Here are the Letter Boxed January 17, 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:
DENKRJAUOYLW
The answers are:
JUNKYARDDOWEL

Pretty fast OA. 15/17
JUNKYARD—DOWEL
JUNKDRAWERʷ—ROYAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ʷ Wiktionary
OA as well.
17/17
JUNKYARD-DOWEL
‘Found Art’ = today’s OA
OA for me as well. Took a little while. Probably shouldn’t have. Nonetheless – 16/17.
Same, very quick OA after realising JAYWALKER wouldn’t work.
Same pretty quickly
Also a quick OA… I’ll look for more before seeing other answers here.
Same. Pretty fast for me : )
OA That was fast. Not quite the same menace as junkyard dog. . .
Oa
OA
OA, seems like singular answer?
OA after the Jim Croce lyric about a Junkyard Dog popped into my head.
Leroy Brown…shouldn’t have messed around with Jim
…stronger than a country hoss…
Pretty good football game going on!
OA – easy peasy today
Quick OA again today
OA. Like Mark also gave JUNKDRAWER a try, but had a feeling LB wouldn’t go for it.
Immediate OA. Junkyard first word seen
OA, although I think they wanted us to think JAYWALKER was available.
OA.