Here are the Letter Boxed December 08, 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:
AKOTWIBHJNSC
The answers are:
BANJOISTTHWACK
BANJOIST-THWACK
HIJACK-KNOWBOTS
BANJOISTS-SHACKTOWN*
*SHACKTOWN good in Merriam-Webster
*JACINTHS-SOWBACK
*JACINTHS good in OED
HIJABS-SHACKTOWN*
*SHACKTOWN good in Merriam-Webster
*JAWBONIST-THWACK
*JAWBONIST good in Wiktionary
OA after brief attempts with HACKSAWS
BANJOIST – THWACK
Boy, If I had a nickel…
WHACKJOBS-STAIN should have been allowed… 😆
OA, and agreed. It takes Hijab, and Schmaltz, and Taquito, etc., but not Whackjob? Go figure.
Yeah, was really annoyed by that. Also didn’t take the alternative spelling of WACKJOB. Would have been done in a pretty short amount of time. Instead compiled a list of over 150 words. Granted, lots of them were the same word with -S added, but still. Had BANJO and THWACK quite awhile before adding JOIST to my list, and then it clicked for a hard fought OA. Some highlights from my list – Hijinks, Hijack(s), Shockjock(s), Hijab(s), Hacksaw(s), Backwash, Absinth, Wonkish, and Backstab(s).
Our archivists will be able to tell us the last time BANJOIST(S) was in an OA. It’s been a while, but not all that long.
BANJOISTS–SHACKTOWN* too
*(M-W)
Oa. Took me a while.
Banjoist Thwack
HIJACK KNOWBOTS worked.
Round of applause for that one!
OA but it took a while
Got OA quickly. Also came up with
JIBS SHACKTOWN*
*OED
JACOBINIST* THWACK
*var of “jacobin” which LB accepts
JACOBINISTS* SCHWACK**
** multiple meanings, “hit forcefully.”
In a military context, “shwack” (more commonly spelled “schwack”) is “a euphemism for the destruction of an enemy or target.”
WHACKJOBʷ—BATSKINʷ
WHACKJOBSʷ—SAINT, —STAIN
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BANJOIST—THWACK
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TOWBACKʷ—KHANJIS°
BACKJOINTS^—SHOWS, —SWATCH
OA after canoodling with HIJACKS and a couple of others!
Also, have been trying to get to this website for hours – kept getting a ‘this site cannot be reached error’ till just now – anyone else have issues?
I did also. That’s why I’m posting later than usual.
OA here too, but have to admit I saw BANJOIST on a word-check site before I got THWACK. Thought something might turn up with HIJABS, -JOINT, BACKWASH, etc. Did come up with WHACKJOBS SAINT on my own, though LB wouldn’t take it.