Here are the Letter Boxed January 31, 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:
EDOHTRFKBCIA
The answers are:
CHECKERBOARDDRIFT
KERCHIEF – FRETBOARD. Became really easy once I noticed the -BOARD prefix. ED on the same side is devilish!
27/31
It’s only easy when you see it
I had kiteboard – feel stupid now!
You are
31/31
I say the same for today’s array: devilish!!!
I found a few -BOARD words but not CHECKERBOARD and FRETBOARD. I also found DRIFT but didn’t explore it further (it being a short word and ordinary). Also found KERCHIEF which I thought to be part of the OA. Found FIREBREAK which took care of F-K-B being on the same side to no avail.
In short, I couldn’t solve it today.
29/31
Took a little while. Plenty of words to be found in this array. But didn’t get close to a solve with anything except Forehead until I saw Check(er). Which became CHECKERBOARD quickly. DRIFT(ER) was already on my list, so I was done at that point. Still took an hour or so with some other distractions mixed in. Finish the month 29/31. Cherubim and Avoirdupois being the outliers So I don’t really feel too bad about that.
Lazy Saturday morning, so late to the party today. Well done, Kanishk.
FORECHECK-KITEBOARD here, so very sporty.
ED on the same side and TH on the same side devilish indeed, but not as bad as the last couple of days…
CHECKERBOARD – DRIFT
Oppa Gingham Style.
Only joking there Jonny Rothwell
And no I didn’t get 31 this month!
BIFTER – ROCKHARD
When you accidentally leave your joint in the freezer.
Got ROCKHARD, and then tried BIFTER. Didn’t think it would be accepted.
Oa, eventually.
KERCHIEF FRETBOARD after trying to get FIBREBOARD to work
FORECHECK KITEBOARD here as well.
And KERCHIEF FRETBOARD
OA.
OA not too fast, not too slow
BITCHIER* ROADFORK**
* censored
** “In infantry and military literature, “roadfork” is written as a single word primarily for functional clarity and brevity in field communication.”
— Military Instructors Manual 1917
Note: the statement above is not from “The Military Instructors Manual.” But the term is used in that book often. I was just citing it as a reference.
Btw I was surprised the word “kotch” is LB accepted. It’s British slang. I could not match it, but it might come in handy down the road, or perhaps at the “roadfork.” 🙂
OA after bunch of other tries with er and board. When saw check went right to checker and checkerboard
Freakier creakier forehead heretofore fiberboard hereafter roadbike afterbeat bikerbroad firebreak directorate and others accepted and unaccepted