Here are the Letter Boxed May 30, 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:
MFYOIDSUNWCL
The answers are:
CYNICISMMUDFLOW
CYNICISM—MUDFLOW
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checking for more now.
Half-solution:
SYCONIUM—MINDFLOWʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
Onwards and upwards LBers. Sota21 and I go way back to the early days. Sorry I burdened you with that saga, but I felt pushed a bit yesterday.
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Started off with MUDFLOWS and it took me 7 minutes to stop looking for something that began with S to realise that I needed to look for something that ended with M. Must be pre-coffee, should have seen it much sooner!
Kanishk and RF, can’t wait to see you soonest!
Good luck, all, and happy Saturday!
OA, too. In 23 minutes.
Congrats! Miss Irim. Looking forward to seeing Kanishk-boy later. 🤗
OA too.
Well done, Irim and RF!
MVUA,
I just wish you would finally admit that:
1) You use many aliases on this forum. And that’s OK with me. Just like I have my Agent Smith persona, you use Radioactive Flower, JAF, THIS, and I suspect several more currently. You are in fact the original SOTA21. My issue with you has always been that you are secretive about it. You dupe people into believing that they’re conversing with real distinct people. This is not against any rules, technically, but then by me calling it out should not be a negative also. I know you do this and you are good at it. I told you a long time ago that I would be calling it out when I saw you tricking people, the users of this forum. Personally I don’t think it is morally right for you to lead people astray the way you do.
2) Many of your responses on this forum are bot-enhanced. They are not coming from a real you. Case in point. I responded to you with “Methinks I’m not the only one using AI.”. Your response back to me was “Sorry man, I’m with the pope on this one… Magnifica humanitas.” That was such an obvious bot-enhanced response. And again, that’s OK with me. It’s fun. I get it. My issue with it, and you, is that you don’t come clean and admit it. You should be more open. You’re tricking people into believing that you come up with these witty responses, when in fact you use bot-enhanced replies all the time. Look, I’m using ChatGPT now to construct whimsical paragraphs based on LB words. It’s technology. But I’m not hiding the fact of how I did it. You use technology too but you never admit it. Just open up about it, it’s ok.
MARK
Sir Markie, I’m not Miss MVUA. I assure you that.
We’ll have to agree to disagree. I too want no hard feelings here. To each his own, and live and let live. ☕
OA. I almost gave up today. But I finally went with the flow. 1 hr.
Mudflows + syconium (and reverse)
OA – well, almost. I found MUDFLOWS first so I just tacked on the extra S after finding CYNICISM. so CYNICISM – MUDFLOWS for the win! I was just happy to have solved it in less than 5 (2 sips into the coffee). The 2 recent yiddish words threw me off my game a bit, although I did come up with YAMULKE without the R and so failed on that.
I’ve been on this board for many years now and have seen folks come and go. I had my own run in with RITCHIE a while back as I feel the value in posting here is to somehow make a positive contribution. I thoroughly enjoy the witty entries, poems, etc. and I often feel better knowing that others have struggled or missed on days that I did as well. I also love learning new words and am usually impressed by the finds others come up with. In the end, for me, it’s a public space where perhaps everyone can find a way to belong and include. When it gets cliquey it’s a bit less fun, but I understand the attachments people grow. I’ve really enjoyed getting to “know” others on this board, but in the end it’s a place without real rules where respect is earned. Enjoy the game all!
Hi Susan,
I’ve enjoyed your words over the years, in LB solutions, and in ideas like in your post here. I too like the poems, witticisms, etc. What I don’t like though, and maybe it’s just me, are people hiding behind masks, pretending to be who they are not, and that is prevalent on this board. Maybe because I’m a techie I see the clues more clearly than others. I’ve been silent for awhile on this but felt provoked yesterday when I made an innocent comment and received something negative in return, probably coming from an automated bot.