Here are the Letter Boxed December 12, 2023 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:
TLQSRWNCEOAU
The answers are:
CONQUESTTRAWL
Clowns Sequestrate/Sequestrator.
Inefficient but also easy so I no complain. Never having liked clowns that much I do like the TI.
Same
Same here
CLOWNS – SEQUESTRA for me, quickly followed by me looking up the definition for SEQUESTRA. 😝
CLAQUES – STROWN
Claques – strown as well — a smattering of sycophants.
Same. Didn’t know either word. They were both guesses. Got it really pretty quickly after giving up on yesterday’s a few minutes ago. Spent ages on yesterday’s over today and yesterday and could only get a 3. Was keen to make MICROPIG work and I also found 2 new interesting words: PATRIARCHATE and MATRIARCHATE.
OA today
OA too and yippee! in a fraction of the time I spent (and failed) yesterday
Yes, the OA, but also, look at all these words I made up (all accepted):
CLOWNS – SEQUESTRAL
– extra toothy grins
COWTOWNS – SQUEALER
– cattle tattle
RACQUETS – SONLAW
… Now, they’re just messing with us.
I got the OA too. And, as someone else mentioned, quite speedily—in contrast to the considerable amount of time I spent trying (and failing) to find a solution for yesterday’s puzzle.
And seeing all the nonwords it accepted today makes me a bit miffed in light of all the valid words it rejected yesterday. 😜
LOL – I made up SEQUESTRAL too and added a new word to my list 🙂 Feeling better after sinking way too much time yesterday finding ARTICHOKE!
According to the OED, there are two historical records of “sonlaw,” meaning “son-in-law”: one in 1509 in S. Tymms, Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds; and one in 2004 (!) in the Birmingham Evening Mail. And yet “crampy” and “dishware” are not accepted. So, yes, they are just messing with us.
So close to OA today: CONQUESTS-SCRAWL
My solution was CONQUESTS-SCRAWLER so even more inefficient haha
Cowtowns Squealer
CONQUEST TRAWLER
Whats an “ER” among TRAWLS?
same.
This is the most inelegant 2-solve I’ve ever come up with, but it works:
cowtowns squealer
COWTOWNS SQUEALER raising cows and pigs?
I settled for this one too
OA, instantaneously.
PDQ here, too. Satisfying. Happy to dispatch this game for today.
There were 100 2 word solutions today. Here are a few…
13/2
claques / strown
conquest / trawl
querants / scowl
14/2
conquest / talwar
conquest / tulwar
conquest / trawls
croquets / sonlaw
racquets / sonlaw
querants / scowls
15/2
clowns / sequestra
conquest / trawler
conquests / salwar
conquests / scrawl
croquetas / sonlaw
racquet / townlets
tawa / alcornoques
weta / alcornoques
alcornoques / stew
alcornoques / stow
crownlets / squeal
querants / scowler
Davel, the challenge here is to use your own mind/brain power to find a solution, not to use an automated programme to post all of the possible answers. Please let those who enjoy and encompass that challenge to post their individual solutions/frustrations rather than post your list of automated solutions which add nothing to this community, save the knowledge that someone can supply all of the answers without any thought.
I enjoyed making the software that gets the answers to the letter box puzzle. I also solve the puzzle before running the software. I don’t always get a two or three word solution, but it’s fun trying.
I’ll stop the posts. Unless I get feedback that people want it. Maybe I could post at the end of the day. Thanks.
Glad to know you try to solve it first. To solve the puzzle feels like an accomplishment, but to create a program that does it for you—well, that’s just awesome! Sounds like a conquest that prevents unnecessary trawling. But do keep us posted on your own finds
I would like to see your list at the end of the day. It does steal some of the joy of being the first to find a solution when the list is posted too early.
I can post it by 10:00 PM EST
Crownlets – squeal
OA.
Found the OA without too much trouble. There’s also CONQUESTS–STALWART.
Actually got near the OA today. Conquests & Scrawl. 🙂
Same!
Same here, CONQUESTS—SCRAWL
But took me so long to get it, the conquest felt nothing like a scrawl!
REQUESTANTS – SCOWL. They mean business.
Also Scowler Requestant. A bad tempered beggar?
I’m glad to see you made something with Request. I wondered about it myself before moving on to other possible solves. I’ve learned (I hope) not to become too attached to any one apparently possible solution…
I too went with the longer CONQUEST-TRAWLER for better TI. I also noticed the CROQUET LAWNS and LACQUER TOWNS along the way, not to mention the WALRUSES and the COLESLAW.
Hailing from a notable cowtown, Kansas City, I got this in record time for me.
COWTOWNS – SQUEALER
CROWNALS-SEQUESTER. More letters than the OA, but I got there quickly.
My first 13/2 matching given answer since Nov 7
SNOWCATS – SQUEALERS. Particular type of cat that isn’t considered a big cat because it can’t roar
SQUEALERS! What a great Q-word!
Nice find. I was happy to see the Lynx (a.k.a. the Snowcat). It’s the mascot of CU Denver. Although they resemble the common bobcat, it’s illegal to hunt the Lynx, as they’re a protected species here in Colorado. I attended an interesting talk on conservation efforts to protect them. They inhabit the high mountains, above cougar country, up to the tree line. 🏔️ 🐈
crowler – requestant 🍻
12-12-23
TLQ—SRW—NCE—OAU
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CLAQUES—STROWN
CLOWNS—SEQUESTRA
SNOWCATS—SQUEALER
CROWN—NATURALESQUE is my Fav today.
👑
🐘 : Cat, Cow, Orca, Otter, Raccoon, Rat, Sea Otter, Seal, Snowcat (lynx), Walrus, Weasel, Tosa
🦅 : Conure, Crow, Loon, Owl, Owlet, Quelea, Rooster, Tern, Turaco
🐞 : Ant, Anteater, Locust, Tarantula
🦈 : Eel, Sole, Tetra, Tuna
🪸 : Coral
👹 : Tree Orc 🙂
typo: Anteater is a mammal, not an insect! 😄
Is it a bug that words with double letters show up on your list, like eel, rooster, loon?
No, it’s just that I’m letting them pass through. Awhile back when we started categorizing words that appear in the array, it was generally accepted to play fast and loose; at least in that niche of the game. 🙂
I also track (but not always post) Animals, Chemical Elements with their Symbols, Currencies, Colors with Hex values, and math and physics related terms.
Lately I like to search for anagrams, anadromes, and palindromes, listed in increasing rarity.
Fascinating. And I love “naturalesque” as a word.
Me too. I was so pleased when LB accepted it.
cowtown / naturalesque
conquest – trawl
Crownlets/Squeal
A three worder:
quest / talc / crown
Some Anagrams in today’s array:
COELOSTATS : OSTEOCLAST
SANTERO : TREASON
QUESTER : REQUEST
OESTRUS : TORUSES
LOTUSES : SOLUTES
ROQUET : TORQUE
SUNSET : UNSETS
OWLET : TOWEL
And borrowing some PSWs:
SEAWATER : TEAWARES*
NURTURE : UNTRUER*
Watercolor – Requestant
OA again and swiftly too
Cowtowns – squealer– Love the TI! and– Requestants – Scowl.
Conquest talc crow
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 – 20 careworn / naturalesque
2 – 13 claques / strown
3 – 16 claques / snowcrete
4 – 17 claques / snowcretes
5 – 17 clown / naturalesque
6 – 17 clowns / sequestrate
7 – 18 clowns / sequestrates
8 – 18 clowns / sequestrator
9 – 15 clowns / sequestra
10 – 16 clowns / sequestral
11 – 14 conquest / talwar
12 – 14 conquest / tulwar
13 – 16 conquest / toleware
14 – 13 conquest / trawl
15 – 14 conquest / trawls
16 – 15 conquest / trawler
17 – 15 conquests / salwar
18 – 15 conquests / scrawl
19 – 16 conquests / scrawls
20 – 17 conquests / scrawler
21 – 17 conquests / stalwart
22 – 18 conquests / stalwarts
23 – 19 cowtown / naturalesque
24 – 18 cowtowns / sequestral
25 – 16 cowtowns / squealer
26 – 14 croquets / sonlaw
27 – 15 croquetas / sonlaw
28 – 17 crowler / requestant
29 – 18 crowler / requestants
30 – 17 crown / naturalesque
31 – 16 crowns / sequestral
32 – 16 lasques / snowcrete
33 – 17 lasques / snowcretes
34 – 18 nowcasts / sequestral
35 – 16 nowcasts / squealer
36 – 16 queleas / snowcrete
37 – 17 queleas / snowcretes
38 – 15 racquet / townlets
39 – 14 racquets / sonlaw
40 – 17 scowler / requestant
41 – 18 scowler / requestants
42 – 18 snowcats / sequestral
43 – 16 snowcats / squealer
44 – 16 squeals / snowcrete
45 – 17 squeals / snowcretes
46 – 15 tawa / alcornoques
47 – 20 watercolor / requestant
48 – 21 watercolor / requestants
49 – 15 weta / alcornoques
50 – 19 alcornoques / seawater
51 – 19 alcornoques / setscrew
52 – 18 alcornoques / slowest
53 – 18 alcornoques / snowcat
54 – 19 alcornoques / snowcats
55 – 19 alcornoques / stalwart
56 – 20 alcornoques / stalwarts
57 – 15 alcornoques / stew
58 – 15 alcornoques / stow
59 – 16 alcornoques / straw
60 – 16 alcornoques / strew
61 – 17 alcornoques / strewn
62 – 18 alcornoques / strewer
63 – 16 alcornoques / strow
64 – 17 alcornoques / strown
65 – 20 alcornoques / snowcrete
66 – 21 alcornoques / snowcretes
67 – 17 crownals / sequester
68 – 19 crownals / sequestrate
69 – 20 crownals / sequestrates
70 – 20 crownals / sequestrator
71 – 17 crownals / sequestra
72 – 18 crownals / sequestral
73 – 18 crownals / statuesque
74 – 16 crownlets / sequela
75 – 17 crownlets / sequelae
76 – 20 crownlets / sequestrate
77 – 21 crownlets / sequestrates
78 – 21 crownlets / sequestrator
79 – 18 crownlets / sequestra
80 – 19 crownlets / sequestral
81 – 15 crownlets / squeal
82 – 16 crownlets / squeals
83 – 17 crownlets / squealer
84 – 19 crownlets / statuesque
85 – 18 naturalesque / escrow
86 – 13 querants / scowl
87 – 14 querants / scowls
88 – 15 querants / scowler
89 – 16 querants / slowcore
90 – 16 requestants / scowl
91 – 17 requestants / scowls
92 – 18 requestants / scowler
93 – 19 requestants / slowcore
94 – 17 snowcretes / sequela
95 – 18 snowcretes / sequelae
96 – 20 snowcretes / sequestral
97 – 16 snowcretes / squeal
98 – 17 snowcretes / squeals
99 – 18 snowcretes / squealer
100 – 16 wanta / alcornoques
101 – 15 cloques* / strawn*
102 – 18 clowns / sequestrant*
103 – 19 clowns / sequestrants*
104 – 21 coleworts / sequestrant*
105 – 22 coleworts / sequestrants*
106 – 18 conquest / tolewares*
107 – 23 coralworts* / sequestrant*
108 – 24 coralworts* / sequestrants*
109 – 20 cotwals* / sequestrant*
110 – 21 cotwals* / sequestrants*
111 – 19 cowals* / sequestrant*
112 – 20 cowals* / sequestrants*
113 – 17 cowans* / sequestral
114 – 17 cowls / sequestrant*
115 – 18 cowls / sequestrants*
116 – 19 craquelures* / snowcat
117 – 20 craquelures* / snowcats
118 – 18 craquelures* / stown*
119 – 18 craquelures* / strown
120 – 16 crownlets / sacque*
121 – 17 crownlets / sacques*
122 – 21 crownlets / sequestrant*
123 – 22 crownlets / sequestrants*
124 – 23 lowercases* / sequestrant*
125 – 24 lowercases* / sequestrants*
126 – 17 questants* / scowler
127 – 17 questants* / scrowl*
128 – 18 questants* / scrowle*
129 – 19 questants* / scrowles*
130 – 18 questants* / scrowls*
131 – 18 scowls / sequestrant*
132 – 19 scowls / sequestrants*
133 – 21 scrowles* / sequestrant*
134 – 22 scrowles* / sequestrants*
135 – 20 scrowls* / sequestrant*
136 – 21 scrowls* / sequestrants*
137 – 18 sequestrants* / scowl
138 – 20 sequestrants* / scowler
139 – 19 sequestrants* / scowls
140 – 20 sequestrants* / scrowl*
141 – 21 sequestrants* / scrowle*
142 – 22 sequestrants* / scrowles*
143 – 21 sequestrants* / scrowls*
Fast OA for a change.