Here are the Letter Boxed December 11, 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:
MLCPHISAOUWR
The answers are:
PROMISCUOUSSHAWL
WARMUPS – SHOPAHOLIC
You can’t be pulling a muscle on black Friday.
LOUPS – SCRIMSHAWS
There it is! I ended up with Scrimshaws – scopula
OA
Parlous scrimshaw- dangerous waste of time?
LOUPS SCRIMSHAW(S)
POPULOUS SCRIMSHAW(S)
POPULISMS SCRIMSHAW(S)
Warmups Shopaholic
That’s better than mine. I took a flyer on SCHOLIA to finish off the pair with WARMUPS. Technically more efficient but I still like yours better.
WARMUPS / SHOPAHOLIC ‘Tis the season…
Same. I would have been done much sooner if SWIMUP had been accepted. Says it is not a word. Tell that to all the people sipping umbrella drinks in Caribbean resort pools. I also tried to no avail to use the prefix “MICRO”. MICROPLUSH (a small stuffed animal.) MICROSWAMP (a small marsh area) and many others.
AIRSHOWS SCHLUMP
AIRSHOWS-SCHLUMP too.
Yiddish again!
Same.
WARMUPS — SHOPAHOLIC
Found HARPSICAL but LB wouldn’t accept it.
WARMUPS – SHOPAHOLIC
Only if they’re on sale.
Rampacious shawl
promiscuous shawl…
A hot little item this winter; everybody’s wearing it.
lol
promiscuous – shawl as well
OA, as well, after a few dead ends with Capricious and Malicious.
WARPS—SCHOLIUM 13/2
scholium, n. An explanatory note or comment; spec. an ancient exegetical note or comment upon a passage in a Greek or Latin author.
Warps Scholium also
X3
Yup
circumpolar – rawish
Started there, but then found Whomps Simulacra. The original plan was to burn them in effigy, but the mob ran out of matches. Also, on the shelves of Scrimshaw-R-Us: Loups / Lupous / Poilus / Poulps / Parlous / Plumous / Pulpous / Papulous / Populous / Palacious / Crapulous Scrimshaw.
Mouchoirs sprawl.
Same here – I learned a new word with MOUCHOIRS, apparently it means handkerchiefs.
What’s with the slutty shawls and sprawling hankies? What message is the universe trying to send us?
PROMISCUOUS -SHAWL
Got it on very first try! Never done that before, amazing……I feel so empowered this morning
👏👏👏
OA I found both Airshow and Schlump earlier but never put them together.
AIRSHOWS — SCHLUMP/SCHLUMPS works! 🙂
WHOMPS – SIMULACRA
What the Doctor does to the Cybermen, every chance he has. 😊
WHOPS SIMULACRA.
UPWARPS-SCHOLIUM
PALACIOUS – SHAWARMA
This was mine as well, fun solve.
WHOPS SIMULACRA too
And WHUPS SCHOLARISM*
And just for fun: CORPUSCULARISM* MWAH
and a timely WAR RAPACIOUS SHALOM
Spent way too long and got tons of 3w’s, but no 2w though close to some of these alternates. My closest one to the OA was IMPAIR RAUCOUS SHAWL. My “made up” 2w was AIRSHOWS SCAPULUM (SCAPULA is a word, but not -um, it’s already singular with -ae plural). My shortest 3w was CUP PLOW WARMISH.
Another POPULOUS – SCRIMSHAW here. Gave up on HUMORISM(S), and really tried to find a WORM, but finally saw SCRIMSHAW. Should have tried LOUPS (a cloth mask from the french word for wolf, as well as to leap, jump, or spring, mainly used in Scotland and comes from the Middle English word loupe, which comes from the Old Norse word hlaupa.
WHOLISM – MACULOPAPULAR. Finally, I get a unique answer. Who would have thought I was the only one to find “wholism”?
Wow, nice going!
Excellent solution.
Prolapsus and Scrimshaw were my words. I snicker a lot a prolapsus 😆
For us three worders out there:
Chamois
Scapular
Raw or Row – just for the w.
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 airshows / schlump
2 – 16 airshows / schlumps
3 – 17 circumpolar / rawish
4 – 18 crapulous / scrimshaw
5 – 19 crapulous / scrimshaws
6 – 14 loups / scrimshaw
7 – 15 loups / scrimshaws
8 – 15 lupous / scrimshaw
9 – 16 lupous / scrimshaws
10 – 18 microporous / shalwar
11 – 19 microporous / shalwars
12 – 16 microporous / shawl
13 – 17 microporous / shawls
14 – 15 mouchoirs / sprawl
15 – 16 mouchoirs / sprawls
16 – 17 papulous / scrimshaw
17 – 18 papulous / scrimshaws
18 – 16 parlous / scrimshaw
19 – 17 parlous / scrimshaws
20 – 15 poilus / scrimshaw
21 – 16 poilus / scrimshaws
22 – 17 populous / scrimshaw
23 – 18 populous / scrimshaws
24 – 18 prolapsus / scrimshaw
25 – 19 prolapsus / scrimshaws
26 – 18 promiscuous / shalwar
27 – 19 promiscuous / shalwars
28 – 16 promiscuous / shawl
29 – 17 promiscuous / shawls
30 – 17 shalwar / rampacious
31 – 17 scrimshaws / scopula
32 – 20 scrimshaws / supralocal
33 – 15 sprawls / scholium
34 – 15 upwarps / scholium
35 – 15 warmups / scholium
36 – 14 warmups / scholia
37 – 17 warmups / shopaholic
38 – 18 warmups / shopaholics
39 – 13 warps / scholium
40 – 18 wholism / macroporous
41 – 20 wholism / maculopapular
42 – 15 whomps / simulacra
43 – 14 whops / simulacra
44 – 18 macroporous / slowish
45 – 19 maculopapular / rawish
46 – 16 pailous / scrimshaw
47 – 17 pailous / scrimshaws
48 – 18 palacious / scrimshaw
49 – 19 palacious / scrimshaws
50 – 17 palacious / shawarma
51 – 16 parawais / scholium
52 – 16 plumous / scrimshaw
53 – 17 plumous / scrimshaws
54 – 17 poculums / scrimshaw
55 – 18 poculums / scrimshaws
56 – 15 poulps / scrimshaw
57 – 16 poulps / scrimshaws
58 – 19 proloculus / scrimshaw
59 – 20 proloculus / scrimshaws
60 – 16 pulpous / scrimshaw
61 – 17 pulpous / scrimshaws
62 – 15 pulwars / scholium
63 – 17 rampacious / shalwar
64 – 18 rampacious / shalwars
65 – 15 rampacious / shawl
66 – 16 rampacious / shawls
67 – 17 rampacious / slowish
68 – 15 rhopalium / macaws
69 – 15 rhopaliums / schwa
70 – 14 rhopaliums / scow
71 – 15 rhopaliums / scows
72 – 15 rhopaliums / scowl
73 – 16 rhopaliums / scowls
74 – 16 rhopaliums / scrawl
75 – 17 rhopaliums / scrawls
76 – 19 rhopaliums / scrimshaw
77 – 20 rhopaliums / scrimshaws
78 – 16 chloralism* / mawpus*
79 – 14 chromiums* / spawl*
80 – 15 chromiums* / spawls*
81 – 15 chromiums* / sprawl
82 – 16 chromiums* / sprawls
83 – 19 circumpolar / rawmaish*
84 – 18 cocoplums* / scrimshaw
85 – 19 cocoplums* / scrimshaws
86 – 18 coprolaliac* / cumshaw*
87 – 19 coprolaliac* / cumshaws*
88 – 15 copular / rawmaish*
89 – 19 corpuscular / rawmaish*
90 – 15 cupolar* / rawmaish*
91 – 14 haloumis* / scrawp*
92 – 15 haloumis* / scrawps*
93 – 16 humicolous* / scrawp*
94 – 17 humicolous* / scrawps*
95 – 16 humicolous* / sprawl
96 – 17 humicolous* / sprawls
97 – 16 humoralisms / scowp*
98 – 17 humoralisms / scowps*
99 – 17 humoralisms / scrawp*
100 – 18 humoralisms / scrawps*
101 – 17 micropumps* / shalwar
102 – 18 micropumps* / shalwars
103 – 15 micropumps* / shawl
104 – 16 micropumps* / shawls
105 – 14 mouchoirs / spawl*
106 – 15 mouchoirs / spawls*
107 – 15 opulus* / scrimshaw
108 – 16 opulus* / scrimshaws
109 – 17 opuscular / rawmaish*
110 – 15 pachoulis* / scrawm*
111 – 16 pachoulis* / scrawms*
112 – 18 pachoulis* / scrimshaw
113 – 19 pachoulis* / scrimshaws
114 – 17 pachoulis* / shawarma
115 – 14 pachoulis* / swarm
116 – 15 pachoulis* / swarms
117 – 17 populars* / scrimshaw
118 – 18 populars* / scrimshaws
119 – 18 populisms* / scrimshaw
120 – 19 populisms* / scrimshaws
121 – 16 promuscis* / shalwar
122 – 17 promuscis* / shalwars
123 – 14 promuscis* / shawl
124 – 15 promuscis* / shawls
125 – 15 prouls* / scrimshaw
126 – 16 prouls* / scrimshaws
127 – 16 pulwars / scholiums*
128 – 15 rhopalic / cumshaw*
129 – 16 rhopalic / cumshaws*
130 – 15 scholiums* / scrawp*
131 – 16 scholiums* / scrawps*
132 – 15 scholiums* / sprawl
133 – 16 scholiums* / sprawls
134 – 15 scrawm* / mailpouch*
135 – 15 scrawps* / scholium
136 – 16 scrawps* / scholiums*
137 – 16 sprawls / scholiums*
138 – 14 swarm / mailpouch*
139 – 16 upcoils* / scrimshaw
140 – 17 upcoils* / scrimshaws
141 – 15 upcoils* / shawarma
142 – 16 upswarm* / mailpouch*
143 – 14 upswarm* / malicho
144 – 15 upswarms* / scholia
145 – 16 upswarms* / scholium
146 – 17 upswarms* / scholiums*
147 – 18 upswarms* / shopaholic
148 – 19 upswarms* / shopaholics
149 – 15 warmup / pachoulis*
150 – 16 warmups / scholiums*
151 – 14 warps / scholiums*
152 – 16 wholisms* / scapular
153 – 17 wholisms* / scapulars
LOUPS – SCRIMSHAW also.
Tried MALICIOUS – SCRIMSHAW but nowhere for the P
PALACIOUS – SHAWARMA
PUSHCHAIRS SLOWMO* My pushchair was the the most disappointing vehicle I owned, without a doubt. Giddy up mother!
There is no agreement on the net about slowmo/slomo/slow-mo. LB isn’thaving it.
I got the same at first and was sad LB didn’t accept it. I gave up and ended with SLOP – PUSHCHAIRS – SHAWARMA