Here are the Letter Boxed February 18, 2026 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:
YIOCAPLWEDVN
The answers are:
ENCYCLOPEDIAAVOW
Downplayed – device
Nice!
DOWNPLAYED – DEVICE.
The game ended once I saw the DOWN- prefix.
15/18.
44/49.
current streak: 8
OA pretty quickly.
PLAYDOWN—NOVICE
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ENCYCLOPEDIA—AVOW
WAVE—ENCYCLOPEDIA
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DECEIVED ⇄ DOWNPLAYED
DOWNPLAYED ⇆ DECEIVED
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CONCEIVED – DOWNPLAY after finding lots of good words which I couldn’t connect, like VIDEOPLAY, CYANIDE, EVIDENCE, etc.
16/18, 43/49
Current streak: 8
Well done! Late to the party because of Ash Wednesday mass and various groups at work – tried DOWNPLAY, but VOICED wasn’t an option and I was impatient, so went with PLAYDOWN (think playoff) and saw NOVICE immediately. Loved the efficiency of that one.
Evicted downplay
I meant ‘evinced downplay’ but spellchecker sneakily changed it!
‘Evicted’ should read ‘Evinced’. Thank you spellchecker!