Here are the Letter Boxed January 30, 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:
GBAHPRTUILOC
The answers are:
BROUGHTTOPICAL
TROPICAL – LIGHTBULB
26/30
Nice work! OA here. Was running into the PH problem, with so many options for PHOBIA, GRAPHIC, etc.
Oh, and I was so gutted, because AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL would have been a one word solution!
Great catch.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL is in OED, MW, and Wiktionary!
I was perplexed at first, since I had AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL in my database, so I was wondering why my Smith program didn’t find it. Now I see what you meant by the PH thing. Still, good eyes, Irim! ☕
Same here…
Tropical – Lightbulb
found Potatobug, Thorough, Torchlight, Portlight first
BROUGHT – TOPICAL
BROUGHT – TROPICAL
BOUGHT – TOPICAL
TROPICAL – LIGHTBULB
PICTORIAL
BOUGHT – TOPICAL doesn’t use the R.
That’s why BOUGHT – TROPICAL is pretty much the same as BROUGHT – TOPICAL.
Bought Tropical
Bought Tropical
Brought Topical
… mango allergies.
BOUGHT TROPICAL here too.
Bought tropical here too.
Brought — Tropical, although I liked Pictorial, too
BOUGHT—TROPICAL
TROPICAL—LIGHTBULB
PICTORAL—LIGHTBULB
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CARIBOU—UPLIGHT
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CHATGROUPʷ ⇄ PUBLIC
PUBLIC ⇆ CHATGROUPʷ
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CHATBOT—TAILGROUPʷ
HUBCAP—POTGIRLʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
chatgroup : (Internet) An online community allowing users to take part in text-based conversations.
tailgroup :
1. (organic chemistry) A relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone of a molecule such as a surfactant.
2. (mathematics) The group of instances at the tail (low end) of a distribution curve.
potgirl : pot-girl : (dated) A girl who works serving customers in an inn or public house.
HUBCAP—PORTLIGHT
HIGHTOP—PARAPUBLIC
BURLAP PORCHLIGHT also works on some sources… Maybe somebody can hook up TORCHLIGHT, which LB does accept.
I tried BUGLIGHT but it is usually two words or hyphenated. Altho I found many instances of it online.
OA.
Finally seeing the -GHT suffix opened so many many possibilities.
29/30
Really fast OA. Nice change of pace. 28/30
Pictorial – Lightbulb 💡
OA …fooled around with patchouli and patriarchal before I saw brought.
Bought Tropical
Another BOUGHT TROPICAL here
Bought tropical pretty quickly
Brought topical/tropical
BROUGHT-TROPICAL
UPBROUGHT* TOPICAL
*OED
CARIBOU-UPLIGHT (14/2)
I got TROPICAL LIGHTBULB
Last minute attempt = OA. Now I can move right on to the new LB.