Here are the Letter Boxed August 27, 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:
LUTBIPRHMCOA
The answers are:
OPHTHALMICCURB
Matchup Parboil.. Ding! All finished. As quick as the vegetable’s.
The vegetable’s what? You ask?
Possessive typos. That’s what happens when things are half baked; or only partially boiled as the case may be.
Yes, indeed, same here. My vegetables are much meeker, however. 😄
Same!
Here’s another MATCHUP PARBOIL
I could have spent the entire day on it and never gotten the OA.
Here’s another MATCHUP PARBOIL
I could have spent the entire day on it and never gotten the OA. .
Oh, I like that one; I got Parboil but missed Matchup. (Got Cloth-Hump-Parboil, or Chump-Parboil-Lit). I did eventually get 2w: THUMP PARABOLIC.
THUMP-PARABOLIC for me too. Took me a long time
👍👍👍
Matchup – Parboil
Same here
MATCHUP PARABOLIC
Thump Parabolic…
When the cannonball lands.
I got THUMP – PARABOLIC too.
I thought of the path of a baseball…and the ill fate of a bad catcher ⚾️🤕 ouch!
Another Thump-Parabolic. A falling star?
THUMP PARABOLIC
Me too.
Got it in a minute.
Surprised it is not the OFFICIAL ANSWER!
Me too!
Same here
Likewise
thump – parabolic as well
Another in a long list of THUMP PARABOLIC solvers. Like HAMESQ, I’m surprised it wasn’t the official answer.
And even though I have an ophthalmologist, I don’t trust myself to spell variations on the word correctly. (That “pht” part is killer!)
Same
Same!
If you got the OA, please wear a helmet; or at least safety goggles.
OPHTHALMIC-CRUMB for me. Less efficient but also less painful. More like looking for a needle in a haystack maybe?
I guess I need to wear them!
Champ publicitor
Please don’t bite the press agent.
CHATBOT TRIUMPHAL – when AI takes over the world.
Great solution!
This is amazing! Got TRIUMPHAL but no CHATBOTS here
same
I got CHATBOT TRIUMPHAL too.
That’s a great solve. Couldn’t finish Triumphal or Parabolic. But eventually got the OA.
Same
Same!
BUMPH–HAIRCLOTH
Political Parchment Pamphlets.
Or maybe overlong text tattoos.
Very perceptive picking these two words out of the array …
hadn’t heard of BUMPH before so i looked it up … this narrative i think is both BUMPH and BUMF:
https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/bumph-vs-bumf
I had BUMPH – HAIRCLOTH too, but would have bet that I was the only one, since I tried bumph randomly and still suspect its a made-up word!
BUMPH – HAIRCLOTH also.
Stumbled across “bumph”. Like others, it’s a new one on me.
This is probably as good a place as any to throw in my two cents:
Chatbot Triumphal (one of them is bound to come out on top eventually); Matchup Parboil (vs roast, bake or grill); Matchup Politburo (faction vs faction); Ophthalmic Curb (Glaucoma controls); Rumbo / Rubato / Politburo Ophthalmic (TI wanting); and Bumph Haircloth (useless information I found when I had to look up both words).
BUMPH / HAIRCLOTH too.
Me too!
Me too!
I always like to grab the geometric elements.
MATCHUP—PARABOLIC
y=ax²+bx+c
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symmetric on either side of their vertex.
MATCHUP-PARABOLIC also, but the closest to a mathematical theme I could muster was the memory of that cute guy in calculus class. Did not do well in that course….
Another MATCHUP – PARABOLIC.
MATCHUP – PARABOLIC
Congruence theorem.
Good – no OAs so far (as of 8:20am blog time)
Okay, i saw the IUM and tried Thorium and Barium and got nowhere so then i decided to try the longest IUM i could find which is Opthalmophorium. LB says it’s not a word.
Prothalamium is a word, at least to LB. Getting a match was surprisingly hard, only had BC leftover but only match i could find for either end was Microbal, which LB took.
So, i ended up with:
PROTHALAMIUM MICROBAL
😎🐝🇺🇸
PS – i think Louisa has the most succinct solution so far …
😎
I agree that Chatbot Triumphal is the best answer so far, certainly better than the OA Ophthalmic Curb, but only because Lambchop was unaccountably rejected. No Triumphal Lambchop, for LB chooses to Curtail Lambchop! It was voted down in the Lambchop Politburo! I can’t scratch the itch with Lambchop Pruritic!
😎
PROTOMORPHIC — CHLORAMBUCIL
PROTOTROPHIC — CHLORAMBUCIL
PHOTOTROPHIC — CHLORAMBUCIL
ORTHOMORPHIC — CHLORAMBUCIL
(CHLORAMBUCIL is a standard chemotherapy drug for blood cancers)
Also found IMPROPRIATOR but couldn’t connect it to anything.
(its going to be a very small ceremony)
to mcbee
Talking about the no OAs yet?
You are probably going to be very correct 👍 …
😎🐝
RF hasn’t logged in yet today … i miss his games – they are really good!
Hey, Mr.McBEE 🐝,
My entry today is MATCHUP – PARABOLIC. Took me too long to find MATCHUP from the leftovers. Didn’t find the simpler THUMP.
It’s because I’m depressed lately. It’s my manic mood that produces a lot of ideas like racing thoughts.
I just miss those euphoric moments. I don’t want it to be treated because they are really wonderful. My mom would notice the signs. When it wears off, the same magical place would be just ordinary.
Thanks! Mr.McBee that you enjoyed my little game. It’s my pleasure. ❤️
Desperation got me to BUMPH-HAIRCLOTH – neither of which I am that familiar with
Thump Parabolic
In a couple minutes.
Something akin to alien sounds detected by an antenna.
CHAMP
POLITBURO
Same here. Well done! Great minds . . .
BURLAP – PHIMOTIC. That’s gotta hurt.
I’m sorry I looked it up!
MATCHUP POLITBURO
a.k.a. wedding planners?
Nice!
Chatbot triumphal
Album morphotic
album microphoto
Me too!
ALBUM – MICROPHOTO for me as well. Much more straightforward than OA, and more thematic to boot!
Another THUMP PARABOLIC here.
Not sure if it was just an easy one, or I am getting better at this.
ALBUM MORPHOTIC also
Labrum Microphoto
Album microphoto
Matchup Parboil
trump / philobatic
charbroil / lot / terump
charbroil / lamplit / trump
charbroil / limit / trump
choliamb / balot / trump
trump / parabolic / charbroil
trump / parapublic / charbroil
trump / patriotic / charbroil
trump / protopathic / charbroil
philobatic / chatbot / trump
Some Trump 3 worders
charbroil / lot / trump
charbroil / lamplit / trump
charbroil / limit / trump
choliamb / balot / trump
trump / parabolic / charbroil
trump / parapublic / charbroil
trump / patriotic / charbroil
trump / protopathic / charbroil
philobatic / chatbot / trump
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 – 15 album / microphoto
2 – 19 album / microphthalmia
3 – 19 album / microphthalmic
4 – 14 album / morphotic
5 – 23 amphimictic / chlorambucil
6 – 18 amphimictic / clotbur
7 – 21 apomictic / chlorambucil
8 – 21 apophatic / chlorambucil
9 – 21 apoptotic / chlorambucil
10 – 22 apotropaic / chlorambucil
11 – 16 arctophilia / album
12 – 21 arctophilia / abortorium
13 – 20 atrophic / chlorambucil
14 – 20 barium / microphthalmia
15 – 20 barium / microphthalmic
16 – 21 barotrauma / arctophilia
17 – 17 bum / microphthalmia
18 – 17 bum / microphthalmic
19 – 14 bumph / haircloth
20 – 15 bump / philopatric
21 – 13 bump / politarch
22 – 14 burlap / phimotic
23 – 18 burlap / paraphimotic
24 – 17 burlap / philomathic
25 – 18 burlap / protomorphic
26 – 15 burp / philomathic
27 – 14 champ / politburo
28 – 15 champ / publicitor
29 – 16 chatbot / triumphal
30 – 19 chlorambucil / lamplit
31 – 18 chlorambucil / laptop
32 – 20 chlorambucil / lopolith
33 – 24 circumpolar / robotomorphic
34 – 20 clamour / robotomorphic
35 – 19 clotbur / ratiomorphic
36 – 18 clotbur / ratomorphic
37 – 13 crump / philobat
38 – 15 crump / philobatic
39 – 18 haptic / chlorambucil
40 – 23 humiliator / robotomorphic
41 – 21 impolitic / chlorambucil
42 – 17 labarum / microphoto
43 – 21 labarum / microphthalmia
44 – 21 labarum / microphthalmic
45 – 16 labarum / morphotic
46 – 18 labour / ratiomorphic
47 – 17 labour / ratomorphic
48 – 19 labour / robotomorphic
49 – 16 labrum / microphoto
50 – 20 labrum / microphthalmia
51 – 20 labrum / microphthalmic
52 – 15 labrum / morphotic
53 – 16 matchup / parabolic
54 – 14 matchup / parboil
55 – 16 matchup / politburo
56 – 17 matchup / publicitor
57 – 24 ombrotrophic / chlorambucil
58 – 23 ombrotrophic / circumpolar
59 – 19 ombrotrophic / clamour
60 – 19 ombrotrophic / crucial
61 – 18 ombrotrophic / crural
62 – 18 ombrotrophic / cupola
63 – 22 ombrotrophic / curatorial
64 – 19 ombrotrophic / curtail
65 – 18 ombrotrophic / curtal
66 – 22 ophiolitic / chlorambucil
67 – 19 ophitic / chlorambucil
68 – 22 ophthalmic / chlorambucil
69 – 17 ophthalmic / clotbur
70 – 15 ophthalmic / crumb
71 – 14 ophthalmic / curb
72 – 17 optic / chlorambucil
73 – 24 orthomorphic / chlorambucil
74 – 21 orthoptic / chlorambucil
75 – 20 palmitic / chlorambucil
76 – 20 parlour / robotomorphic
77 – 21 patriotic / chlorambucil
78 – 18 phatic / chlorambucil
79 – 17 philobat / traumatic
80 – 23 philopatric / chlorambucil
81 – 16 philopatric / crumb
82 – 20 phimotic / chlorambucil
83 – 18 photic / chlorambucil
84 – 18 photomap / parapublic
85 – 18 photomap / publicitor
86 – 24 phototrophic / chlorambucil
87 – 20 phthalic / chlorambucil
88 – 19 politburo / ophthalmic
89 – 19 politburo / orichalcum
90 – 17 politburo / omphalic
91 – 21 politburo / ophthalmitic
92 – 19 politic / chlorambucil
93 – 19 potamic / chlorambucil
94 – 20 prothalamium / microbal
95 – 22 prothalamium / microbarom
96 – 17 prothalamia / aucuba
97 – 23 protopathic / chlorambucil
98 – 20 pruritic / chlorambucil
99 – 16 pruritic / choliamb
100 – 18 ptotic / chlorambucil
101 – 16 rubato / ophthalmic
102 – 14 rubato / omphalic
103 – 18 rubato / ophthalmitic
104 – 16 rumba / arctophilia
105 – 14 rump / philobatic
106 – 19 tamboura / arctophilia
107 – 18 tambura / arctophilia
108 – 14 thump / parabolic
109 – 19 trophic / chlorambucil
110 – 15 trump / philobatic
111 – 16 umbra / arctophilia
112 – 16 urophilia / ambatch
113 – 16 optimuma / alabarch
114 – 22 paraptotic / chlorambucil
115 – 24 abortorium / microphthalmia
116 – 24 abortorium / microphthalmic
117 – 19 aplitic / chlorambucil
118 – 20 haplitic / chlorambucil
119 – 17 apomorphic / clotbur
120 – 19 haplomorphic / clotbur
121 – 23 haptophoric / chlorambucil
122 – 20 microphthalmia / abrupt
123 – 19 microphthalmia / abura
124 – 19 microphthalmia / album
125 – 20 microphthalmia / arbour
126 – 20 microphthalmia / aucuba
127 – 24 microphthalmia / abortorium
128 – 26 microphthalmic / chlorambucil
129 – 18 microphthalmic / chub
130 – 21 microphthalmic / clotbur
131 – 19 microphthalmic / crumb
132 – 17 microphthalmic / cub
133 – 18 microphthalmic / curb
134 – 21 morphotic / chlorambucil
135 – 15 omphalic / clotbur
136 – 24 ophthalmitic / chlorambucil
137 – 19 ophthalmitic / clotbur
138 – 17 ophthalmitic / crumb
139 – 16 ophthalmitic / curb
140 – 23 orthophotomap / parapublic
141 – 19 orthophotomap / public
142 – 23 orthophotomap / publicitor
143 – 21 otopathic / chlorambucil
144 – 18 paramorphic / clotbur
145 – 22 parapatric / chlorambucil
146 – 24 paraphimotic / chlorambucil
147 – 19 paraphimotic / clotbur
148 – 24 paratartaric / chlorambucil
149 – 23 paratrophic / chlorambucil
150 – 20 parlatic / chlorambucil
151 – 19 parotic / chlorambucil
152 – 21 parotitic / chlorambucil
153 – 18 pathic / chlorambucil
154 – 23 patriarchic / chlorambucil
155 – 22 philobatic / chlorambucil
156 – 21 philobatic / circumpolar
157 – 17 philobatic / clamour
158 – 15 philobatic / crumb
159 – 15 philobatic / crump
160 – 17 philobatic / curcuma
161 – 16 philobatic / curium
162 – 16 philobatic / curiam
163 – 23 philomathic / chlorambucil
164 – 18 philomathic / clotbur
165 – 16 philomathic / crumb
166 – 15 philomathic / curb
167 – 29 photolithotrophic / chlorambucil
168 – 23 photophilic / chlorambucil
169 – 21 photoptic / chlorambucil
170 – 18 platic / chlorambucil
171 – 18 plaur / robotomorphic
172 – 20 pompatic / chlorambucil
173 – 19 porotic / chlorambucil
174 – 20 primatic / chlorambucil
175 – 20 probatic / chlorambucil
176 – 21 proptotic / chlorambucil
177 – 20 protatic / chlorambucil
178 – 18 protic / chlorambucil
179 – 23 protolithic / chlorambucil
180 – 24 protomorphic / chlorambucil
181 – 23 protophilic / chlorambucil
182 – 24 prototrophic / chlorambucil
183 – 22 publicitor / ratiomorphic
184 – 19 publicitor / ratomorph
185 – 21 publicitor / ratomorphic
186 – 24 ratiomorphic / chlorambucil
187 – 19 ratiomorphic / clotbur
188 – 23 ratomorphic / chlorambucil
189 – 18 ratomorphic / clotbur
190 – 25 robotomorphic / chlorambucil
191 – 24 robotomorphic / circumpolar
192 – 20 robotomorphic / clamour
193 – 20 robotomorphic / crucial
194 – 19 robotomorphic / crural
195 – 19 robotomorphic / cupola
196 – 23 robotomorphic / curatorial
197 – 20 robotomorphic / curtail
198 – 19 robotomorphic / curtal
199 – 15 rumbo / ophthalmic
200 – 17 rumbo / ophthalmitic
201 – 18 ruptic / chlorambucil
202 – 14 ruptic / choliamb
203 – 24 trophophoric / chlorambucil
204 – 20 ailourophilia* / ambatch
205 – 23 ailourophilic* / crumbcloth*
206 – 21 amphimictic / crumbcloth*
207 – 15 amphoric* / clotbur
208 – 18 amphoric* / crumbcloth*
209 – 19 aphotic* / chlorambucil
210 – 17 aphotic* / crumbcloth*
211 – 17 aplitic / crumbcloth*
212 – 19 apomictic / crumbcloth*
213 – 19 apophatic / crumbcloth*
214 – 19 apoptotic / crumbcloth*
215 – 20 apotropaic / crumbcloth*
216 – 19 aprotic* / chlorambucil
217 – 17 aprotic* / crumbcloth*
218 – 19 aptotic* / chlorambucil
219 – 17 aptotic* / crumbcloth*
220 – 16 arctophil* / labarum
221 – 15 arctophil* / labrum
222 – 18 atrophic / crumbcloth*
223 – 16 bampot* / thalictrum*
224 – 20 barophilic* / crumbcloth*
225 – 23 barotrauma / ailourophilic*
226 – 19 barotrauma / arctophil*
227 – 25 barotraumata* / ailourophilic*
228 – 21 barotraumata* / arctophil*
229 – 23 barotraumata* / arctophilia
230 – 22 batholithic* / circumpolar
231 – 16 batholithic* / crump
232 – 17 batholithic* / cuprum*
233 – 21 batholitic* / circumpolar
234 – 15 batholitic* / crump
235 – 16 batholitic* / cuprum*
236 – 18 bumalo* / orthomorphic
237 – 15 bumalo* / orthoptic
238 – 18 champart* / taurobolia*
239 – 19 champart* / taurobolium*
240 – 16 chapt* / taurobolium*
241 – 21 crumbcloth* / halomorphic*
242 – 20 crumbcloth* / halophilic
243 – 18 crumbcloth* / haplitic
244 – 16 crumbcloth* / haptic
245 – 15 cuatro / ombrophil*
246 – 18 halomorphic* / clotbur
247 – 21 halomorphic* / crumbcloth*
248 – 20 halophilic / crumbcloth*
249 – 18 haplitic / crumbcloth*
250 – 16 haptic / crumbcloth*
251 – 20 holoptic* / chlorambucil
252 – 20 hoplitic* / chlorambucil
253 – 19 hotchpot / taurobolium*
254 – 17 hurlbat* / trimorphic*
255 – 16 mailpouch* / hurlbat*
256 – 22 matambala* / ailourophilic*
257 – 18 omphalic / crumbcloth*
258 – 20 ophthalmic / crumbcloth*
259 – 17 ophthalmic / crumbum*
260 – 21 orthoboric* / circumpolar
261 – 18 palmitic / crumbcloth*
262 – 19 parabolic / crumbcloth*
263 – 21 paramorphic / crumbcloth*
264 – 17 parotic / crumbcloth*
265 – 19 parotitic / crumbcloth*
266 – 16 pathic / crumbcloth*
267 – 19 patriotic / crumbcloth*
268 – 16 phatic / crumbcloth*
269 – 21 philomathic / crumbcloth*
270 – 18 philomathic / crumbum*
271 – 23 photobathic* / chlorambucil
272 – 22 photobathic* / circumpolar
273 – 18 photobathic* / clamour
274 – 21 photobathic* / crumbcloth*
275 – 18 phthalic / crumbcloth*
276 – 20 poplitic* / chlorambucil
277 – 17 potamic / crumbcloth*
278 – 18 primatic / crumbcloth*
279 – 18 protatic / crumbcloth*
280 – 20 prothalamium / microbar*
281 – 21 protopathic / crumbcloth*
282 – 14 rumba / arctophil*
283 – 20 tambala / ailourophilic*
284 – 21 tamboura / ailourophilic*
285 – 17 tamboura / arctophil*
286 – 20 tambura / ailourophilic*
287 – 16 tambura / arctophil*
288 – 21 taurobolia* / amphimictic
289 – 21 taurobolia* / amphitricha*
290 – 18 taurobolia* / amphoric*
291 – 20 taurobolium* / mailpouch*
292 – 18 taurobolium* / matchup
293 – 18 taurobolium* / morphic
294 – 20 taurobolium* / morphotic
295 – 15 thumb / barophilic*
296 – 20 tombola / ailourophilic*
297 – 22 trimorphic* / chlorambucil
298 – 14 umbra / arctophil*
299 – 13 upclimb* / brotha
Disappointed I couldn’t get patriarchal or matriarchal in a solution 🤔
patriarchic made it into a solution
I ended my search after finding – chatbot, triumphal
9 letter words in today’s solution
amaurotic
apomictic
apophatic
apoptotic
bariatric
bathchair
batholith
charbroil
chihuahua
chiliarch
chloritic
chlorotic
haircloth
halitotic
homopolar
impartial
impolitic
matriarch
microlith
militaria
moratoria
mortarium
muahahaha
buahahaha
oratorial
orthoptic
otolithic
palilalia
parabolic
paramotor
patriarch
patriotic
photobomb
politburo
primatial
raptorial
traumatic
triatomic
trilithic
triumphal
ouroboric
urophilia
haptophor
maritimal
matricial
miliarial
miliarium
morphotic
mortcloth
optomotor
otopathic
paramalic
paramorph
parapolar
parotitic
philomath
photolith
photophil
photophob
photoptic
politarch
primitial
proptotic
protolith
protoplot
railmotor
ratomorph
tombarolo
10 letter words in today’s solution
apotropaic
atraumatic
barotrauma
curatorial
halophilic
hotchpotch
humiliator
militarium
moratorium
ophiolitic
ophthalmia
ophthalmic
orichalcum
paraphilia
paraphilic
parapublic
photolitho
photomural
phototroph
paraptotic
abortorium
apomorphic
criophoric
marialitic
miarolitic
microbarom
microlitic
micromolar
micromorph
micromotor
microphoto
microtomic
miliolitic
morabaraba
marabaraba
orthophoto
orthotomic
parapathia
parapatric
philobatic
protomorph
prototroph
publicitor
rotatorial
11 letter words in today’s solution
amphimictic
arctophilia
circumpolar
homomorphic
matriarchal
microlithic
patriarchal
philopatric
prothalamia
protopathic
trichotomic
climatorial
haptophoric
matriarchic
orthophoria
paramorphic
paratrophic
patriarchic
philomathic
photophilic
protolithic
protophilic
raptatorial
ratomorphic
12 letter words in today’s solution
chlorambucil
impropriator
ombrotrophic
orthomorphic
phototrophic
prothalamium
haplomorphic
laboratorial
micromorphic
ophiomorphic
ophthalmitic
paraphimotic
paratartaric
protomorphic
prototraitor
prototrophic
ratiomorphic
trophophoric
13 letter words in today’s solution
microtrichium
orthophotomap
robotomorphic
14 letter words in today’s solution
microphthalmia
microphthalmic
photophthalmia
15 letter words in today’s solution
photolithotroph
16 letter words in today’s solution
There was a 17 letter word
photolithotrophic