Here are the Letter Boxed February 19, 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:
RLUCNAEHISZQ
The answers are:
CZARRELINQUISH
Equalizer – rechains
Same for me. Not sure why it took me so long to look at the EQ- options. Got close with Cliquish. 48/50, 19/19, 22
Same here!
Unequalizes Search
Same
UNEQUALIZES – SEARCH here as well, after trying for around ten minutes to make EQUALIZERS work to no avail when I realised I could add the UN- prefix to the beginning. I thought today’s OA would contain Yiddish looking at the array.
Tried to pair CINQUAINS, EQUALIZER, ENQUIRES, CLIQUES, SCLERA and ZILCH. Bummed out because HARLEQUIN wasn’t possible with today’s arrangement. We haven’t had a one-off in a while, which is a good thing, but I have a feeling a hard one is coming soon!
17/19, 44/50
Current streak: 9
Not my favourite solution because it’s so inefficient, but it worked, and it takes your EQUALIZERS, Kanishk, and pairs it with SENESCHAL. If only SCRUNCH had been allowed, I’d be much happier!
So EQUALIZERS-SENESCHAL here.
But well done on UNEQUALIZES-SEARCH!
Same
Unequalizes – Search yet again. I agree it seems clunky.
CZAR—RELINQUISH
UNEQUALIZE—ESCHAR
EQUALIZER—RECHAINS
UNEQUALIZES—SEARCH
CHAINE-EQUALIZERS
CHAINE-EQUALIZERS
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Me three
Me four
Me five
Nice ones. Did not realize that Chaine was a word.
Me six:)
Was sure I was onto something with EQUALIZERS, etc., without getting too obscure. Regrouped and got the OA (and was kind of surprised I did).
It took me a minute because I was so hooked on SCRUNCH, but I finally saw SENESCHAL.
*CHARQUIS-SALINIZE
*CHARQUIS good in OED
*ZARNICHS-SEQUEL
*ZARNICHS good in Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
OA here for me today. Took me 20 minutes. But lately everyday felt like I can’t solve it that day.
16/19.
45/50.
Current streak: 9
Unequalize eschar
Chaine equalizers
CHALAZAE ENQUIRES
Solid work there. Didn’t try that but did try Chalazia thinking that was the plural of chalazion, you know, because it is, only to get denied. So the plural of Chalaza is fair game, but not Chalazion. At least Sam is consistent. By which I mean there is consistently no rhyme or reason as to what’s acceptable and what isn’t.
ZARNEC* CLIQUISH
*The Century Dictionary
A Lexicon of Alchemy. Sulfuric arsenic mix.
Czar relinquish
I can see now why I didn’t want to let go of relinquish, but I didn’t come up with czar.
I didn’t see it at first, either. Went to equalizer a while,serializer, even hazel, but like you was drawn to relinquish. It only left three letters and seemed likely. I thought about tsar and tzar and just thought I remembered czar also and tried it
CHARNELS SEQUELIZE*
*Good in Collins Dictionary
Also NUCLEARIZES EQUALISH*
*this shows up in recipe and photography books — and even in book titles 🙂
“All Men are Equalish –The View from Inside Prison : HMP Swansea, 1995
Was hoping to match SUZERAINS. Any one have a match?
UNEQUALIZE-EUCHRES
just a guess on euchres…. didn’t know it could be plural
Unequalizes – Search
OA, quite quickly! Sometimes hard letters like Z and Q make it easier, since there are fewer choices.
CG
Equalizer Rechains