Here are the Letter Boxed December 14, 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:
IVEANOPRLDCM
The answers are:
COMPILEENDEAVOR
INVADER – RECOMPILE
Same, beat me to it.
Same…
This was the original name of space invaders when literally translated.
Me too. My quickest solve in a while.
Same here. Waiting for someone to pair my favorite (and Bernie’s I believe) DORMICE
vampiric – compendial (however the latter was not accepted)
Same here.
Vampiric and Cendol but since New York Times is American they didn’t know what the latter was 😭
PARAMEDIC COVALENCE
Same. PARAMEDIC COVALENCE. When the guys in the ambulance are so chummy they bond like electrons? 🤷🏼♀️
alio.
Epidermic-covalence
INVALID DECOMPILER
Vampire-endocardial
When the stake is driven through their heart.
Nice!
Fantastic!
Ha!
This was me too, but first found VAMPIRE–ENDOCRINAL.*
I looked in vein for pairing with VAMPIRE.
Super! Love this one!
VAMP-PORCELAINED
Nice. Me too!
That was mine too
PALINDROMICAL LARVAE. Feel silly for not finding the partners to VAMPIRE and PARAMEDIC as shared above
Amazing!
Same, plus Palindromic Cavalcade, and Vamp Porcelained, less satisfyingly. Palindrome variants automatically confer TI.
Lots of inventive answers here, especially considering the problematic placement of that darn V!
Don’t know how I missed the elegant OA!
VAPORED – DOMINICAL. Lot of options for today!
this was me as well.
PALINDROMIC-COVALENCE
a description of how some molecules look, i guess, e.g. H-O-H
👍
I spent ages looking for something to go with palindromic.
Cavalcade, as noted above.
Same answer here! Not the most efficient answer but it was expeditious (at least for me)! I found it relatively quickly especially as compared to some from earlier this week!
VOICEMAIL LEOPARD
This is wonderful!
Very nice! I really thought I had hit the jackpot with Voicemail but couldn’t see any way through.
No “n” though, I liked this pairing, too
You lot are brilliant!
VARIOLE – ENCAMPED — ghastly condition involving smallpox.
OA & Endeavor Recompile.
COMPILE ENDEAVOR, my first two word solution since discovering Letterboxed Answers a week or so ago. So many multiple two word solutions! It was a bit leveling.
VALENCE – EMPIREDOM Long and messy, but double-checked for acceptance!
Nice! I really wanted something with Empire/Empirical but didn’t make it happen.
Paramedic Covalence
“Empiredom” was a let’s-try-it surprise: good to know but clunky and sort of redundant?
VAINER – RECOMPILED. meh. so many clever solutions from you all above!
Valenced – Decompiler
First 2 word solution I found. Not satisfying, but solved.
RECOMPILE ⇔ ENDEAVOR
ENDEAVOR ⇔ RECOMPILE
PALINDROME
PALINDROMIC
PALINDROMICAL
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DEEDEED, REPAPER, DENNED, MALLAM, MARRAM, REDDER, RENNER, ALALA, DELED, LEMEL*, MADAM, MALAM*, MINIM, RADAR
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🐘 : Aidi, Airedoodle, Ape, Armadillo, Camel, Caracal, Cavador, Cavapoo, Dalmadoodle, Dalmador, Deer, Ermine, Impala, Indri, Leopard, Llama, Mini Lop, Mole, Orca, Pinniped, Pomapoo, Poodle, Red Deer, Roe Deer, Vole
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🐊 : NILE CROCODILE
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👹 : VAMPIRE, OLD POLAR ORC
Haha, good one!
vamp – porcelained
OA very quickly.
Love all the creative pairs today!
INVOICE – EPIDERMAL
Taking your pound of flesh. This came after I jettisoned working with VAMPIRIC, funnily enough.
Impressive TI albeit gruesome 🙂
Excellent TI!
Obstetrical billing?
Invalid Decompiler. I think LB is sending me messages in the form of answers I’m getting.
No matter what I seemed always to get Vampire/Vampiric, one other word and a left over letter. Gave in to the fates and settled for Vampiric Colder Rend (mid winter dinner for a vampire?) before soldiering on to a two word solve.
Varicolored Dampen
I stumbled on COMPENDIA ALVAR.
ALVAR is a limestone plain.
INVOICE – EPIDERMAL – what you get after your facelift? Really wanted LOCAVORE to work, but couldn’t find a pairing for it.
I found CRAPOLA / AVOCADO / OILMEN
Shouldn’t decompiler be a valid word?
Vamp – Porcelained. I did not know porcelained was a word until now.
Invoice epidermal
Covalence epidermal
Palindromic covalence
Invader Recompile
I got stuck and went with OVAL LEOPARD DAMN NICE
OA, and had a strong feeling it would be. Pleasantly surprised to see so many alternate solutions!
pervaded-dominical
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 – 18 valorem / macropodine
2 – 16 compendia / acerval
3 – 14 compendia / alvar
4 – 15 compile / endeavor
5 – 17 compile / endeavored
6 – 18 covalence / epidermal
7 – 18 covalence / epidermic
8 – 19 covalence / epidermoid
9 – 18 covalence / empiredom
10 – 17 decompile / endeavor
11 – 19 decompile / endeavored
12 – 17 endeavor / recompile
13 – 18 endeavor / recompiled
14 – 19 endeavored / decompile
15 – 20 endeavored / decompiled
16 – 20 endeavored / decompiler
17 – 18 epidermic / covalence
18 – 17 invaded / decompiler
19 – 16 invader / recompile
20 – 17 invader / recompiled
21 – 17 invalid / decompiler
22 – 19 invalided / decompiler
23 – 16 invoice / epidermal
24 – 19 madreporic / covalence
25 – 20 palindromic / cavalcade
26 – 20 palindromic / covalence
27 – 18 paramedic / covalence
28 – 19 pavlova / aeromedicine
29 – 17 pervaded / dominical
30 – 17 recompile / endeavor
31 – 19 recompile / endeavored
32 – 16 vainer / recompiled
33 – 17 valence / epidermoid
34 – 16 valence / empiredom
35 – 18 valenced / decompiler
36 – 16 valeric / compendia
37 – 15 vamp / porcelained
38 – 18 vampire / endocardial
39 – 16 vapored / dominical
40 – 18 varicocele / encamped
41 – 17 varicolored / dampen
42 – 19 varicolored / dampened
43 – 19 varicolored / dampener
44 – 19 varicolored / dopamine
45 – 16 ovariole / encamped
46 – 19 palindromical / larvae
47 – 21 palindromical / locavore
48 – 19 paradromic / covalence
49 – 16 pendicler / removal
50 – 17 perminvar / recoiled
51 – 18 perminvar / recolored
52 – 19 perminvar / recompiled
53 – 18 perminvar / redolence
54 – 17 perminvar / railodoc
55 – 17 perminvar / recordal
56 – 15 variole / encamped
57 – 17 variolic / compendia
58 – 17 varioline / encamped
59 – 17 varioline / epidemic
60 – 18 varioline / epidermic
61 – 19 aceldama* / avoparcin*
62 – 17 alameda / avoparcin*
63 – 19 avoparcin* / nialamide
64 – 15 compendia / arval*
65 – 18 compile / endeavorer*
66 – 18 covalence / empaired*
67 – 17 covalence / epiderm*
68 – 15 decamp / parvolin*
69 – 16 decamp / parvoline*
70 – 20 endeavorer* / recompile
71 – 21 endeavorer* / recompiled
72 – 21 invalider* / recompence*
73 – 19 invalider* / recompile
74 – 20 invalider* / recompiled
75 – 16 invar* / recompiled
76 – 17 melodia / avoparcin*
77 – 18 melodica / avoparcin*
78 – 19 melodrama / avoparcin*
79 – 16 ovoli / incompared*
80 – 21 palindromic / calvariae*
81 – 22 palindromic / cavalcaded*
82 – 20 palindromic / cavalero*
83 – 19 parvoline* / emperced*
84 – 19 parvoline* / encalmed*
85 – 18 parvoline* / encamped
86 – 22 parvoline* / encomendero*
87 – 17 parvoline* / endemic
88 – 20 parvoline* / endemical*
89 – 19 parvoline* / endermic*
90 – 21 parvoline* / endermical*
91 – 20 parvoline* / endodermic
92 – 18 parvoline* / epidemic
93 – 21 parvoline* / epidemical*
94 – 19 parvoline* / epidermic
95 – 20 peridermic* / covalence
96 – 17 pervaded / dolmenic*
97 – 17 picomole* / endeavor
98 – 19 picomole* / endeavored
99 – 20 picomole* / endeavorer*
100 – 20 recompile / endeavorer*
101 – 15 valeric / compend*
102 – 16 vali* / incompared*
103 – 19 valider* / recompence*
104 – 18 vampired* / dolmenic*
105 – 18 vampired* / dominical
106 – 16 vapored / dolmenic*
107 – 24 voicemail / lepidodendroid*
108 – 19 vomerine* / epicardial
109 – 18 vomerine* / epicedial
110 – 20 vomerine* / epidemical*
INVADER – RECOMPILE