
caracara
carapace
carparks
cascabel
cascaras
cashable
cashiers
chaprasi
cheapish
checkers
chirpier
cicisbei
clearers
clerkish
earpiece
erasable
hackable
harakiri
hearable
hecklers
heirship
hibachis
hireable
kayakers
kickable
kielbasa
leasable
bahahaha
packable
packsack
paybacks
phishers
phreaker
pickable
pickerel
picklers
piripiri
preacher
prickers
rakishly
rakshasa
raksasas
reachers
rechecks
rickrack
rickshas
sackable
shabrack
shakable
shapable
shararas
sharable
sharpish
shearers
shickers
shikaras
shikaris
shirkers
shrieker
sriracha
backpays
barbicel
racecars
yeasayer
askarels
babyship
barbacks
earlship
earlyish
hacklers
papisher
parapack
parashah
parbreak
parsable
picarels
pikipiki
pipkrake
pishacha
pishasha
pishpash
pleacher
prayable
preclear
raceable
rakshasi
raschels
reapable
rebreaks
recipher
reclears
Here’s all the 9 letter words in today’s solution
babyishly
backpacks
bearishly
bickerers
bleachers
breakable
cablecars
cacheable
capybaras
caracaras
cascabels
chachacha
chaprasis
checkable
clearable
clerkship
earbasher
ekphrasis
ecphrasis
irascible
irascibly
kielbasas
packsacks
parabasis
paraskier
phreakers
pickaback
pickerels
piripiris
preachers
preachier
precipice
racerback
rakshasas
reachable
shabracks
shakeable
shareable
shriekers
barbicels
yeasayers
hackysack
papishers
paprikash
parabrake
parapacks
paraphyly
parashahs
parbreaks
physicker
pikipikis
pleachers
pleasable
preclears
priceable
rakshasis
reciphers
rerebrace
Here’s all the 10 letter words in today’s solution
backpacker
chachachas
earbashers
icebreaker
paraphasic
paraphysis
paraskiers
pickabacks
racerbacks
releasable
barebacker
hackleback
parecbasis
parkership
physickers
preachable
preacherly
Here’s all the 11 letter words in today’s solution
backpackers
icebreakers
paraphrasis
prickleback
shipbreaker
barebackers
hacklebacks
Here’s all the 12 letter words in today’s solution
pricklebacks
preachership
rachischisis
Here’s all the 13 letter words in today’s solution
paraphrasable
Another BICKERS – SHARPLY for me today. I ran out the clock on yesterday’s MOSQUE – ENTRYWAY, which ended my best personal record winning streak at 53. Back in the saddle again! 🤠
NOTG GUESSED TODAY
1 – 18 backpacker / rakishly
2 – 14 bickers / sharply
3 – 16 bickerers / sharply……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
4 – 15 biphasic / clerkly
5 – 16 bleachers / skyship
6 – 16 cablecars / skyship
7 – 15 chaprasis / skyble………NOT GUESSED TODAY
8 – 16 clerkship / payable
9 – 16 clerkship / payback
10 – 17 clerkship / paybacks…. NOT GUESSED TODAY
11 – 17 clerkship / prayable…… NOT GUESSED TODAY
12 – 15 ecphrasis / skyble…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
13 – 18 icebreakers / sharply
14 – 16 icebreakers / sylph
15 – 17 icebreakers / sylphs…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
16 – 16 packable / earlyish
17 – 18 paraphysis / sackable….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
18 – 16 pickable / earlyish
19 – 18 pricklebacks / sashay….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
20 – 19 pricklebacks / sashays… NOT GUESSED TODAY
21 – 18 pricklebacks / shacky…. NOT GUESSED TODAY
22 – 17 pricklebacks / shaky…… NOT GUESSED TODAY
23 – 18 pricklebacks / sharpy…. NOT GUESSED TODAY
24 – 19 pricklebacks / sharply… NOT GUESSED TODAY
25 – 16 pricklebacks / shay……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
26 – 17 pricklebacks / shays…… NOT GUESSED TODAY
27 – 15 pricklebacks / shy
28 – 17 pricklebacks / shyer……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
29 – 18 pricklebacks / shyers….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
30 – 17 pricklebacks / shylys….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
31 – 17 pricklebacks / sylph…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
32 – 18 pricklebacks / sylphs….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
33 – 18 pricklebacks / skyish….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
34 – 19 pricklebacks / skyship… NOT GUESSED TODAY
35 – 15 rickeys / shapable………. NOT GUESSED TODAY
36 – 16 barbicels / skyship……… NOT GUESSED TODAY
37 – 17 shipbreaker / richly……… NOT GUESSED TODAY
38 – 17 shipbreaker / rickly……… NOT GUESSED TODAY
39 – 18 shipbreaker / rickley……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
40 – 16 babyship / pickerel……… NOT GUESSED TODAY
41 – 17 babyship / pickerels…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
42 – 15 babyship / pickler……….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
43 – 16 babyship / picklers…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
44 – 15 babyship / prickle
45 – 19 babyship / prickleback… NOT GUESSED TODAY
46 – 20 babyship / pricklebacks…. NOT GUESSED TODAY
47 – 18 carbyls / shipbreaker……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
48 – 15 earlship / payback
49 – 16 earlship / paybacks……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
50 – 18 physicker / reachable….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
51 – 19 physicker / releasable….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
52 – 17 physicker / raceable….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
53 – 16 physicker / rapable……… NOT GUESSED TODAY
54 – 15 physicker / reable
55 – 17 physicker / reapable…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
56 – 15 physickers / sable……….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
57 – 18 physickers / sackable……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
58 – 17 physickers / sayable…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
59 – 19 physickers / shakeable….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
60 – 18 physickers / shakable…… NOT GUESSED TODAY
61 – 18 physickers / shapable…… NOT GUESSED TODAY
62 – 19 physickers / shareable….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
63 – 18 physickers / sharable……. NOT GUESSED TODAY
64 – 15 skyble / ecphrasis………… NOT GUESSED TODAY….
65 – 18 skyship / prickleback…….. NOT GUESSED TODAY
66 – 19 skyship / pricklebacks…… NOT GUESSED TODAY
67 – 17 skyship / preachable
68 – 16 skyship / priceable