Here are the Letter Boxed December 23, 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:
IOYTAPVEDRUN
The answers are:
VINEYARDDROPOUT
VINEYARD—DROPOUT (oa)
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PROAVIAN—NEUTRODYNE
From the OED:
proavian, adj. & n. Of or relating to a hypothetical animal forming an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds.
neutrodyne, n. A type of high-frequency valve amplifier in which neutralization is employed to prevent oscillation throughout a range of frequencies.
Had DROPOUT, but not
VINEYARD – DROPOUT
Wine in a box.
OA after toiling with other words and near misses with Vineyard. 🙄
Rainout, Outyard, Airport, Topiary,
Outyard -Divine (no P)
PRENOVA(?!)-AUDITORY
I’ll take it to compensate for all the real words LB rejected!
Great solution!
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Thanks ☺️. High praise coming from an LB Master.
Same here. Really needed auditory to work.
Super! I struck out with Auditory, only got as far as Pent – Trivia – Auditory. Finally gave up on it and eventually hit on OA.
vineyard dropout… a wine stopper.
Vineyard Dropout
VINEYARD — DROPOUT
I spent a lot of time trying to get INTRAUTERINE, PENETRANT, ANTINEUTRON, and PERPETUITY to work. Found YARD and then VINEYARD and DROPOUT was right there.
LB would not accept ANTINEUTRINO or DIPROTODON.
Nice finds Bill! Not as long, but I also found NONPERPETUITY, REPUDIANT, OPERANDI, and VIRIDIAN before finally landing on the OA. Thought of a VINEYARD littered with inebriated college students 🙂
At least it does accept the ANTINEUTRON and the ANTIPROTON today. ⚛️ ✔
OA
vineyard – dropout
Some minimal triples (14/3):
AUDIT—TROPE—ENVY
AVID—DUE—ENTROPY
DUET—TROPIN—NAVY
PIVOT—TUAN—NERDY
A symmetric triple ↘️ :
PIVOTER—RANDY—YUP
YUP—PIVOTER—RANDY
RANDY—YUP—PIVOTER
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I wanted to add that triples almost always abound in LB. But when restricting to just 14 letters it is still a challenge. You can uncover rare 3- and 4-letter words.