Here are the Letter Boxed March 21, 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:
RTAJUIDEXNMP
The answers are:
PANJANDRUMMIXTURE
Got as far as ADMIXTURE, and knew it was going to be some garbage OA. Glad I didn’t waste any more time on this one.
I was the same and was surprised intermixture was allowed but again got me nowhere. I would expect today is a one word solution.
The guy who creates these is beginning to remind me of one of those guitar players who can play a whole bunch of notes all over the neck, really really fast, and can’t understand why everybody’s not impressed, except it all just kind of sounds like crap.
I sympathize with the people who haven’t even clicked on this site yet because they don’t want to see a spoiler, and are spending an hour or more trying to come up with a word that’s familiar to maybe one in a thousand people. I totally get wanting to expand your vocabulary playing word games, but I’ve gotten to where at some point I’m just wasting time that’s better spent doing something else. I can pick up a dictionary and flip to a random word I’m not familiar with and feel like I’m making better use of my time.
I got the OA, but had no idea what a panjandrum is until looking it up. And a bit annoyed to see that this was the solution today.
I’ve been checking from time to time to see if the negative vibes have cleared. Looks like they have! So I’m back, at least occasionally.
As it happens, I got to OA instantly, but only because as a kid I read Secret Weapons of World War II, by Gerald Pawle. It had me in stitches. People came up with all kinds of cockamamie ideas, one of which was called The Great Panjandrum. If I recall correctly, it was a massive rolling bomb. Almost as goofy as the idea of aircraft carriers made out of ice and plywood dust.
Anyway, IMHO this is definitely not the kind of word that should be unavoidable in a solution. It’s far too obscure.
Today sucked. Singular solutions with obscure words few people know aren’t fun. I made need a long break from this game. It’s not what it used to be.
Sam, you’ve outdone yourself – PANJANDRUM, seriously? I checked Alice Yang’s letter boxed solver, and every possible solution requires the use of this ridiculous word.
I admit that losing is a part of the game, totally fair – you also get to learn new words this way. Fine. But losing when you have ZERO chance of winning? That’s downright unfair. Anyone with a fair sense of logic would know that less than 1% of the population is familiar with the outdated word.
And this has not just happened once. BLATHERSKITE, AVOIRDUPOIS, FAUXHAWK and GRAWLIX are few notable examples.
Sam, if you’re reading this, please understand: we don’t have a problem with you using obscure words for the OA. But making it so that it becomes impossible to solve unless you know that particular word is very frustrating. Please allow more options.
Puzzles which rely on words as obscure as these prevent us from maintaining a streak longer than even a fortnight.
Irim and RF, hoping to see you soon. I haven’t seen you both yet, wishing you all the very best and to everyone else still trying. To those who managed to solve today’s fiendish grid – congrats, I’m thoroughly impressed!
Happy weekend to everyone!
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My three-word solve:
JAM – MIXUP – PRETEND
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17/21, 69/80
Current streak: 0
*Alice Liang
I had planned a tough puzzle for today, but because of today’s atrocious grid I figured people might want an easy one to relieve themselves:
DSO
KEP
LTM
FAR
Hint: Surface (7, 8)
D _ _ K _ _ _ P – P _ _ _ F _ _ M