Here are the Letter Boxed January 18, 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:
RIETXBKDOFSA
The answers are:
FIXESSKATEBOARD

OA
OA as well. Tried to match TETROXIDES, OXIDATES and STARBOARD. 16/18
Me three.
18/18
Fast OA. 17/18
FIXES-SKATEBOARD also
Ditto
Ha, I’m usually the one who tried words like TETROXIDES and OXIDATES, but I went for SKATEBOARD and saw FIXES fit in immediately, so OA within 2 minutes.
Similar, only started with BOXKITES, which doesn’t seem to be a real word.
Fixes – Skateboard
Fixes – Skateboards
FIXES—SKATEBOARD
SKATEBOARDS—SEXFID
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KITEBOARDS°—SEXFESTʷ
SEXFESTSʷ—SKIBOARDʷ
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ROBOTAXISʷ—SKIFTED°
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° OED, ʷ Wiktionary
FIXATES SKATEBOARD
bit less efficient solve but happy with it
Oa
BROADAXES-SKIFT*
*SKIFT good in OED
Fixes Skateboards
FIXATES SKIBOARD*
“ Skiboarding is a relatively new snow sport that has increased in popularity in Scotland.” Per Google but the term has been in use since the 20s for watersports.
OA again
Fixes skateboard(s) fixates led to starboard, left k, led to skateboard. Quick one. Maybe more later
What do 16/18, 17/18 and 18/18 mean?
People who are counting their unbroken streaks or records of solves vs. busts since the beginning of the new year.
OA …once I gave up on kiteboards
OA