Here are the Letter Boxed August 21, 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:
PUNLEKCOIATR
The answers are:
POTENTIALLUCKIER
Interlap potluck
POTENTIAL LUCKIER
after spending a long time on other words with good potential.
OA Today!
Me too! I even made up a 2w with TURPENTINE “ENCLOAK”, and got close with PLUCKIER, had a few 3w’s but finally got POTENTIAL LUCKIER and was sort of surprised, sort of relieved, that it was the OA.
Also, PREPOTENTIAL – LUCK.
Surprised PRE-potential was accepted.
Reckoner recapitulant
INTERLAP—POTLUCK
OUTLINER—REPACK
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PROLACTIN—NEUK°
KNAP—PLURIPOTENCE
OUTPLACE—EINKORN
PETULANCE—EINKORN
PANTONAL— LUCKIER
CAPITOUL—LANKIER
CAPITULA—AEROPLANKTON
LACTOPROTEIN—NIKAU
PREPOTENTIAL—LUCK
REINCUR—REALPOLITIK
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☕☕
INCUR REALPOLITIK
No need reincur but ok
I had OUTLINER-REPACK as well
Took so much longer than I’d have expected with this letter arrangement. Eventually got OUTLINER-REPACK.
POTENTIAL-LUCKIER
*PERITONAEAL-LUCK
*PERITONAEAL good in OED
PERITONEAL-LUCK
PETULANCE-EINKORN
INTERLAP-POTLUCK
OUTLINER-REPACK
OUTPLACER-RINK
OUTPLACE-EINKORN
*CAPITOLINE-ERUKUKU*
*CAPITOLINE good in Wiktionary, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
*ERUKUKU good Wikionary
PORKIER-RUTILANCE
CAPITOUL-LANKIER
PERONEAL-LUCKITE
PINKO-OUTPLACER
RECAPITULANT-TONK
PLANKTONT-TINCTURE
*KORUP-PECTINEAL
*KORUP good in Wiktionary
OPERCULA-AIKINITE
PERCALINE-ETUKORI*
*ETUKORI good in Wiktionary
INTERCROP-PAKUL
*CLONKIER-RECAPTURE
*CLONKIER good in Scrabble US (TWL)
INCUR-REALPOLITIK
PEACENIK-KULTURO*
*KULTURO good in Wiktionary
PRECENTORIAL-LURK
PAKUL-LACTOPROTEIN
POPINACK-KULTURE*
*KULTURE good in OED
*LUCKA-APOPROTEIN
*LUCKA good in OED
PERCEPTUAL-LOKIN*
*LOKIN good in OED
Precentorial-luck
Similar to one of your many!
PRECENTORIAL LUCK
Same here – hurrah for liturgical knowledge!
OUTLINER – REPACK
Same
OA
Settled on PERITONEAL-LUCK
(after TURPENTINE-*ENCLOAK was not accepted)
OA
Took a while to get out of PLUCKIER, then OA
Petulance einkorn
PLANKTON – NACRE – EUTOPIA
had to settle for a TWA.
3WA
Outplacer Rink, within a couple of minutes
OUTPLACER-RINK (13/2)
INTERLAP — POTLUCK
Haven’t seen INTERLAP since my math class Venn-Diagram days.
I really wanted PLANKTON to work, but I just couldn’t find anything that LB accepted.
OA after finally abandoning PENITENTIAL and RECAPTURE
PERITONEAL – LUCK after a few minutes toying around with words like Alter, Pluckier and Plank.
Outplacer and rink.
INCUR – REALPOLITIK – perfectly describes the age in which we are living
CURIA–AEROPLANKTON
Nice!
Peritoneal luck took way too long . 14/2 beats 16/2
Preceptorial lucken
Scratch lucken
OA
Got the OA happily after toying around with CAPITULANT. Didn’t think of REcapitulant.
Also PLUCKIER ROUTINAL*
*dated adj version of “routine”
PERITONEAL LUCK
Capture-Enoki
Good find Dan! You don’t see 12/2’s very often
But no L?!
….what abou the L…
You are right! O S !
pantonal – luckier
OA two days in a row. Spent more time on this than I usually allow myself but am somewhat housebound with little else to do.
POTENTIAL- LUCKIER
Buying two lottery tickets.
Good one, JAF!
Thanks, Amber!
OA rather quickly.
Pluripotential luck/lack good fortune , bad fortune. Thanks for Marks pluripotence
Today is doubly bad, got lot of good words couldn’t use and also missed a lot of good ones
Some tries:interneuronal centerpiece enroute kiloliter centiliter panko preceptorial autopilot interlace turpentine airplane airliner lucre panacea eternal internal lipoprotein interline perceptual receipt pluckier. Interlink recliner repainter
Such excellent words Bill!
Thanks Nicole.
Got stuck on PLUCKIER and CAPITOLINE (which LB wouldn’t take), finally resorted to RECAPITULANT TONK.
I made SO MANY WORDS on the way to
CAPITOL / LUCKIER
OA after playing with
POTLUCK
CAPITULANT/CAPITULA
PLANKTON (missed AEROPLANKTON – nice find!)
TURPENTINE (so sure that was one of the words)
PANTONAL – LUCKIER
OUTLINER REPACK