Here are the Letter Boxed May 02, 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:
TKHFWUYSEAPI
The answers are:
UPSHIFTTAKEAWAY
WAKEUPS—SHIFTY
SHAKEUPS—SWIFTY
UPSHIFT—TAKEAWAY
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13, 14, 15 👍
Wakeups Shifty
In less than a minute.
Nice going. It beats the OA. ☕
WAKEUPS – SHIFTY here as well in 15 minutes, after playing with WHITEFISH, STUPEFY and SKYWAY. Even though this answer is beautifully efficient, I prefer the OA because I dislike solutions which have S as a connector (same goes for -RE) for some reason.
RF and Irim, waiting for you both, good luck to everyone and happy weekend to all!
SHAKEUPS – SWIFTY. In 2 minutes.
Kudos Kanishk-boy. Checking on Miss Irim later.
Shakeups swiftly
WAKEUPS-SHIFTY here, but it took about 15 minutes, as I don’t think of WAKEUPS as a word. Tried WEAKFISH, STUPEFY, WHISKY then thought WAKEUP, saw PSHIFTY and said, eh, let’s try WAKEUPS and laughed when it worked.
Love the efficiency, with none of Kanishk’s qualms about S as a connector.
Congratulations, triumvirate, and good luck, everyone! Happy Saturday!
Same solution under something under 3 minutes
Yeeeesh! Seems I’m challenged.
WAKEUPS-SHIFTY for me
Unscramble (Day 2):
The letters are: REWBINO
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🔥 Current Leaderboard:
1. RF – 1 win 🏆
BROWNIE
Brownie
Shakeups Swifty…
Taylor and Travis jokes aside; the word shawty was also accepted today (as was kewl previously).
SHAKEUPS-SWIFTY also
WAKEUPS SHIFTY here.
Wakeups — Shifty in 5 minutes
Kitehawks Stupefy
Excellent solution, great TI.
I missed that one.
Nice, i wasnt able to connect stupefy
Shakeups Swifty
Wakeups shifty another quick one
I got UPSHIFT TWEAKY*
*MW and good in Scrabble. And good enough for me.
Also found PUKEFISH* HAWTY**
*A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address. 2008
**var of haughty. Christopher Marlowe “Edward II”.
Wakeups & Shifty
My first word which I saw instantly was Takeaway. Saw shift but it did not occur to me to place Up before it. My excuse, my car has automatic transmission.
Upshift Tweaky was also good enough for me
I find it strange that it doesn’t recognize the word SHAFTWAY – here in NY you literally see it on signs all over town
Hi Cameron. What is a shaft way? Like you, I’m North American (Canadian) and I am not at all familiar with this term.
Wakeups-Shifty also. I feel as though I am on a roll, in part by not jumping on the first word I see and then getting stubborn and trying to make it work.
Wakeups Shifty
Wakeups – Shifty first, then got OA immediately thereafter.
Figured Upshift – Takeaway would be OA, but Wakeups – Shifty is more efficient I think.