Here are the Letter Boxed August 20, 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:
OUNALIKGQPRY
The answers are:
OKAPIINQUIRINGLY
INQUIRINGLY — YAPOK
OKAPI — INQUIRINGLY
QUAKING — GROPINGLY
QUANKING — GROPINGLY
POROPOROAKI — INQUIRINGLY
Some half-solutions:
POLYQUARKʷ—KING
POLYQUARKʷ—KINGPIN
POLYQUARKʷ—KAYAKING
PUKANA—AQUARIOLOGYʷ
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half:
POLYQUARKʷ—KIRKING
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pseudo:
GNIPʷ—POLYQUARKʷ
AQUARIOLOGYʷ—YANKAPINʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
half:
POLYQUARKʷ—KINKING
OPANKA—AQUARIOLOGYʷ
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half:
NAUPAKA—AQUARIOLOGYʷ
KOPANIʷ—INQUIRINGLY
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pseudo:
POLYQUARKʷ—KLUGINGʷ
POLYQUARKʷ—KRIGINGʷ
POLYQUARKʷ—KULNINGʷ
KAPANAʷ—AQUARIOLOGYʷ
PANAKAʷ—AQUARIOLOGYʷ
POLYQUARKʷ—KINGYANGʷ
OKAPANAʷ—AQUARIOLOGYʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
POLYQUARK—
KINGO, KINGU, KINGY, KRING, KANAGI, KANGRI, KAPING, KINGLY, KIPING, KIYANG, KANGANI, KANGING, KAYOING, KINGRIK, KNYAGINYA
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All in at least Wiktionary
☕ Happy Thursday to all.
POLY wants a QUARKer? 🙂
Quaking Gropingly
Nice! I tried finding a match for quaking, missed that one.
Yeah, I found QUAKINGLY right away. Couldn’t pair it. Kudos!
Same
Also
Quaking – Gropingly
OKAPI / INQUIRINGLY
Took a while…
QUAKING – GROPINGLY.
Checking on Miss Irim and Kanishk-boy later.
Got back from MP and got this started about 15 minutes ago…
OKAPI-INQUIRINGLY here. Started with QUAKINGLY, QUAKING, thought I should have it and didn’t. I have to admit, I think these INGLYs are slightly dodgy, but I’ll take them and run!
Well done, RF, hon, how are you? Kanishk, kiddo, hope to see you soon!
Good luck, all, and happy Thursday.
Miss Irim, I’m living life with canker sores as the usual. Life is monotonous these days but I still expect a surprise one of these days. I’m a happy go lucky type of person.
Same.
INQUIRINGLY YAPOK
Same
Same
QUAKING-GROPINGLY
QUANKING-GROPINGLY
OKAPI-INQUIRINGLY
INQUIRINGLY-YAPOK
POROPOROAKI-INQUIRINGLY
+PORQ-QUAKINGLY
+WIK
+POLYQUARK-KANGRI*
+WIK, *OED
Quanking Gropingly
INQUIRINGLY – YAPOK instantly and on a total lark. I have never heard of a yapok, and if you had asked me what I thought the word meant, I would have said it was Yiddish for someone who can’t shut up, or something like that.
Lark for me too!
Oa. Took me forever.
QUAKING GROPINGLY
Also
QUIRKING GAPOLOGY*
*popular term today for business oriented frameworks, but in the 60s it was used more to describe societal woes.
AQUAPARK* KINKOLOGY**
*Splish Splash etc
**trendy new word in fetish podcast universe.
Great one, with a provocative TI.
The second one that is. 😊
Glad you liked it! 👊🏻
Okapi inquiringly . Not too hard today.
OA plus inquiringly yapok
Another QUAKING – GROPINGLY after being somewhat surprised by the acceptance of both QUAKINGLY and GROPINGLY, but hey, a solve in under 5 is always appreciated!
Too difficult today.