Here are the Letter Boxed January 01, 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:
EHIGDORNMUTX
The answers are:
EXORDIUMMIDNIGHT

Demure exhorting
Exhumed Detouring
Same here. EXHUMED-DETOURING
Similar:
Drumine – Exhorting
Also:
Exhorting – *Guidman (OED)
Exhorting – *Guidement ( IED)
I found these 2 while seeking confirmation on “guidemen”which turned out to be two words
Demure — Exhorting, too. Much better than the OA!
Dethrone – exhuming
Demure -Exhorting. Knew it was going to be either Exhumed/Exhuming or Exhorted/Exhorting. Took way longer than it should have to find Demure.
Was surprised that Humdinger didn’t have a pair. 1/1 in 2026!
EXHUMING – GEOMETRID
Pretty fast today. GEOMETRID was a guess from the leftover, but I’ll take it 🙂
That’s what I got. Get outta here with this EXORDIUM stuff 😀
Humored detoxing
Just what you need on New Year’s Day!
This was one of mine, too. Thought it would be the OA, given the context.
Yes! Quickly too. Thought for sure it was the OA
MINXED°—DROUGHT
TRIOXIDE—EXHUMING
EXORDIUM—MIDNIGHT
EXHORT—TOUGHMINDED
HOMEGROUND—DETOXING
INTOXIMETER—ROUGHRIDER
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° OED
HUMDINGER—RETOXʷ
RINGTONE—EXHUMED
HUMORED—DETOXING
NOUGHT—TOXIDROME
MERINGUE—EXHORTED
METHOXIDE—ENURING
INDEXER—ROUGHOMETER
MOTORDROME—EXHUMING
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ʷ Wiktionary
HNY 2026! 🎆
EXHUMED – DETOURING
EXHUMING – GEOMETRID
Played for a while around with EXHORTING, XEROXING and DETOXING.
Happy new year’s everyone!
DIORITE EXHUMING
Pretty sure HUMDINGER was a solution but couldnt match
Homeground – Detoxing
𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓮
Dethrone exhuming
or EXHUMED-DETHRONING
finding the Romanoff bodies
Same. A little slow
*DUNGMERE-ETHOXIDE
*DUNGMERE good in Collins, Wiktionary
Demure Exhorting
Another Exhumed – Detouring.
HUMORED DETOXING
UNDERTONE EXHUMING
Happy New Year to all.
Demure Exhorting
Dethroned exhuming
ROENTGENIUM METHOXIDE
Exhumed – Dethroning
Exhumed detouring
Exhumed dethroning and dethrone exhuming.
Mude(w) exhorting
EXERT TOUGHMINDED, and Happy New Year!
✔
Nice
Methoxide enduring. Happy New Year to all! On to football!
Demure exhorting
DEMIURGE – EXHORTING . Must admit to using a wordfinder for DEMIURGE.
METHOXIDE ENDURING
Nordite-exhuming.
Finally got it in two. Happy new year!
Diorite Exhuming
EXHORTED DEMOUNTING
Anyone HOMEGROUND DETOX?
Humored Detoxing
Flounces Skitch super fast. Hopefully a few more this afternoon