Here are the Letter Boxed December 04, 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:
HFAILSRTXPEG
The answers are:
FLAGSHIPPRETAX
PLEXIGLAS SHRIFT. 🤷♀️
Ahnold says: That’s a good one!
OA for me.
me too
Plexiglas Shifter
Same answer for me, but why does LB accept “Plexiglas?” It’s a registered trade name, capitalized in the OED. Thought that put it in the “not a word” category.
Hi Julia. It has been observed here, that over time, some registered trademarks can become regular words, accepted in LB, Scrabble, and elsewhere. Other examples are Xerox and Velcro.
Still, would’ve thought the ‘s’ would be doubled when the word entered common parlance.
On the other hand, ‘SHERPA’ is a curious omission.
Me too!
Same. Tried GRAPHITE(S) and PARAGRAPH(S) first trying to pair either with some form of FLEX and then tried PLEXIGLAS leading to an easy solve.
OA two days running. What’s going on?
Highly irregular!
So is that a fleet discount, perhaps?
PLEXIGLAS — SHRIFT
Couldn’t connect EXPATIATES, PARALEXIAS, or GRAPHITES
Same…got FLAG but missed FLAGSHIP and got all hung up on GRAPHITE(S) and EXPATRIATE(S)… No OA today for me 🙁
HEXAPLA—AIRFREIGHTS
PARALEXIA—AIRFREIGHTS
FLAXES°—SPRIGHT° 13/2
hexapla, n. A sixfold text in parallel arrangement, as that made by Origen of the Old Testament, and that of the New published by Bagster.
paralexia, n. The substitution of a word, syllable, or letter for another in reading; an instance of this.
Nice! I didn’t think of airfreight as I thought it was two words.
Agreed. It’s a strange one. OED has it with two words.
I’ll take “Genius” vs. “Not a Word” anyday!!! 🙂
Found Airfreight but couldn’t match it. 👍
Oa, don’t know why that took me so long. Had flagship pretty quickly.
Found graphite, but alas could not complete the equation
FLAGSHIP – PRETAX
Tugboat after tax.
PLEXIGLAS – SHIFTER.
Same here, DW. Because cars need more plastic. . .
OA. 😊
Plexiglas Shrift – it’s the latest thing for the confessional, but what of anonymity? Also Plexiglas Shifters, working the LATE SHIFT at the plexiglas warehouse.
flagship – pretax
Plexiglas shrift quickly
OA
OA here after first finding AIRSHIP and AIRFREIGHT without pairs. Surprised SPRIGHT wasn’t accepted but guess it’s archaic. Like me! LOL
PLEXIGLAS SHRIFT – got it really fast, after first seeing THRIFTIEST. Was sure I had the OA, ha! Also wasn’t sure if plexiglas would be ok’d or needed two s’s at the end. Glad to be done quickly today. Hadn’t yet tried -ship or pre-.
Was thinking ALTIGRAPHS SELFTAX* might work. But no soap. Ended up submitting FLAGSHIP PRETAX instead.