Here are the Letter Boxed February 17, 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:
FHAVEROSMICN
The answers are:
VARIFORMMENSCH
NAVIFORM—MENSCH
VARIFORM—MENSCH
No time today so
AIRFORCE – ENVIRONS – SHIM
OCD runway engineer.
Me too!
ENVIRONS-SCHEMA-ARF
At least you had a little TI.
COHESION – NAVIFORM† works, but NAVIFORM is not a PSW, so I dipped today.
Similar:
ARCHEON – NAVIFORMES*
*prehistoric boat-shaped houses built on the Balearic Islands of Spain.
More Yiddish! Gave up and used MANOR RAVISHES SCARF.
I like it: a bit of TI. Sorta 🙂 More than my threebie, anyway.
Airforces armies and navies but the marines are not invited today Semper malum diem
OA
Gave up and settled for: Frames – Shiva – Acorn
Ha. Typed in the same not having seen your post. I also went with CARAVANSARIES SHIM MACRON NAIF which I’m still trying to make a bon mot about.
I spent some time with CARAVANSARIES too. 🙂
COIFS SHIVA AIRMEN
I got VARIFORM MENARCHES
MENSCH is better, I guess
Oy, vey! I wonder why they only gave us 4 chances today. Gave up on OA and submitted FRAMES SHIVA ACORN
OVIFORM – MENARCHES
Surprised this wasn’t the OA given the TI to it. Or maybe not surprised? Regardless, challenging day.
Same answer, similar thoughts… Found the OA first and kept searching, thinking it wouldn’t be Yiddish again so soon, and this had the TI…
OA: VARIFORM MENSCH. Let’s hear it for diversity.
OVIFORM MENARCHES. Aways the same!
Variform-menarches
Beyond frustrated and ready to throw my phone into a fire. What can’t I ever accept 3-fers?? I would be happier.
Naviform- mischief
Tenuous bragging rights, what with hitting on Mensch at one point. . .Unfortunately, it remained out there on its lonesome, so I ended up with Mischiefs-Savor-Ran.
4 days without a 2 word solution. Trying to stick with a 1 hour limit.
No pairings with…
mischiefs, schemes, schemas, mansions, envisions, caravans, visionaries, ironman, ironmen,
ovaries, ravishes, confirm,
😩😵
Macarons
😮 I’ve definitely been limiting my LB efforts for the last few months. But one hour?? Yikes! That’s WAY too challenging for me. !
I should stick to your limit!!
I had a three-word solution with VISIONARIES, but no two-word answer for me, and I’m glad I gave up when I did because I NEVER would have solved it today. MENSCH and SCHMUTZ would not occur to me
Failed again. Went with one-shy VISIONARIES-SCHEMA. No F.
Valiant effort! I looked at those but discarded both right off for lack of F. Way to see more of the overview!
NAVIFORM-MARCHES for me.
ENFORCES SHIVA ARM!
Shiva, the enforcer! With an arm raised in the air!
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 – 16 cohesion / naviform
2 – 16 oviform / menarches
3 – 17 oviform / mechoacans
4 – 17 variform / menarches
5 – 14 variform / mensch
6 – 16 variform / mensches
7 – 16 variform / menschen
8 – 18 variform / mechoacans
9 – 16 menschen / naviform
10 – 15 naviform / marches
11 – 16 naviform / marchesa
12 – 16 naviform / marchese
13 – 16 naviform / marchesi
14 – 13 naviform / mechs
15 – 17 naviform / menarches
16 – 14 naviform / mensch
17 – 16 naviform / mensches
18 – 15 naviform / mirches
19 – 16 naviform / mischief
20 – 17 naviform / mischiefs
21 – 16 naviform / menschen
22 – 18 naviform / mechoacans
23 – 15 naviform / mesarch
24 – 18 airframes / schiavone*
25 – 19 airframes / schiavones*
26 – 18 aviform* / maconochies*
27 – 16 aviform* / menarches
28 – 13 aviform* / mensch
29 – 15 aviform* / menschen
30 – 15 aviform* / mensches
31 – 17 enframes* / schiavone*
32 – 18 enframes* / schiavones*
33 – 16 firmans / schiavone*
34 – 17 firmans / schiavones*
35 – 16 foeman / navarchies*
36 – 16 foemen / navarchies*
37 – 17 foramen / navarchies*
38 – 17 foramens* / schiavone*
39 – 18 foramens* / schiavones*
40 – 15 formes / schiavone*
41 – 16 formes / schiavones*
42 – 15 frames / schiavone*
43 – 16 frames / schiavones*
44 – 18 misframes* / schiavone*
45 – 19 misframes* / schiavones*
46 – 20 navarchies* / samariform*
47 – 18 oviform / maconochies*
48 – 17 ramifies / schiavone*
49 – 18 ramifies / schiavones*
50 – 15 schiavone* / enform*
51 – 16 schiavone* / enframe*
52 – 17 schiavone* / enframes*
53 – 17 schiavone* / ensiform
54 – 20 schiavones* / samariform*
55 – 19 variform / maconochies*
56 – 18 vasiform* / maconochie*
57 – 19 vasiform* / maconochies*
58 – 15 vasiform* / marchen
59 – 16 vasiform* / marchmen
60 – 16 vasiform* / menarche
61 – 17 vasiform* / menarches
62 – 14 vasiform* / mensch
63 – 16 vasiform* / menschen
64 – 16 vasiform* / mensches
Had high hopes for ARCHENEMIES but have to admit that VARIFORM and OVIFORM are being added to my new words list. Sigh.
SAVOIR
No mensch, nor ironman– just cold,
Manor born, and growing old
From many mischiefs, schemes made bold
With mansions grand, some bought, some sold,
No variform shoes, of ersatz gold
Can cohere those stories told.
Archenemies, some now paroled,
Confirm the lies!
Savor, unfold,
Envision visions—to know and hold.
savoir (fr), mensch, ironman, manor, mischiefs, schemes, mansions, variform, shoes, cohere, archenemies, confirm, savor, envision, visions
Bleh, kicking myself for spending so much time on this one and still coming up empty. 🤮 I spent forever on MENSCH because Ezersky defaults to Yiddish all the time, but to pair it with VARIFORM? 🙄🙄🙄🙄
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I for one enjoy your full lists!
OA, FWIW. Once I saw Mensch I assumed it would be part of the OA, but I must say that Variform is unreasonably obscure, and Naviform still more so!
Agreed! I had no hopes of getting any 2 word answers today—much less the OA. I think using such obscure words is unreasonably hard, especially given the fact that LB regularly rejects much more common PSW all the time…including today!
I feel much better after reading the comments about giving up on this one. Apparently everyone found it hard, and I’ve learned some new words. I had ARCHNEMESIS at one point but it wasn’t allowed for some reason.
PSW Words that are not accepted by LetterBoxed:
aba
abitur
abo
abore
aerier
aerobia
aia
aitu
aizle
ala
alae
alapa
albata
alit
aortae
aortal
aper
apert
apo
aport
aquae
atabal
atua
aua
aue
aurelia
babier
bael
balu
baptizer
batable
batler
baur
biali
bilboa
birle
birler
bitable
bito
bitou
biturbo
bize
blae
blaer
blaize
blert
bleuatre
blit
boatport
bobo
boep
boi
boilable
bor
borel
bortier
bortz
brei
brere
brie
brierier
brit
brize
brouze
bru
buat
bubale
bubu
burblier
burier
buriti
burler
eale
eau
elt
elutor
elutriator
eorl
epaule
epopt
equali
erbia
erotize
euoi
euouae
europop
ilial
ita
laer
lairize
lalique
latitat
latu
lealer
leir
lep
lept
lere
lerp
liblab
libri
lier
liquable
liri
liriope
lirot
litai
litu
lubritoria
lulibub
lurer
luz
obia
obital
obliquer
orbier
orbita
oubit
ourier
outleapt
outler
outpeople
outprize
outrope
outroper
paire
pairer
pairial
paleal
palier
palpator
paperier
patible
patrialize
paul
peize
pepla
perea
pereia
platier
plier
plu
plue
pluto
poa
poep
porier
porta
`
portier
potale
potzer
poz
prelatize
preop
preriot
propale
properer
prore
proto
protore
proul
prouler
pruta
prutot
qabala
quaeritur
quair
quep
realtie
rei
relata
relie
relique
reoil
repatriator
reperepe
repla
reprize
reptilia
requere
rerepeat
rialto
riba
ribier
rilier
riotize
rit
riz
roilier
rore
rorier
rotl
rotulae
roul
roule
rozit
rubier
rubli
ruer
taborer
tabour
tabourer
tabrere
tabulable
tabulae
tabuli
tailer
tailzie
tait
talea
taleae
taler
talpa
talpae
tao
tapeable
tatler
tatou
tatu
til
tiltable
tiltrotor
tiriti
tirl
titler
titule
tituli
toeier
toit
toitoi
torot
torquer
tortile
toruli
totable
tourie
toutie
toutier
touze
touzier
touzle
toze
tozie
trez
trie
trior
troat
troelie
troule
troutier
truqueur
tuatua
tubae
tubulator
tubulature
tubulure
tulpa
turbulator
turtler
tutorize
tzitzit
ubique
ule
ulzie
urbia
ure
urp
urubu
uta
utu
zea
zel
zelator
zep
zeriba
zeze
zila
ziz
zizel
zizit
zoa
zoaea
zoaeae
zobo
zobu
zoeal
zoiatria
zulu
zuz
These are the allowed words today:
ablaut
able
abler
abort
about
abuela
abulia
aboulia
abut
aerial
aero
ail
air
airboat
airer
airport
airier
ait
alap
alb
alba
ale
alert
alibi
aliquot
alu
alp
alt
alto
alula
alulae
propre
aorta
ape
aperture
aporia
priori
apriori
apt
aqua
atilt
atlatl
atop
atria
atrial
atap
aurei
auto
bab
baba
babu
babul
bae
bai
bail
bailable
bale
bailer
baler
baile
bailie
bait
baize
balata
balboa
bal
balti
balut
bao
baozi
baobab
bap
baptize
bat
batata
bauble
bore
bib
bibi
bible
biri
bier
bilabial
bilal
bilat
bilbo
bile
bio
biota
biotope
birl
biro
bit
bitier
bitzer
biz
blab
blat
bleat
blitz
blitzer
blub
blue
bluer
blur
blurb
blurt
boa
boab
boat
boatie
boatpeople
bob
boba
bobotie
boer
boerboel
boerbul
boerie
boil
boiler
boilie
boult
bop
boreal
borer
bort
bot
boto
boutu
boubou
boule
bout
boutique
bozo
brer
brier
bribable
brio
bro
broil
broiler
brubru
brut
brutal
brutalize
bub
bubal
bubo
bulb
bulbil
bulbul
bur
burb
burble
burbler
burbot
bureau
burial
burqa
burl
burlap
burlier
burp
but
butler
butle
butut
lait
que
lai
bleu
oil
libre
trop
quai
eat
eatable
equable
equal
equalize
equalizer
equatable
equator
equatorial
ere
euribor
euro
aerie
ilea
ileal
ilia
propria
alia
toto
iota
ire
irie
ital
alai
quoi
qat
reo
lab
labia
labial
labialize
labile
lablab
labour
labor
labourer
laborer
lair
lairier
lap
lapa
lapel
laptop
lat
lati
latria
laurel
lea
leal
leap
leapt
leaper
leat
lei
leper
lepta
leu
lez
liable
lib
libor
lie
lieu
lit
litie
lilt
liqueur
liquor
lire
litre
ltr
luau
lulu
lulz
lur
lure
lutz
our
rea
proprio
boue
oat
oatier
oba
obi
obit
oblique
oboe
oer
oiler
oilier
opal
opaque
opaquer
ope
opepe
opt
orb
orbat
orbit
orbital
ore
oribi
oriel
orle
ort
out
outie
outlier
outport
outre
outro
outa
ouzel
ouzo
paepae
pail
pair
pal
palapa
palatable
palatal
palatalize
palatial
pale
paler
palea
paleae
pali
palilalia
palp
palpal
palpable
paltrier
pap
papa
papabile
papal
paper
paperer
patriae
quatre
pat
patio
patria
patrial
patriot
patu
patzer
paua
pea
peal
peat
peatier
peau
pele
pelau
pelt
pelta
peltae
people
pep
pepo
per
pere
peri
periapt
peril
perique
periti
perle
peroba
perp
pert
perturb
perturbable
plait
plaque
plat
plea
pleat
pliable
plie
plz
poi
poilu
pop
pope
popo
popout
pore
port
portable
portal
portiere
portlier
pot
potable
potato
potrero
poult
pour
pourer
pourboire
pout
poutier
pre
prelature
preorbital
prep
prequel
prez
prial
prior
prioritize
prize
pro
proa
prob
probable
probie
probit
prop
propel
proper
protozoa
protozoal
qibla
qila
qua
quail
quale
qualia
qualie
qubit
quelea
queue
quo
quoit
quota
quotable
real
realer
realia
realize
realizer
realtor
reap
reaper
relatable
relator
reliable
relit
rep
repair
repairer
repaper
repat
repeal
repealable
repeat
repeatable
repel
repeople
repertoire
repertorial
replier
repo
report
reportable
reportorial
repot
repro
reptile
reutilize
rez
ria
rial
rib
riel
rile
riot
ritual
ritualize
ritz
ritzier
rob
robata
robot
robotize
roe
roil
rope
ropeable
ropable
roper
rorqual
rort
rortier
rot
rota
rotatable
rotator
roti
rotor
rouble
ruble
roue
rouleau
rout
routier
rua
rub
rubato
rubati
rue
rule
ruler
rulier
rut
rutile
peut
lato
tab
tabi
tabla
tablature
table
tableau
tablier
tabu
tabor
tabula
tabulator
tae
tael
tai
tail
tal
tala
talaq
talbot
tale
tali
tap
tapa
tape
taper
taperer
taqueria
tat
tata
tatie
tau
taua
taut
tore
tibia
tibiae
tibial
tie
tier
tile
tiler
tilt
tire
tit
titi
title
titre
tiz
toe
toea
toil
toiler
toile
top
tope
toper
topo
topoi
toprope
tor
torque
torero
tori
toro
torpor
tort
torta
tortie
torture
torturer
torula
torulae
tot
total
totalize
totalizer
totier
tour
tourer
tourtiere
tout
treat
treatable
triable
trial
tribal
trier
trio
oeil
trope
trot
trou
trouble
troubler
trout
true
truer
tub
tuba
tubal
tubule
tule
tulp
tuque
tur
turbit
turbo
turboprop
turbot
turtle
tut
tutor
tutorial
tutu
tiro
ubi
ulu
urea
ureal
urial
utile
utilize
utilizer
bato
zeal
zero
zit
ziti
zito
zori
airpot
albizia
oilpaper
tabouli
zoea
zoeae
zoril
abatable
abator
abature
ablator
abob
aboil
abri
abuelita
aequoreal
equoreal
aerobat
aerobot
aie
airt
alala
alalia
alata
albitize
alible
alure
aula
autobio
boatable
boe
bota
brule
brulzie
brulie
buba
leperize
obo
obitual
oblata
ourie
ouze
opa
opalize
opzit
optable
opto
orbitale
orl
orp
ouabaio
outlabour
outleap
outlie
outpour
outpourer
ouzeri
ouzeria
pape
paep
pala
palaeoequator
palaeoequatorial
papable
papalize
papelito
peple
papri
pata
potail
patia
patrie
pela
pel
pelu
pelure
peopleize
peoplize
peopler
peptize
peptizer
periople
periorbital
peritrope
perqueir
perturbator
perula
perule
peai
plap
plaur
plut
pluot
plutie
poire
poitrel
porer
poroporo
portie
potae
potai
poti
potator
potro
pou
poule
poulp
poulpe
pourie
pouriture
prelabial
prelatial
prepalatal
prizeable
prizer
proal
probabilize
probablize
proport
protopope
protopop
prurit
prier
pouble
qtr
quab
quob
quaere
quat
quel
querier
queuer
quorl
quoiler
quop
quoz
reable
reapable
relier
reliquaire
repairpeople
repealer
replait
repleat
replique
repour
reprioritize
reprobable
reprobator
rezero
riata
reata
riato
ribible
riq
riroriro
ritualia
roa
rorie
roble
robur
roer
rotal
rotatorial
roto
rotula
roture
roturier
roturiere
routable
roz
rubai
rubio
rubor
rubout
rulable
ruleable
rurp
ruru
rio
tabl
tabler
tabo
tautit
tautie
titir
tita
tropal
troper
tropo
urb
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 – 17 baptize / equatorial
2 – 15 baptize / equoreal
3 – 16 biotope / equalizer
4 – 19 boatpeople / equalizer
5 – 19 equalizer / reportable
6 – 19 equalizer / reprobator
7 – 16 portable / equalize
8 – 17 portable / equalizer
9 – 16 potable / equalizer
10 – 17 prioritize / equable
11 – 19 prioritize / equatable
12 – 18 reportable / equalize
13 – 19 reportable / equalizer
14 – 16 optable / equalizer
15 – 21 palaeoequator / robotize
16 – 25 palaeoequatorial / labialize
17 – 16 prizeable / equator
18 – 19 prizeable / equatorial
19 – 20 probabilize / equatable
20 – 18 probabilize / equator
21 – 21 probabilize / equatorial
22 – 19 probablize / equatable
23 – 17 probablize / equator
24 – 20 probablize / equatorial
25 – 19 reprioritize / equable
26 – 21 reprioritize / equatable
27 – 15 baptizer* / rorqual
28 – 15 outprize* / equable
29 – 17 outprize* / equatable
30 – 17 protozoal / liquable*