Here are the Letter Boxed February 13, 2026 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:
EHYLSOMWTXAU
The answers are:
XYLEMMOUTHWASH
HAYMOWS—SEXTULA
MOWHAYS—SEXTULA
XYLEM—MOUTHWASH
ETHOXYLATES—SWUM
14-, 12-, 11-, 10-:
METATHALAMUSES, METATHALAMUS, OTHAEMATOMAS, OXYSTOMATOUS, HAEMATOMATA, METHUSELAHS, ETHOXYLATES, OTHAEMATOMA, ALMSHOUSES, HAEMATOMAS, HOUSEMATES, MALTHOUSES, METASTASES, METHUSELAH, MUWAHAHAHA, MYXOMATOUS, SHOWHOUSES, SMASHMOUTH, STALEMATES, TUMULTUOUS, ETHOXYLATE, MELASTOMES, METASTOMAS, MUSHMOUTHS
ETHOXYLATES – SWUM, too.
XYLEM of the OA was my first word found.
10/13.
39/44.
Good streak!
OUTSWAM—METHOXYL
OUTLAWS—SHMEXYʷ (13/2)
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ʷ Wiktionary
shmexy : (slang, euphemistic or humorous) Sexy.
Thanks! 😊
Outswam methoxyl
XYLEM-MOUTHWASH – kicking myself for not seeing it sooner, as I was initially stuck on SWEATHOUSE and wanted XYLEMS to work, even though I knew better. But instinct said XYLEM HAD to be part of the solution.
Oh darn it, I was trying METHOXYL too and missed OUTSWAM. Grr.
Good job Irim, ETHOXYLATES – SWUM here.
Kicking myself for not seeing the OA. I DESPERATELY wanted a word chain starting with X in my list, completely missed XYLEM. I started off with SHOWHOUSE and EXHUMES, trying to make words with suffixes like -OUS, etc. Spotted METHOXY and knew I would get a solution fast. Expanded it to METHOXYL and dropped the M to get ETHOXYL, and played around with them to no avail; then later discovered ETHOXYLATES (are METHOXYLATES not a thing?)
I thought today’s might be a singular solution, but I was wrong. I had a feeling my answer wouldn’t be the OA. I stared at my screen for five minutes after seeing the OA, totally dejected. Who knows when the next puzzle with a valid answer starting with ‘X’ appears? So far I only have X and Y to get, in my list.
11/13, 38/44
ETHOXYLATES-SWUM
HAYMOWS-SEXTULA
OUTSWAM-METHOXYL
XYLEM-MOUTHWASH
*EXHUMATES-SWOLY*
*EXHUMATES good in OED
*SWOLY good in OED
OA here, but only after a couple of brain cells randomly bumped into each other and somehow remembered XYLEM might be a word after seeing MOUTHWASH.