Here are the Letter Boxed September 21, 2025 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:
MERNUTOQIDAX
The answers are:
QUOTEDDOMINATRIX
Solutions list.
Unchecked, probably incomplete.
Sorted by Word_1, Word_2
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ANDROMAQUE—EXIT
ANDROMAQUE—EXITE
ANDROMAQUE—EXITED
ANDROMAQUE—EXTIMA
ANDROMAQUE—EXTINE
ANDROMAQUE—EDITRIX
ANDROMAQUE—EXINITE
ANDROMAQUE—EXTRAIT
ANDROMAQUE—EUXENITE
ANDROMAQUE—EXOTOXIN
ANDROMAQUE—EXTROMIT
ANDROMAQUE—ENDOTOXIN
ANDROMAQUE—EXINANITE
AQUAMARINE—EXTORTED
AQUAMARINE—ENDOTOXIN
AQUATONE—EXORDIUM
ARQUATED—DOMINATRIX
DEQUEUED—DOMINATRIX
ENQUEUED—DOMINATRIX
EQUATED—DOMINATRIX
EQUID—DOMINATRIX
EQUINATE—EXORDIUM
EXTIMA—ANDROMAQUE
INAQUATE—EXORDIUM
INEQUITATE—EXORDIUM
INQUIETED—DOMINATRIX
INQUINATE—EXORDIUM
INQUINATED—DOMINATRIX
INQUORATE—EXODIUM
INQUORATE—EXORDIUM
MARQUE—ENDOTOXIN
MONOXIDE—EQUATOR
NEUROTOXIA—ANDROMAQUE
QUARTANE—EXODIUM
QUARTANE—EXORDIUM
QUARTINE—EXODIUM
QUARTINE—EXORDIUM
QUEUED—DOMINATRIX
QUIETED—DOMINATRIX
QUIETENED—DOMINATRIX
QUINAMIDIN—NEUROTOXIA
QUINAMIDIN—NEUROTOXIN
QUINAMIDINE—EXTORT
QUINAMIDINE—EXORATE
QUINAMIDINE—EXORNATE
QUINAMIDINE—EXTORTED
QUINAMIDINE—EXTROMIT
QUINAMINE—EXTORTED
QUINATE—EXORDIUM
QUINATOXINE—EARDRUM
QUINATOXINE—EXORDIUM
QUINATOXINE—EUDENDRIUM
QUINATOXINE—ENDONEURIUM
QUINOTOXINE—EARDRUM
QUIRTED—DOMINATRIX
QUOTED—DOMINATRIX
TARTRAMIDE—EQUINOX
TETRODOTOXIN—NAMAQUA
TETRODOTOXIN—NAMAQUAN
TORQUATED—DOMINATRIX
TORQUED—DOMINATRIX
TOTAQUINE—EXORDIUM
TRIAMIDE—EQUINOX
UROTOXIA—ANDROMAQUE
XENOMANIA—ARQUATED
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromache
QUIETED DOMINATRIX. Really fast today! Also found Quotidian, but couldn’t pair it easily.
OA and also…
Queued – Dominatrix
AQUAMARINE / EXTORTED
I’ll be resuming validating my program solutions tonight, instead of blindly submitting an untested list. I’ll be cross referencing to Merriam-Webster, OED, etc. as well. For those wanting all solutions, there are resources online that provide that. They pull from the HTML code, but they do not include “non-LB” solutions, as far as I know. ☕
Quietened dominatrix
Queued dominatrix. A line of people waiting to be punished?
QUEUED – DOMINATRIX, too.
Ditto
AQUAMARINE- EXTORTED
Same
Aquamarine/Extorted also
Marque-Endotoxin.
Same
Same
AQUAMARINE – EXTORTED
Screwed, blued and tattooed.
Ha ha!
Same
Another AQUAMARINE EXTORTED here.
Same here
Same here!
AQUAMARINE- EXTORTED
Played around with EQUINOX for a while, figured it wouldn’t be part of the solution since it was used not so long ago. Also toyed a bit around with EQUATOR, AQUARIUM, and NEUROTOXIN.
I thought EQUINOX would be part of the solution because it actually is the autumnal equinox today. The fact that it was in the puzzle and (evidently) not part of any viable solution makes me suspect the puzzlemaker’s cleverness has just a bit of evil mixed in.
MARK’s posting of all the solutions before anybody has a chance to solve the puzzle is a jerk move. When it comes down to it, he’s nothing without a computer. I’ve challenged him to play Scrabble, but he hasn’t responded because he’s a fake and knows that I’d crush him like a grape. If anybody wants to read a great article on tournament Scrabble, I refer you to the December, 1995 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. The article is titled ‘Your Words Against Mine’ and it is on-line. I am referred to in the article as the Dark Lord of Scrabble.
It’s not all the solutions! I even say my list is incomplete. Here’s my theory. We were friendly for a long while, exchanging solutions, with a good camaraderie. Once I decided to stop checking my solutions you got upset because you know my program is very fast. You do you. I’ll do me.
I use Mark’s list to check against my answer to see if I have anything unique, I rarely do, but I like to check. It doesn’t prevent me from playing since I always come here after try my luck.
Yes Bill, I too don’t look at the answers til I solve the puzzle, or get as few words as I can. Its a brilliant game I look forward to every morning! Mark’s list doesn’t get in the way of that ; it fascinates me because it shows how many possibilities there are, and whether mine is there. I admire Richie too, in finding so many solutions! Amazing stuff. ☺️
It’s not all the solutions? So it’s only 95 percent? Your theory is wrong and I couldn’t care less about your program. If you want to post a list of solutions, do it at the end of the day so people can work on the puzzle without your list hitting them in the face.
This site, as I’m sure you’re aware, is not where one “solves” the puzzle. It’s a community forum where one “shares” the solutions they have found, “after” working on the actual puzzle site.
To each his own. And for the record, as previous day’s postings will bear out, I have complimented you many times on your unique solutions, and have stated my admiration of your mastery of the online dictionaries.
Remember “You shoot a great of pool”?
It never occurred to me that people would use this site to actually work on the puzzle. I always used it to check the OA before it got posted the next day, or to see what other solutions people had come up with.
MARkSHA, MARkSHA, MARksHA!
I meant to reply here.
That was a great article. Interesting that it was in Sports Illustrated, but it is what it is.
I always thought Scrabble was one of the best games ever invented. I was miffed when Electronic Arts sold its app version to a company that gamified it Candy Crush style. Sacrilege.
I’ve spent a decent part of my life studying the Vietnam War. Tragically unnecessary carnage.
How we swung from Scrabble to Vietnam… you connected two vines Tarzan couldn’t have seen!
Oh, I see the error of my ways. I should read everything next time!
Now you’ve got me curious… I thought both you guys used outside sources (at least a dictionary or thesaurus) to compile those massive word lists. I know Mark has said he had developed a software program to solve Letterboxed. I also had noticed that Matt (I think it was him) said he writes down lists of words to cross-check for possible solutions. Was just wondering how others on here approach the puzzles. I personally usually give it a few minutes doing it all in my head, maybe a little longer if I think I’m onto something, and either come up with a solution or two, or give in and check here so I don’t go all OCD on it all day. I occasionally use online sources to check spelling or acceptability, just wondered what methods other people used.
I got AQUAMARINE ENDOTOXIN (I’m an environmental scientist so of course, endotoxin.)
I was sorry I could not pair Equinox, since that is more or less today.
As far as how I solve – first I do it without the computer. If I can’t (I usually can’t) I open a website called Inge’s anagram. It gives 2 word anagrams, however they may not be allowed because of the restrictions on proximate and double letters. I fool around with this for a while, and can usually solve it. If I can’t, I go to a site called Boulter anagram. I put in three copies of each letter in the input box (e.g., AAABBBCCC etc.) The answer is always thousands of words, again some may not be allowed. So I import the words to Excel, use Excel to delete all the unallowed words. Some words are not allowed because they aren’t in LB dictionary. Then I use the filter on Excel to find (for example) words that begin with an E and contain X. I can almost always find the answer, unless the LB creator has used a weird word. I mean last week – FAUXHAWK???? Are we talking birds or hairstyles??
So. Many. Steps. And, programs!
He made a program to solve this. That’s like bear baiting…. unsporting!
You’re right. And btw Mark’s program is obsolete. There is at least one website, which publishes every day all two word solutions, as well as a complete list of possible words (of todays puzzle).
“This site uses the NYT database of words” (quote). I don’t know, how they got to it, but it seems to be reliable.
I don’t want to name the site, because of its somehow devastating impact on gamers’ motivation.
….as on mine.
Richie, I just read the article you cited. It was very interesting. I’m also a Viet Nam Vet, 196th Lt. Inf. Bde. Da Bang & Phu Bai. Nice to see a couple of us vets playing LB.
I was a field radio operator with the 4th Marines and carried a PRC-25 on my back most of the time. I started my tour (Sep. 66 – Oct. 67) at Dong Ha and ended it at Camp Evans. I do remember joint operations with the 1st Air Cav out of LZ Sharon which wasn’t far from Phu Bai. On my 2nd tour ( Feb. 68 -Mar. 69), I was with the 5th MEB (Marine Expeditionary Bridge) and we were sent to Khe Sanh to reinforce the perimeter at the onset of the Tet Offensive. That tour ended at Vandegrift Combat Base. Semper Fi.
Richie, I just read the article you cited. It was very interesting. I’m also a Viet Nam Vet, 196th Lt. Inf. Bde. Da Bang & Phu Bai. Nice to see a couple of us vets playing LB.
MARkSHA, MARkSHA, MARksHA!
Would love to read it. Is there an online link? I don’t have a sub to SI. I love Scrabble. Did you ever play Numble?
Can Google sports illustrated article on scrabble, read Your Words Against Mine
aquamarine-extorted
Queued Dominatrix
MONOXIDE — EQUATOR
Really wanted EXTRAORDINARE to work but no go.
Found EXTRA, EQUINOX, TOXIN, NEUROTOXIN, TETRODOTOXIN, OXIDE, MONOXIDE. After MONOXIDE, EQUATOR lined up nicely. I can’t believe I missed DOMINATRIX! 🙂
MONOXIDE – EQUATOR also.
Gas Line
Monoxide — Equator as well after no luck with Equinox
Same here.
Struggled with equinox for a long time
Then it was sure that I could use quixote, but it wasn’t accepted.
Finally got monoxide and equator
OA today
Aquamarine – Endotoxin
I saw Aquamarine and Toxin right away but it took me a while to connect them.
INQUORATE-EXORDIUM
So much going on here today. Richie and Mark are headed for couples counseling, or a clean break!
I am fascinated at the thought of Mark setting an alarm clock so he can post first.
As for strategy. First I make a coffee. Next, I phone my sister. Then we talk about words that should be in the dictionary…like coilnut. Then we try, and then tell each other, nope, coilnut is not a word. We find this terribly amusing. Eventually, we get our two word answer. Finally, we come here to see what other people got.
People are using programs???? How is that any fun?
Not to self… set alarm so I can post first.
I just cheated and looked at wineverygame.com, and at least you can use the letters in COILNUT to spell LINOCUT, a kind of linoleum printing. Not sure what COILNUT would even mean, but it reminded me of once calling information looking for a number of a girl I’d gone out with named Niki, but her real first name was Baldish. The operator couldn’t find a Baldish under her last name, but there was a Balwinder, and the operator literally went into uncontrollable giggle fits. (It’s actually a pretty common name in India.)
Coilnut would OBVIOUSLY be the perfect word to describe a fastener used to hold coils together. ie., could you please hand me the wrench and those coilnuts
Or, it could be a protective coil you could place around coconuts, walnuts, hazelnuts… you know, nuts in general. OBVIOUSLY, you’d have to remove the coil BEFORE trying to open the nut.
I’m timing how long it takes someone to tell me a coconut isn’t a nut.
Jeez, I’m looking at anagrams of that word again, and seeing one for a type of oil that I can only hope doesn’t exist…
QUEUED-DOMINATRIX
I guess she must be very popular.
Equated dominatrix
Samuel,
Oh it exists!
AQUAMARINE EXTORTED
NONMATRIXED* DETRAQUE**
* term used in acting in stage and screen performances, and in mathematics.
**Détraqué is in MW and means deranged, psychopathic
QUIETED-DOMINATRIX
Bound and gagged.
Aquamarine endotoxin
EQUID – DOMINATRIX
after trying every other word I could think of with an X.