Here are the Letter Boxed January 08, 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:
CULNRPHDEAIM
The answers are:
PUNCHLINEEARDRUM
Perdu – unmechanical
Holy cow! I arrived here planning to submit my exotic two-word solution, convinced mine would be utterly unique. Wrong! And here it is the first solution of the 70 posted.
OA in about 4 min! Perfect 2026. I’m sure a stumper is coming soon!
UNCRUMPLE – ECHIDNA
Yes, or even just RUMPLE–ECHIDNA
HANDICAP – PLEURUM
Tough one today! Tried pairing CHILDREN, UMPIRE, CARLINE, HANDLINE, PLACEMEN, PLACARD, REPLICA, CHAPMEN, MUNDANE, PIPELINER, PELICAN, HUMPIER, CARDINAL, HANDLER, HINDRANCE and ENDURANCE to no avail. 8/8 so far!
ALPHANUMERIC-CAD…was dead chuffed with that!
DIENCEPHALIC – CRUMP. Relatively quickly today. Apparently my diencephalon was doing its job well relaying signals. 8/8 on the year.
Same
Alphanumeric- cad
A-OK Number 1 jerkface.
Alphanumeric — Cad. Just one letter away from a one word solution!
I thought that too! Has there ever been a one word solution?
I know of one, from 7/4/2021.
IOH – CNP – YAT – REL
Yes, there has, on 13 November 2022. The OA was GEOGRAPHIC – CALYX, and LEXICOGRAPHY was a valid one-word solution on that day.
Same here, Kanishk.
Crumple enchilada
Umpire Enchilada
CRIP-PUMPHANDLE*
*PUMPHANDLE good in OED
*PAUM-MERCHILDREN*
*PAUM good in OED
*MERCHILDREN good in OED
CHILD-DREPANIUM*
*DREPANIUM good in OED
DUMPIER-RELAUNCH
DUMPIER- RELAUNCH also!
Empirical – launchpad
UMPIRE – ENCHILADA
ALPHANUMERIC-CAD (putting it in an original thread b/c it seems to be novel at the moment)
LOVED seeing just the D hanging out and an easy second word.
Selected solutions:
ALPHANUMERIC ⇄ CICADA 🔣🦗
CICADA ⇆ ALPHANUMERIC 🦗🔣
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ALPHANUMERICAL—LAPDANCE
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PUNCHLINE—EMERALD
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PANHANDLE—EPICRANIUM
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LAUNCHPAD—DUMPIER
EMPIRICAL—LAUNCHPAD
NUMERICAL—LAUNCHPAD
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HANDLE EPICARDIUM
PANHANDLE – EPICARDIUM, too.
Munchie Epidural
UMPIRE ENCHILADA
me too! thought for sure it was the OA
DUMPIER-RELAUNCH
CHANDLER RUMPLIER*
*MW and Scrabble
Also
Chandler – Rumplier
and…
Punchline – Eardrum
Played with Raunchier, Paunchier, Crumple, Drumlin
Almost:
Children – Napalm (no U)
Paunchier – Rumple (no D)
Nice going. I tried MERCHILDREN but no luck.
CEPHALIN NEPHRIDIUM
Outstanding!
DUMPIER RELAUNCH
Thanks Bill.
MUNCHIE EPIDURAL
ALPHANUMERIC CARDINAL
RUMPLE-ECHIDNA
EMPIRICAL LAUNCHPAD. No arguing about whether it’s the right place to shoot off a rocket.
Good answer!
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PERICARDIUM MECHLIN*
*MW “bobbin lace”
Punchline eardrum
Ranchland(MW) dumpier and dumpier ranchland. For a nice symmetrical pair
Drumline (W) encephalic
Diencephalic crump/crumple
Punchline emerald
Drumline epiphanic
Dauphin Numerical
Hardliner recrumple(w)
DUPLICAND* DRACHME**
*OED and MW
**ancient Egyptian weight “Leonard’s Illustrated Medical Scientific Journal”
— Also a Greek postal stamp. Separate from the coin “drachma/ae” (Gibbons)
HARDPAN NUMERICAL. Clay figures…
EMPIRICAL-LAUNCHPAD
PERDU UNMECHANICAL
Candida alphanumeric candida for a nice reversible
Echidna/Nandina alphanumeric
Alphanumeric cad/card/cradle/candle/candida/candid/caudal
Alphanumeric chad/chard
Arachnida(MW) alphanumeric
Alphanumeric crud
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Alphanumeric child/ children/ chid
Hardline epicardium pericardium mechanical
Hardline epicranium
Cinephile eardrum
Umpire Enchilada
LAUNCHPAD – DUMPIER
Peridium mechanical
Handicap pleurum
Empanada alphanumeric
Alphanumeric cadre good one to stop on as it describes you brilliant posters on this site!
CHILDREN – NAPALM – MUD A reflection of the world today