Here are the Letter Boxed July 16, 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:
KIHCUOBNYTSM
The answers are:
SYMBIOTICCHUNK
(C)HUNKS — SYMBIOTIC
SYMBIOTIC — CHUNK(S)
NUTBOYS — SCHMICK
NUNCHUKS — SYMBIONT
13/2 half-solutions:
SOMBITCHʷ—HUNKY
KOMBUSʷ—SNITCHY
YONKS—SUMBITCHʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
SYMBIOTIC-CHUNKY
CHUNKS-SYMBIONT
NUTBOYS-SCHMICK
HUNKS-SYMBIOTIC
SYMBIOTIC-CHUNKY
BOHUNKS-SYMBIOTIC
NUNCHUKS-SYMBIONT
UNHUSKS-SYMBIOTIC
THUNKS-SYMBIOTIC
MINSHUKUS-SYMBIOTIC
INUKSHUKS-SYMBIOTIC
^SYMBIONTIC-CHUK*
^MW, *OED
#HOKONUIS-SYMBIOTIC
#SCR
*YONKS-SUMBITCH*
*OED
+UMBONIS-SHTICKY*
+WIK, *OED
+UMBONIS-SHTICKY*
+WIK, *OED
#KOMBUS-SNITCHY
#SCR
*SUBMUNITIONS-SHTICKY*
*OED
+SUBMUNTOS-SHTICKY*
+WIK, *OED
OMNIBUS-SHTICKY*
*OED
*CHYMOSINS-SUBKUTIS+
*OED. +WIK
*SHTICKS-SUBMYCION*
*OED
*THYMOSINS-SUBTICK+
*OED, +WIK
HUNKS – SYMBIOTIC.
Looking forward to seeing mah besties Miss Irim and Kanishk-boy with their solutions for the day.
SYMBIOTIC-CHUNK here, very quickly after first trying THUMBS (I was hoping for THUMBKINS).
Yay, RF, and hope to see you soon, Kanishk, hope all is well – you are missed!
Good luck, everyone, and happy Thursday!
Same here, very quickly.
Same OA adjacent answer here. 2 days in a row. Hopefully this means the slump is officially over.
SUMBITCHʷ—HONKYTONK
HONKYTONKS—SUBOHMICʷ
MYOTIS—SUBCHUNKʷ
OMNIBUS—SHTICKYʷ
CHYKSʷ—SUBMUNITION
CYTOMICSʷ—SKUNKBUSHʷ
ʷ Wiktionary
MONOMYTHS—SUBTICKʷ
UNTOMBOYISHʷ—HOICK
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KUHSʷ—SYMBIONTICʷ
HOTBUNKSʷ—SIOMYCINʷ
BOSCHBOKSʷ—SINUSOTOMYʷ
KOMUSUBIʷ—ICHTHYONOMYʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
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HUNKS SYMBIOTIC
MYOTICS* SKUNKBUSH**
*var Miotics
**MW
Symbiotic chunk(s)
BUKSOM* MONOTHYMIC**
* old English for buxom.
** person afflicted with a fixed mood.
The Foundations of Personality. 1921
Hunks & Symbiotic
Symbiotic chunky Chunks/hunks symbiotic Chunks symbiotic chunks = symmetrical pair
Hi Bill. My very first word was Omnibus as in Great Big Beautiful Bill but could not find a word with which to partner it.
But the word,Omnibus,in its own quirky way, led me to Symbiotic.
Much easier today!
Hi Catherine, I couldn’t do qnything with ks and ys do I went to symb and there it was. Snitchy was first word I tried so I went back and checked kumboys on a lark
OA took a while
Hal’s word shticky works with omnibus but even though in OED isn’t LB acceptable
Kumboys (W) snitchy Alt spelling of Lombok,Tagalog for convoy. Perhaps RF familiar with this word. Not Lombok. K o m b o y
OA in a few minutes.
Symbiotic Chunk
Hunks – Symbiotic