Here are the Letter Boxed February 27, 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:
ONIWGTUDPRLH
The answers are:
DOWNRIGHTTULIP
DOWNRIGHT—TULIP
PLIGHT—TURNDOWN
WOUND—DROPLIGHT
ROUNDTRIP—PLOUGHWRIGHT
OA. Took me only 4 minutes.
23/27.
52/58.
Current streak: 2
New Streak. 👍
Yeah, aiming for 60 in a row! 😊😁
Well done, RF! Meanwhile, see my very long story under Kanishk’s answer for how my morning went.
Absolutely should have had OA as soon as.
Mark – surprised it took the British spelling of PLOUGHWRIGHT! That means he could have taken TURPID.
Well done, RF!
Thanks! Kanishk-boy. 😊
PLOWRIGHT—TURNROUND
PLOUGHWRIGHT—TURNROUND
WOUNDWORT—TOPLIGHT
PROPOUND—DOWNLIGHT
UNWOUND DROPLIGHT, after banging my head for a minute not seeing a connection for the N and D to go with PLOUGHWRIGHT. Glad somebody got it though!
I was surprised it took PLOWRIGHT and PLOUGHWRIGHT.
ROUNDTRIP-PLOWRIGHT
after several ‘almosts’
WOUND-DROPLIGHT. Took way longer than it should have especially because I had Downlight and Downright very early, but was too dumb to see TULIP. Oh well. At least it’s done. 56/58, 27/27, 30.
DOWNRIGHT – TULIP
Same.
Same
OA, but played with many words before finding…
Downright – Tulip
I was close with
Unwrought – Tulip (no D) and
Unwrought – Tripod (no L)
Outright, Lowlight
Wound Droplight
Same. WOUND – DROPLIGHT instantly.
24/27, 51/58
Current streak: 3
It took me half an hour, because I was stuck on DOWNLIGHT and didn’t see PROPOUND, though I know it as a word. I was so livid at the inability to do TURPIN, TURNIP, TURPID (YES, IT’S A WORD, SAM!!) and so many other options that I missed TULIP when I switched to DOWNRIGHT.
Went to DOWNTURN, saw PLIGHT, was further frustrated when I couldn’t connect it, then remembered TURNDOWN, but I should have had OA 15 minutes earlier with TULIP, and would have, if I hadn’t been cursing Sam out for not having TURPID as an option!
Still, it’s done and happy Friday, my lovelies! Love that you and RF got it right away.
Oh yes, I was so involved in the story that I forgot to state the solution: PLIGHT-TURNDOWN.
😊👍
I saw TURPID too, and agree it should have been accepted.
Needed Turpid and tried it also
Oh, Irim, I’m so sorry to hear that, it happens even to the best of us. Still, well done, and good job spotting TURPID (I didn’t know it was a word until just now!).
Indeed, LB’s word list is VERY erratic, Sam needs to update it soon. It’s bizarre when words like AVOIRDUPOIS are accepted when it won’t accept some common words used in everyday speech.
Same. Lots of nice compound words today.
“Downright Tulip!”
Grandpa comments on easter sunday fashion.
Downright Tulip
PLIGHT TURNDOWN
OA today
Downright tulp (yup, accepted without the I)
Plight turndown quickly,knew had to be more. .spent several minutes with downright w/o seeing tulip haha
WOUND DOWNRIGHT
After using WHIPROUND DOWNLIGHT which struck me as downright too long.
Sorry typo. I meant WOUND DROPLIGHT — might have been autocorrect’s fault. 🙂
PLOWRIGHT TURNDOWN
PORTLIGHT TURNDOWN
Unwound droplight
Another PLIGHT-TURNDOWN here. I was very excited by finding PLOUGHWRIGHT, but like many others, could not figure out the N and D (though I would have thought at least one of UNDIP, UNDRIP, UNDROP would be accepted). When I eventually used them in TURNDOWN, I realized PLOUGHWRIGHT could be shortened to PLIGHT.