Here are the Letter Boxed April 21, 2024 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:
CMPTHOSVUAIR
The answers are:
MATCHUPPROVISO
April 20: BIFURCATED-DENIAL (OA)
Professing innocence with a forked tongue?
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ACTIVISM MORPHIUM
same
Same.
Nice! Came up with British spelling variants today: VAPOURS – SMITCH (both accepted!)…so close to OA either MATCHUP – PROVOST (missed the ‘i’)
Never heard of a SMITCH! Thanks for expanding my vocab!
Same. Morphium was a guess, I had to look up the definition.
Same
ACTIVISM MORPHIUM as well…
Pretty sure that’s a scene from The Matrix.
Same
Activism Morphium here also. The most I can say for it is that it’s better than Catastrophism Murva and Provostships Sacrum. Well, that’s what happens when you fail to see Matchup.
Matchup Proviso OA
MATCHUP / PROVISO here.
Ooops, I accidentally seen the OA. This site is now the topmost site when i search letterboxed nyt. It being the site I visit more often. It used to be the second top. The top site containing the puzzle is what I usually click. I clicked the wrong site because of the switch.
I’ll be back to post an answer hopefully other than the OA.
I was on the right track though because PROVISO is the first word I saw immediately but I didn’t see MATCHUP.
I came back. I gave up. Longest word I found: COURTSHIP without a mate.
Likewise.
No solve day.
Vapours Smitch
Paviours-Smitch, although Smitch was a guess. I just couldn’t find anything to match with catastrophism/catastrophic/catastrophics
Same. The second word was a complete guess.
Word Play:
(5-) (4-) (7-letters)
(F_ _ _h), (H_ _e), & (Ch_ _ _ _y)
HINT: Names of the triplets (by birth btw). One of them is my classmate. I remember their names yesterday. As a young boy, I really liked their names. So lighthearted and positive and auspicious.
…………
P.S. Aside from one of the triplets, I also have as classmates two sets of twins in Grade 1.
Faith Hope Charity
Hi, PG,
WOW!!! You got it! 👍🤓
Faith, Hope, Charity, indeed. 😉🤗
☢️🌹
AOE
RLC
MIN
VHT
CLUE: a feeling sometimes hidden inside by a person
The OA are adjectives. Not nouns.
💔 CONTRAMARITAL- LOVEHATE?
Hi, Stephie,
Good job on finding a unique solution although obscure. It’s not the OA though. 🙂
☢️🌹
Motivator Relatch. But a bit of a stretch for ti
Lichen Normative even farther off the path
Here is my one word for day an apology for my “ only uses letters once” from yesterday
OPU
DIL
YET
VCR
productively
REPRODUCTIVELY.
An overshoot compared to Mr.DAREDAVEL’S answer.
Hey OSCAR, I wouldn’t worry about using a letter twice. The puzzle was still fun, and your one-worders are a great idea.
From time to time, I wonder if LB will ever do that, just to throw us off. One would think—if that were to happen—that it was done to allow two of the same letters in a row (‘geminate’ letters, as the term goes).
Hi, OSCAROO,
Good job on finding a unique solution. 👍🤓
☢️🌹
chaco overemotional (latch) ; part 1 pretty TI but only one adj
👍👍
MOTIVATOR – RELATCH is missing an N.
macho / overemotional
Hi, Mr.DAREDAVEL,
Good job on finding a unique solution.
👍🤓
☢️🌹
Clue for the OA: depressed and hiding it.
The OA is:
MELANCHOLIC – COVERT
☢️🌹
Love the TI. 💪🥺❤
overemotional / lech
👍👍
Vapours Smitch also. Lucky guess.
VAPOURS-SCHISMATIC
MATCHUPS-SAVIOR(S)
After fooling around with CROMATICISM and its derivatives to no avail.
Also
MATCHUP-PROVISO(S)
MATCHUPS-SAVIOR also. hard to let go of POSITIVISM, MUCHACHA(S)
Like!
Similar for me:
[ MATCHUPS ~ SAVIOR(S)]
[ MATCHUPS ~ SAVIOUR(S)]
I found some other good words (and words not accepted) I bet others paired?
copouts, amorphic, *trophism, trophic, morphic, apomorphic, vacuist, phasmas,
ACTIVISM-MORPHIUM
First VAPOURS – SMITCH†, but, playing the Scrabble word list, I had to move on to MATCHUPS – SAVIOUR, as we spell it up here. 🇨🇦
Proviso – outmatch
Since I’d already scrolled for far without seeing it, I thought my solution was unique to the page. Ah well, PROVISO – OUTMATCH here as well! 😃
TI: when your crafty lawyer gets the best deal for you in the contract negotiations. 😌
proviso-outmatch
Same here!
TI: making a shrewd alliance on Survivor! 😂
Another VAPOURS – SMITCH here. Another jaw dropping moment when smitch was accepted. Definition: A tiny amount; a smidge or smidgen.
My one-shy with TI – MACHISMO – OUTPOURS – Ken saving the day 🙂
Agreed i almost did not type it in but have learned (apparently) better
Victims saviourship
Hi Mary!
I think your saviourship pairing is a much truer than the one I came up with …
we are all victims in the sense that every one of us will die eventually … but there is one Saviour.
Okay, mine for today:
ISOMORPHIC CAUTIVO*
Cautivo is captive (Spanish)
COURTSHIPS SAMVAT*
Samvat is Hindu calendar term
CHROMATIUMS* SPIV
Chromatium(s) are genus of bacteria, spiv is slang for shady or lazy so the TI is lazy shady bacteria.
SAVIORSHIP PACTUM*
Pactum is a Latin term.
* means LB didn’t accept as a word. So, I struck out plus one more strike!
Matchups Savior. After trying Saviours first!
It accepted saviour
Nope. Spent way too much time fiddling with Catastrophic and Pistachio(s).
Nice!
MATCHUP – PROVISOR
Online dating site.
I walked right past the OA (Prenup).
On my way there I found:
MATCHUP – PROVOST – TIPS
Uni frosh cautionary flyer.
😂😂😂, THIS. Prenup!!!
ACTIVISM MORPHIUM, was surprised Morphium was accepted, was about to settle for 3w with Morph Hum.
Proviso outmatch
Apochromats – saviour
It’s a good camera day
catastrophism murva
very inefficient first word (but fun to type}, and total guess with second word (looking for something to fit).
OA
Also OA
paviours – schismatic
ACTIVISM – MORPHIUM. The latter was a guess. 🤷♂️
vapours stitch ham. (3 words for those who don’t have the availability to look for 2)
Here is the full list including Scrabble words:
** Don’t look at the list if you haven’t finished solving the puzzle **
(The first number is a count and the second number is the number of letters used)
1 – 20 achromats / saviourship
2 – 16 activism / morphium
3 – 17 activism / morphiums
4 – 20 activists / sciuromorph
5 – 21 activists / sciuromorphs
6 – 17 aphasic / citrovorum
7 – 18 apochromats / saviour
8 – 19 apochromats / saviours
9 – 22 apochromats / saviourship
10 – 19 apomicts / saviourship
11 – 17 apophaticism / murva
12 – 19 atavisms / sciuromorph
13 – 20 atavisms / sciuromorphs
14 – 22 catastrophic / citrovorum
15 – 18 catastrophism / murva
16 – 18 catchup / purposivism
17 – 19 catchup / purposivisms
18 – 18 cavorts / sciuromorph
19 – 19 cavorts / sciuromorphs
20 – 21 masochists / saviourship
21 – 18 mastics / saviourship
22 – 15 matchup / paviours
23 – 14 matchup / paviors
24 – 14 matchup / proviso
25 – 15 matchup / provisos
26 – 15 matchup / provisor
27 – 16 matchup / provisors
28 – 18 matchup / provostship
29 – 19 matchup / provostships
30 – 14 matchup / pavisor
31 – 14 matchup / proavis
32 – 19 matchup / provisorship
33 – 20 matchup / provisorships
34 – 18 matchup / purposivism
35 – 19 matchup / purposivisms
36 – 18 matchup / purposivist
37 – 19 matchup / purposivists
38 – 15 matchups / saviour
39 – 16 matchups / saviours
40 – 14 matchups / savior
41 – 15 matchups / saviors
42 – 19 matchups / saviourship
43 – 24 microscopists / saviourship
44 – 19 miscasts / saviourship
45 – 18 octavos / sciuromorph
46 – 19 octavos / sciuromorphs
47 – 19 oviposit / tauromachic
48 – 18 paviours / schismatic
49 – 19 paviours / schismatics
50 – 14 paviours / smitch
51 – 16 phasic / citrovorum
52 – 21 positivist / tauromachic
53 – 15 proviso / outmatch
54 – 18 provost / tauromachic
55 – 18 provostships / sacrum
56 – 19 provostships / sacrums
57 – 19 sativa / autapomorphic
58 – 18 sativas / sciuromorph
59 – 19 sativas / sciuromorphs
60 – 22 schismatics / saviourship
61 – 18 shiva / autapomorphic
62 – 18 sitcoms / saviourship
63 – 21 tacamahacs / saviourship
64 – 17 vapours / schismatic
65 – 18 vapours / schismatics
66 – 13 vapours / smitch
67 – 17 vasa / autapomorphic
68 – 19 vasospastic / chromium
69 – 20 vasospastic / churchism
70 – 21 vasospastic / churchisms
71 – 16 vasts / sciuromorph
72 – 17 vasts / sciuromorphs
73 – 15 vats / sciuromorph
74 – 16 vats / sciuromorphs
75 – 18 victims / saviourship
76 – 17 visa / autapomorphic
77 – 21 viscacha / autapomorphic
78 – 18 vista / autapomorphic
79 – 17 vistas / sciuromorph
80 – 18 vistas / sciuromorphs
81 – 16 vitas / sciuromorph
82 – 17 vitas / sciuromorphs
83 – 17 vivats / sciuromorph
84 – 18 vivats / sciuromorphs
85 – 20 acosmists / saviourship
86 – 22 acroamatics / saviourship
87 – 18 autapomorphic / cavas
88 – 20 autapomorphic / cavorts
89 – 19 autapomorphic / civics
90 – 19 autapomorphic / chivas
91 – 21 autapomorphic / civicism
92 – 16 citrovorum / mashup
93 – 17 citrovorum / mashups
94 – 18 citrovorum / matchups
95 – 16 citrovorum / mishap
96 – 17 citrovorum / mishaps
97 – 19 citrovorum / mishpocha
98 – 20 citrovorum / mishpochas
99 – 21 citrovorum / mormaorship
100 – 22 citrovorum / mormaorships
101 – 21 costumists / saviourship
102 – 20 mamacitas / saviourship
103 – 21 matchcoats / saviourship
104 – 17 murva / apophaticism
105 – 20 mucositis / saviourship
106 – 19 octavics / sciuromorph
107 – 20 octavics / sciuromorphs
108 – 19 oviscapt / tauromachic
109 – 20 oviscapts / sciuromorph
110 – 21 oviscapts / sciuromorphs
111 – 20 pitmatics / saviourship
112 – 21 postcava / autapomorphic
113 – 20 postcavas / sciuromorph
114 – 21 postcavas / sciuromorphs
115 – 20 posticums / saviourship
116 – 20 purposivism / masochist
117 – 21 purposivism / masochists
118 – 22 purposivism / masochistic
119 – 16 purposivism / match
120 – 17 purposivism / matcha
121 – 18 purposivism / matchup
122 – 19 purposivism / matchups
123 – 19 purposivism / mismatch
124 – 19 purposivism / masticha
125 – 20 purposivism / matchcoat
126 – 21 purposivism / matchcoats
127 – 22 purposivisms / schismatic
128 – 23 purposivisms / schismatics
129 – 20 purposivist / tacamahac
130 – 21 purposivist / tacamahacs
131 – 18 purposivist / tachism
132 – 22 purposivist / tauromachic
133 – 22 purposivists / schismatic
134 – 23 purposivists / schismatics
135 – 20 purposivists / scaphism
136 – 19 saviourship / pitmatic
137 – 20 saviourship / pitmatics
138 – 19 saviourship / posticum
139 – 20 saviourship / posticums
140 – 21 saviourship / prosomatic
141 – 20 saviourship / putschism
142 – 19 saviourship / putchism
143 – 18 sciuromorphs / sativa
144 – 19 sciuromorphs / sativas
145 – 16 vatas / sciuromorph
146 – 17 vatas / sciuromorphs
147 – 18 activisms* / stroupach*
148 – 19 activisms* / stroupachs*
149 – 22 apochromatism* / moscovium*
150 – 23 apochromatism* / moscoviums*
151 – 18 apochromatism* / murva
152 – 19 apochromatism* / murvas*
153 – 21 apochromatisms* / saviour
154 – 22 apochromatisms* / saviours
155 – 20 apochromatisms* / savour
156 – 21 apochromatisms* / savours
157 – 17 atavisms / stroupach*
158 – 18 atavisms / stroupachs*
159 – 22 catastrophism / moscovium*
160 – 23 catastrophism / moscoviums*
161 – 19 catastrophism / murvas*
162 – 21 catastrophisms* / saviour
163 – 22 catastrophisms* / saviours
164 – 20 catastrophisms* / savour
165 – 21 catastrophisms* / savours
166 – 18 civicisms* / stroupach*
167 – 19 civicisms* / stroupachs*
168 – 16 civisms* / stroupach*
169 – 17 civisms* / stroupachs*
170 – 17 haviours* / spasmatic*
171 – 14 mavis / stroupach*
172 – 15 mavis / stroupachs*
173 – 15 mispatch* / haviour*
174 – 16 mispatch* / haviours*
175 – 19 moscoviums* / stroupach*
176 – 20 moscoviums* / stroupachs*
177 – 18 murva / apochromatism*
178 – 19 murva / apochromatisms*
179 – 16 murva / apostrophic*
180 – 15 murvas* / sophistic
181 – 14 murvas* / strophic
182 – 13 paviors / smutch*
183 – 14 paviours / smatch*
184 – 14 paviours / smutch*
185 – 20 positivisms* / stroupach*
186 – 21 positivisms* / stroupachs*
187 – 17 provostship / pactum*
188 – 21 provostships / strumatic*
189 – 17 urva* / apochromatism*
190 – 18 urva* / apochromatisms*
191 – 15 vacaturs* / sophism
192 – 16 vacaturs* / sophisms
193 – 18 vacua / apochromatism*
194 – 19 vacua / apochromatisms*
195 – 20 vasospastic / chromiums*
196 – 16 victims / stroupach*
197 – 17 victims / stroupachs*
198 – 13 vims* / stroupach*
199 – 14 vims* / stroupachs*
200 – 16 viscums* / stroupach*
201 – 17 viscums* / stroupachs*
202 – 16 vomicas* / stroupach*
203 – 17 vomicas* / stroupachs*
204 – 15 vomits / stroupach*
205 – 16 vomits / stroupachs*
206 – 15 vorticism* / mashup
207 – 16 vorticism* / mashups
208 – 16 vorticism* / matchup
209 – 17 vorticism* / matchups
210 – 17 vorticisms* / smashup
211 – 18 vorticisms* / smashups
212 – 19 vorticisms* / stroupach*
213 – 20 vorticisms* / stroupachs*
214 – 17 vorticists* / smashup
215 – 18 vorticists* / smashups
Wow! That’s quite a lot today! An especially drastic change from having so many single 2-word solution days recently!
PURPOSIVISM – MATCH
Surprised they took PURPOSIVISM but no complaints. Thanks, law school!