Here are the Letter Boxed December 10, 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:
AEINMPYLOHFC
The answers are:
MALEFICCACOPHONY
PHENOMENAL – LIFECYCLE
likewise
As well…
And we shall manifest this affirmation from the benevolent box.
Phenomenal/Lifecycle
The Caterpillar
Me, too
FLIC-CYMOPHANE*
*CYMOPHANE good in OED
HYPOMANIC-CLEF
HALFPIPE-ECONOMY
PHENOMIC-CALCIFY
PHENOMIC CALCIFY here too.
Add me to the Phenomic-Calcify crew.
Transposing the e and o also works with Phonemic-Calcify
*HALFLIFE-EPONYMIC*
*HALFLIFE good in Wiktionary
*EPONYMIC good in OED
Yep, phenomic-calcify within a minute or two
Same here
MYCOPHILIC-CAFONE
MONOCEPHALIC-COMFY
MYCOPHILE-ENFAME*
*ENFAME good in OED
LIFECYCLE-EPIPHENOMENA
MALEFIC-CIPHONY*
*CIPHONY good in Collins
Same here – is that the most efficient?
HYPONYM-MALEFIC
MALEFICENCE-EYEPHONE
*HALFPACE-EPONYMIC*
*HALFPACE good in Merriam-Webster
*EPONYMIC good in OED
MYELENCEPHALIC-COFINE*
*COFINE good in OED
Nice! COIF works too.
Encephalic-comfy
A very relaxed brain.
FLIC-CYMOPHANE*
*CYMOPHANE good in OED
HYPOMANIC-CLEF immediately
Perhaps the preceding notation to the MALEFIC CACOPHONY.
Same, also immediately. Surprised this isn’t the OA.
Hypomanic-Clef
HYPOMANIC CLEF – how I feel when I’m playing a soprano recorder and the piece is notated in alto clef. Soprano recorders are pretty hypomanic in any case.
HALFPIPE – ECONOMY after fiddling around with MYCOPHILE, NEOPHILIC, CANOPY, INFANCY, MONEYMAN, ALIMONY, CALIPH, PINLAY, LINEMAN, ENHANCE, PELICAN, HOMOPHILIC, HOMOPHONE, and HYALINE.
Lots of great words to work with today!
Encephalic comfy
Phenomenalical-lifey
Meant phenomenical-lifey
PHENOMENAL-LIFECYCLE
HYPOMANIC CLEF. Worked with CACOPHONY and HEMOPHILIC but couldn’t get them to work.
HALFPIPE-ECONOMY
Phenomenal- Lifecycle
PHENOMENICAL LENIFY*
*OED
PHENOMENAL-LIFECYCLE
PHONEMIC CALCIFY
FLAMENCO OPHIOMANCY
PHENOM MALEFICY*
*OED cit. var of malefice.
“Witchery”
MALEFIC – CACOPHONY
HYPOMANIC—CLEF
HYPONYM—MALEFIC
PHENOMENAL—LIFECYCLE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Half-solutions:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAP—PHLEOMYCINʷ
ALPHENIC°—COMFY
MYCOPHILE—ENFAME°
HOMELIFE—ELEPHANCY°
FOAM—MYELENCEPHALIC°
LIFECYCLE—EPIPHENOMENAL°
FLIC—, FILMIC—CYMOPHANE°
PHENOME—, MYCOPHILE—ELFAMYCINʷ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pseudo-solution:
PHONECAMʷ—MILFYʷ 😍
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
° OED, ʷ Wiktionary
HALFPIPE – ECONOMY
anencephalic–comfy!
CYNOPHILE* ENFLAME**
*W **OED
(Curiously CINEPHILE is accepted in Scrabble but not CYNOPHILE which means someone fond of dogs.
Conversely CYNOPHOBE is accepted in Scrabble but CINEPHOBE is not. )
MONOCEPHALlC–CALCIFY
Lifecycle epiphenomenal or epiphenomenal lifecycle what efficiency!
Nice symmetry!
Thanks Mark!
How is the OA chosen amongst the possibilities?
The NYT team designates only one as the official. Many times though we can find other solutions that have fewer letters or even more catchy themes.
Encephalic comfy
Anencephalic comfy
Phenomenal lifecycle
OA, surprisingly. I usually find the first word first, but I found CACOPHONY before I found MALEFIC.
Hypomanic clef
Halfpipe Economy
Phenomenal – lifecycle
Great letters ! However, Surprised I couldn’t use hyphenic ?