Here are the Letter Boxed August 26, 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:
YDUPMLSIOAQR
The answers are:
POLYAMOROUSSQUID
Payloads squirm
unnecesseraly longer PAYLOADS-SQUIRMY
i raise you MAILDROPS-SQUIRMY
Proms Squalidly
Proms — Squalidly
I found PROMS – SQUALIDLY as well today.
Also in the Proms-Squalidly camp. Saw Poly sitting there, and feel some shame I didn’t see Polyamorous. I thought the Tub for this answer was solid, but the OA is way better.
proms – squalidly
PROMS-SQUALIDLY in about a minute
got MALODOROUS. SQUIRMY but missing the P. Really wanted DAIQUIRI to work!!
Same here: tunnel vision after seeing SQUIRMY right off.
The OA TI seems apropos.
I started with squirmy too but hung in there to get proms squalidly. Not the prettiest answer but I’ll take it.
Same, after PRIMAL – LIQUORS – SADLY!
Haha Original Steph! Me, too 😊
Ditto!
Same
PAYLOADS – SQUIRM, too.
PAYLOADS – SQUIRM
buggy ride
Another PAYLOADS SQUIRMY here… SQUIRM is better! I already had Squirmy and couldn’t form UPLOADS in front of it, then thought of PAYLOADS… (I got Poly- or -poly or -opoly, and -ous or -ously, but missed Amorous or Polyamorous. Got Squid and Quids too). Glad I got this fairly quickly.
Same
Payloads + squirm
PAYLOADS / SQUIRM as well.
That’s what I got.
Similar. PAYLOADS – SQUIRMY
PROMS – SQUALIDLY
PROMS – SQUALIDLY
Dirty dancing.
Same. Nasty!
Same. Any Londoners out there, I was thinking Royal Albert Hall…..listening in the basement. Proms Salubriously….plush velvet swivel seats in a box!
Exactly the same here. Like it more than polyamorous squid to be honest. I also tried armour etc. Dirty dancing lol.
Ha! Same THIS…
Got a little too footloose.
Didn’t get the OA, but…
When my son was little, and first learning to label his anatomy; he would say he had tentacles. I chose not to correct this.
😊
Same. Quickly. Is it more efficient and moral than the OA? Idk you decide.
😂
Same here…
Proms -Squalidly
Another
PROMS SQUALIDLY
PROMS—SQUALIDLY
MYRIAPODS—SQUALOR
PAYLOADS—SQUIRM
POLYPODA^—ASQUIRM^
MYRIAPODOUS—SQUALOR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^ Merriam-Webster
MYOPIAS°—SQUADROL°
AIRDROPS—SQUAMOUSLY°
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
° OED
DRIPS—SQUAMOUSLY°
PODALIRIUSⁿ—SQUIRMY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
° OED, ⁿ proper name
Squamous cells. Cool. Like how your mind works Mark
POLYAMOROUS-SQUID
PAYLOADS-SQUIRM
MYRIAPODS-SQUALOR
MYRIAPODOUS-SQUALOR
PROMS-SQUALIDLY
*SPORIDIUMS-SQUALIDLY
*SPORIDIUMS good in OED
POLYADS-SQUIRM
MAILDROPS-SQUIRMY
ROADMAPS-SQUALIDLY
POLYMODAL-LIQUORS
Awesome!
Thanks!
*PIQUAS-SMOULDRY*
*PIQUAS good in Wiktionary
*SMOULDRY good in OED
SLIPROADS-SQUIRMY
PASQUILS-SMOULDRY*
*SMOULDRY good in OED
POLYPODIUMS-SQUALOR
*PRIMORDIALS-SQUIRMY
*PRIMORDIALS good in OED
MALAPROPS-SQUALIDLY
*POLYPIDOMS-SQUALOR
*POLYPIDOMS good in OED
Tried ti find something to accompany squirmy. Love it. Was even talking about the primordial soup and gill skits in embryos this morning. You know onthogeny recapitulates phylogeny. The thymus and thyroid. What a coincidence
MYRIAPODOUS-SQUALID immediately and pre-caffeine!
Wow! That’s an impressive word even WITH caffeine!
Looks like I may be the first in with a non-machine-generated OA today. Fun array!
ChatGPT5 can solve LetterBoxed. Earlier versions struggled. Smith is still faster. 👌
MALAPROPS-SQUALIDLY
PAYLOADS-SQUIRM
Same. And I thought I got an original answer
MAILDROPS-SQUIRMY
Proms squalidly
payloads-squirm
Maildrops, Squalidly
PAYLOADS — SQUIRM/SQUIRMY
Got PAY, PAYLOAD, PAYLOADS and then SQUIRM, SQUIRMY. Another quick one.
Couldn’t pair DOLDRUMS
DOLDRUMS – was a three word answer for me with SQUIDS – SPAY
Oh well
Payloads Squirmy. I thought I had it instantly with Loads Squirmy but realized I missed the P. It took me a couple minutes to come up with Payloads.
Great one.
Proms squalidly
POLYADS-SQUIRMY
didnt need extra Y at the end for the most efficient solve (13 letters)
POLYMODAL LIQUORS
Looked in vain for a match for
MALODOROUSLY.
Could only come up with:
PASQUIM* MALODOROUSLY
*Pasquim is a portuguese word for rag, or satirical journal.
QUIM MALODOROUS SYRUP was surprisingly accepted.
MAILDROPS SQUIRMY
POLYAMOROUS SQUID. Once again, must admit to using a word finder after finding SQUID on my own.
Roadmaps squalidly
OA. Hey. If you’ve got eight arms, why not??
🤣🤣
Sliproads, squirmy
My first two!
Payloads – Squirm
MYRIAPODS SQUIRL
Same!
PAYLOADS SQUIRMY
I sat with malodorous for a long time, but finally gave up and saw payloads…
PROMS SQUALIDLY
Wasn’t there a squalid prom at the end of Stephen King’s “Carrie”?
Lol same
Proms squalidly
Polymodal-Liquors
Myriapods – squalid
SQUALIDLY PROMS
OA
Don’t ask what all those tentacles are for.
Another PROMS SQUALIDLY, within seconds. Doubt if I would have seen the OA.
Oh, how I wish I’d found the OA!
😆😂🤣
I landed on
PROMS / SQUALIDLY
POLYAMOROUS – SQUALID
A veritable cornucopia of possibilities today. Very cool.
PAYLOADS – SQUIRM
Primordials squalidly drips squamously
Polymodal/liquors
Sauropods squirmily
Payloads – squirm
Payloads squirm
One of the few to get POLYAMOROUS SQUID then? Grab a tentacle each!