Here are the Letter Boxed January 01, 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:
MDOTASINQBRU
The answers are:
AMBITIOUSSQUADRON
BANDITOS—SQUIRM
Same!
BANDITOS SQUIRM
I came up with SQUADRON early but couldn’t come up with anything to go with it.
Took me all day, but eventually got Imbibitions-Squadron. Happy New Year!
Same here!
Same, but I wasn’t happy with it, so searched for another solution and found
BARMAID – DISQUISITION
When being chased by an ambitious squadron.
ESPECIALLY then!
And again. More efficient than OA and equal–yet contrasting–TI.
Same here. Surprised that BANDITOS was accepted.
OA. (also unambitious squadron)
AMBITIOUS / SQUADRON and ditto!
OA, fairly quickly. Squadron first, then saw “ambit”, and took a moment to expand it to the longer ambitious.
Minor variation, AMBITIONS – SQUADRON
Same
Me too. The OA has more theme, but this will do 👍
Same
BANANAQUIT – TRAMROADS. I was bound and determined to match something with BANANAQUIT.
And of course I had to look up bananaquit, knowing it must be a bird. 😃
Shorter than the OA.
QUADRA AMBITIONS
Quadra’s new to me. Nice!
A frustrating one for me! I found AMBITIONS and SQUAD, but never noticed SQUADRON. Thought I might get something with TRADITION(S) or AQUARIUM(S) but finally gave up. Sometimes you have to take the L. 🙂
Inefficient but I liked BARMAID-DISQUISITION
I like that too! I saw DISQUISITION pretty quickly and reverse engineered with ARMAND, not nearly as fun an image.
Er, ARMBAND, that is…
OA for me. I’ve not heard of BANDITOS, I confess.
that’s who steals Fritos.
Pop Math Quiz:
2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = ?
(2023²-1)/2022 = ?
🙂
Excel is my friend – Happy 2024² 🙂
🎆✨🎉
The first identity is more special. The second one can be rearranged for any year; for example:
(2024²-1)/2023 = 2025
(2025²-1)/2024 = 2026
(2026²-1)/2025 = 2027
and so on.
However, in one more year this will be true too:
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
Since 10³=1000, this will not happen again for a thousand years!
OA not immediately but not too long. I was trying for a bit to make AUDITORIUMS work! 😄
BANDITOS-SQUIRM. It worked.
Found SQUIRM right off the bat but couldn’t pair it. Went down rabbit holes with MARQUIS, ROUNDABOUT, SOUNDBOARD, OUTBOUND before finally finding AMBITIONS SQUADRON. HNY all!
Got ‘em all –
Banditos Squirm. Good! They should!
Barmaid Disquisition. Hey, if you’re done arguing about whose tip that is, how about some service over here?
Ambitious Squadron. More successful missions than anyone else!
And finally, one I haven’t seen elsewhere- Quondam Maraboutism. My former veneration of the Imam. Or is it my veneration of the former Imam? Or both?
Fun! Thank you! 😊
Fourth OA in a row for me, after spending a fair amount of time on SOUNDBOARD. Found SQUADRON very early, but took an embarrassing amount of time to turn the leftover AMBIT into AMBITIOUS. 🤷♂️🥂
banditos – squirm
ABOUNDS / SQUIRT / TRAM
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 ambitions / squadron
2 – 18 ambitions / squadrons
3 – 17 ambitious / squadron
4 – 18 ambitious / squadrons
5 – 19 armband / disquisition
6 – 20 armband / disquisitions
7 – 19 bananaquit / tramroads
8 – 14 banditos / squirm
9 – 15 banditos / squirms
10 – 19 barmaid / disquisition
11 – 20 barmaid / disquisitions
12 – 19 imbibitions / squadron
13 – 20 imbibitions / squadrons
14 – 18 quondam / maraboutism
15 – 19 unambitious / squadron
16 – 20 unambitious / squadrons
17 – 19 abortoriums / squadron
18 – 20 abortoriums / squadrons
19 – 15 quadra / ambitions
20 – 21 damboard* / disquisition
21 – 22 damboard* / disquisitions
22 – 19 daquiri* / imbibitions
23 – 15 quadrant / timbos*
24 – 18 robotisms* / squadron
25 – 19 robotisms* / squadrons
26 – 15 timbos* / squadron
27 – 16 timbos* / squadrons
28 – 19 tribadisms* / squadron
29 – 20 tribadisms* / squadrons
30 – 20 tribadisms* / squarson*
31 – 21 tribadisms* / squarsons*
barmaid_disquisition
I found this 4 word solution:
ABOUND DIS SQUIT TRAM
better than 6