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!
Weirdly enough, my twin sister also got the same answer. Go figure.
OA for me.
Yup!
What does OA mean?
Only answer?
Original answer?
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.
Same, super fast
Me too!
Same for me and my First time with only two words.
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 here as well
Same, plexiglas/shrift (or less efficient shifter or shiftier).
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.
Plexiglas Shifter
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.
I have a number of issues with this word list for this puzzle. Should have had it solved relatively quickly – AREFLEXIA-ALTIGRAPHS but AREFLEXIA – The condition of having no reflexes wasn’t accepted. Any body knows what the plural of LAXITY is? Every dictionary on the planet says it is LAXITIES but LB again says no.. Gave SELFTTAX a try to no avail, as well as SEXIFIES – which while not in the OED yet, will be soon enough. SHERPA being omitted was also quite irritating. Also wouldn’t let Agraphia, Apraxia, or Ataxia be pluralized, so there must be only one type of each and not multiple types of Agraphias, Apraxias, or Ataxias.
PARAGRAPHER-REFLEXITIES
A fancy way of saying I wrote a paragraph about myself?
PLEXIGLAS – SHIFTER Quick solve for a change and the first words I saw!
Had to settle for three after spending too long with airfreights, pixelated and firefighters amongst others.
FIREFIGHTER – RELAPSES – SEX
Frigates, spheral
Unique answer, I think, Ice!
Plexiglas – Shiftier
I forgot to pos this last night…
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 – 17 flagship / parataxes
2 – 14 flagship / pretax
3 – 18 hexapla / airfreights
4 – 22 serigrapher / reflexities
5 – 16 plexiglas / shifter
6 – 17 plexiglas / shifters
7 – 17 plexiglas / shiftier
8 – 15 plexiglas / shrift
9 – 16 plexiglas / shrifts
10 – 18 firstship / plexiglas
11 – 22 paragrapher / reflexities
12 – 20 paralexia / airfreights
13 – 20 reflexities / serigraph
14 – 21 reflexities / serigraphs
15 – 22 reflexities / serigrapher
16 – 23 reflexities / serigraphers
17 – 18 festal / lexigraphies*
18 – 17 fetal / lexigraphies*
19 – 18 fetial* / lexigraphies*
20 – 13 flaxes* / spright*
21 – 14 flaxes* / sprights*
22 – 16 hexaplar* / refights
23 – 21 lexigraphies* / shelfiest*
24 – 17 lexigraphies* / shift
25 – 19 lexigraphies* / shifter
26 – 20 lexigraphies* / shifters
27 – 20 lexigraphies* / shiftier
28 – 21 lexigraphies* / shiftiest
29 – 18 lexigraphies* / shifts
30 – 18 lexigraphies* / shrift
31 – 19 lexigraphies* / shrifts
32 – 20 lexigraphies* / spitfire
33 – 21 lexigraphies* / spitfires
34 – 18 lexigraphies* / stifle
35 – 19 lexigraphies* / stifler
36 – 20 lexigraphies* / stiflers
37 – 19 lexigraphies* / stifles
38 – 16 prefixal / laighest*