Here are the Letter Boxed August 16, 2025 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:
RPIWTEADLOHM
The answers are:
DIMPLEEARTHWORM
IMPLODE—EARTHWARD
DIMPLE—EARTHWORM
DRAWL—LIMITROPHE
IMPLODED—DEATHWARD
DIMWIT—THEATROPHILE
PARLORMAID—DEATHWARD
PEARLWORT—THERMIDOR
PEDOPHILE—EARTHWORM
HAPLOID—DEATHWORM^
HEMPWORT°—TAILORED
HITHERTOWARD°—DIMPLE
HITHERTOWARD°—DIMPLED
HITHERTOWARD°—DIMPLIER
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^ Merriam-Webster, ° OED
☕ Pretty good LB day.
Properly spelled: PARDOPHILE-EARTHWORM
imploded – deathward as well
Dimple – Earthworm too. Played with tailored, hardware, whelped first.
OA Today!
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DIMPLE-EARTHWORM…
“Awww, it’s so cute 🥰.”
Not really my first thought when holding when of those squiggling, slimy buggers
DIMPLE – EARTHWORM, too.
DIMPLE-EARTHWORM
DRAWL-LIMITROPHE
TOPED-DREAMWHILE*
*DREAMWHILE good in Collins, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
PEARLWORT-THERMIDOR
LOPERAMIDE-EARTHWARD
IMPLODE-EARTHWARE
PERAMELOID-DEATHWARD
WORTHWHILE-EMPODERAR*
*EMPODERAR good in Wiktionary
*HEMPWORT-TAILED
*HEMPWORT good in Wiktionary
Yeah, I really wanted Worthwhile to work😢
Same here. Thought for a second I had nailed it with WITHERED DIPLOMA too, before getting OA.
PAEDOPHILE-EARTHWORM
*WHIMPLED-DOTARD
*WHIMPLED good in Wiktionary, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
*WHIMPLED-DEATHLORE*
*WHIMPLED good in Wiktionary, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
*DEATHLORE good in Wiktionary
IMPLIED-DEARWORTH*
*DEARWORTH good in OED
*AMPLIED-DERWORTH*
*AMPLIED good in OED
*DERWORTH good in OED
Imploded deathward
PEARLWORT – THERMIDOR
IMPLODE-EARTHWORM
This was my answer as well. Got hung up on Whimpered, Worthwhile, Trampled, Hampered among others. Took awhile today.
IMPLORED – DEATHWARD
After DEATHROW got a reprieve.
MATLOW – WHIMPERED
(Matlow good in MW)
IMPLODED-DEATHWARD
PEARLWORT — THERMIDOR
I never knew there were so many varieties of WORT plants until I started to play LB.
Stuck on WORTHWHILE for quite some time.
Pedophile – Earthworm
So basically the Trump-Vance admin?
Idiot.
You have to use all the letters.
Touché.
👍
That’s selling earthworms short. They’re actually quite useful.
Implode earthward
Implode earthworm
Implode earthware
Dimple earthworm
Implored dowhat*
Warmth heliopod*
OA
And MATLOW* WHIMPERED
OA
Tried amphitheater worthwhile throatier whimpered whelped melodrama diorama thermidor(needed pearlwort!) earthlier deathlike warlord rowdier ear drop repeopled,others Deathlier !
Dimwit potatopowdered Delph hardware wimple dreamier warmth depth width
Amphitheatre !!! AI spellcheck not helpful
WHITLEATHER – REDEMPTOR
Arthropod dreamwhile Thanks, Richie.I knew there had to be a match for arthropod. Maybe also dewhimpled
Implored and deathward. Took a bit.
Limitrophe eared
IMPLODE / EARTHWORM
Mid plow whereat mid-plow hyphenated. Still looking for amphitheatre
OA after a long time. Lots of words to investigate today! Some other fun ones I tried:
MATROID + WHELP (all letters used but not paired)
AMPHITHEATRE (I had high hopes for this!)
MEDIATOR
WIMPLE-EARTHED, WIMPLED-DEARTH
I also tried finding something to go with WIDTH, but no luck.
IMPLODE-EARTHWARE
IMPLORE-EARTHWARE
H(a)ematophilia*-award
H(a)ematophilia, also known as h(a)emophilia, is a blood clotting disorder.
Mediaphile earwort
PLIED – DEATHWORM* first then OA
HERMAPHRODITe failed at the very end, but no partner in sight anyway.
THUNKING / GAMBOL