Here are the Letter Boxed June 02, 2025 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:
SXIRDHCFNAET
The answers are:
HANDICRAFTSSEX
*CANTHARIDES-SEXFID*
*CANTHARIDES good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary
*SEXFID good in Wiktionary
EXARCH-HANDICRAFTS
*ARCHFIENDS-SEXT
*ARCHFIENDS good in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary
DENTIFRICE-EXARCHS
I tried that but obviously mistyped it , thus LB rejected and I didn’t catch it. Glad to see some pre-OA tried were actually ok
Yes, it should have been good, as ARCHFIEND was, but for whatever reason, the plural wasn’t.
Found that first, and after a little while, found OA.
Wiktionary lists ARCHFIEND, ARCFIENDS, ARCH-FIEND and ARCH-FIENDS.
XANTHINS-SACRIFICED
*INTIFADAH-HEXARCHIES*
*INTIFADAH good in Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
*HEXARCHIES good in OED, Collins, Wiktionary
CHANTRIES-SEXFID*
*SEXFID good in Wiktionary
Handcrafts Sextic
*DEXTRINS-SHITFACED*
*DEXTRINS good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary
*SHITFACED good in Wiktionary
HANDCARTS-SEXFID*
*SEXFID good in Wiktionary
NARTHEXES-SACRIFICED
That’s got a good TI!
*CARNIFEXES-SHITFACED*
*CARNIFEXES good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary
*SHITFACED good in Wiktionary
ECHIDNA-ARTIFEXES
*DEXTRINS-STITCHCRAFT*
*DEXTRINS good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary
*STITCHCRAFT good in Wiktionary
*CANTHAXANTHINS-SEFARADI*
*CANTHAXANTHINS good in Wiktionary
*SEFARADI good in Wiktionary
*HANDSTITCHED-DEXFAR*
*HANDSTITCHED good in Wiktionary
*DEXFAR good in Wiktionary
LB accepts SEXFID
Along with OED, Collins, Wiktionary and Free Dictionary
*FAXERS-SNITCHED
*FAXERS good in Wiktionary
HANDICRAFTS—SEX (OA)
EXTRASCIENTIFIC^ ⇄ CHARADE
CHARADE ⇆ EXTRASCIENTIFIC^
EXTRASCIENTIFIC^—CHADS
(Bush v. Gore)
—CRASHED
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^ Merriam-Webster
XANTHINS—SACRIFICED
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XERARCH°—HANDICRAFTS
FIRESHINE°—EXCANDESCENT° 🔥
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° OED
HANDAXESʷ—SACRIFICANTʷ
ARCHFIENDSʷ—SEXTʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
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HANDICRAFTS / SEX
OA.
OA
OA pretty fast today.
ARCHFIENDS – SEXT
Using hellphone technology?
LB accepts ARCHFIEND and tries to deny the plural. Unacceptable, LB.
LB is not the fountain from which all solutions flow.
Lots of good words that were not accepted today.
EXTRAFINE-my Uniball pen swears that this is a word.
SEXFIEND
HANDSEX
SEXCRAFT
OA
Handcrafts – sextic
same
Narthexes-sacrificed. Church reno that nixes the vestibule.
OA after awhile. However, I much prefer the more creative solve Narthexes – Sacrificed and with such a good TI, too.
I got same🙂
NARTHEXES — SCARIFIED
NARTHEXES — SACRAFICED
NARTHEXES — SACRAFIED* (OED good, LB not so good)
I tried SHITFACED, but it is hyphenated.
SHITFACED is unhyphenated in Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL) and Free Dictionary,
OA, and I must say that I’m amazed at the restraint everyone has shown in not going overboard with an abundance of the obvious TI’s.
It’s an OA Monday here. Was originally heading for handcrafted but the TE was no good, so shortened to Handcraft. Then had the realization that Handicraft was also a word. easy finish from there.
Me too Matt! But it took me forever to realize I could turn handwork into handiwork while I was trying all kinds of other combos and getting nowhere. Finally got OA. Whew
OA
While I didn’t expect LB to take an expletive, I was still disappointed when INDEXERS-SHITFACED was rejected. Then I smirked imagining a group of old-timey librarians getting sauced while updating the card catalog.
🙂 I had a similar issue with SCARFACED.
OA from me, trying not to get needles in the nether regions.
Indexers / shitface
Unfortunately not valid word 💩😶
😅
OA
Got OA easily. Then HANDICRAFT TAXES Also XERARCH HANDICRAFTS
Also XERAFINS* SNITCHED
*former coins from India. In Collins.
Sorry. Scratch “handicraft taxers” Meant to delete that earlier.
I really wanted to make FACTFINDERS or SCIENTIFIC work but couldn’t find a match. Eventually settled on the OA.
I tried to pair factfinders with shax some site said it was an ancient Romance language in north Africa. Also wanted to pair dentifrices
OA after several short tries
Good finds. Languages are usually capitalized.
DENTIFRICE EXARCHS works
Thanks. You know , I actually tried that and I think I may have mistyped and LB rejected it and I just assumed it didn’t work
I’ve also been looking to use canthaxanthin for a long time and saw it today but LB wouldn’t accept, then I saw where Richie had a pairing so kudos To even attempt to keep up with him you have to check every single word whether LB accepts or not!
OA also after trying to pair factfinders
OA
Took awhile but got HANDICRAFTS SEX, was surprised it was the Official Answer. Lots of 3w’s and good words and near 2w’s with one or two letters left over.
Frustrating, ARCHFIENDS and all the D words below rejected, but are legit.
ARCHFIEND – DEXTRANS, DEXTRINS, DEXTRANASE
Charts sexfiend* wictionary
Decaf First Thanx
I can’t agree Lexi. Need that caffeine first, especially if I want to solve LB😁
I was disappointed when EXTRASCIENTIFIC*- CHAD wasn’t accepted. TI: Y2K post-election analysis.
Landed on XANTHINS-SACRIFICED. TI: asking for an asthma attack
OA…FINALLY! 😵💫
NARTHEXES~SACRIFICED. Took me a long time!
Indexes – sherif – fact
OA.
SEX was the first word I spotted right away. But that seemed way too unlikely and I spent a long time exploring a lot of other words. Finally I started thinking about HAND, quickly noticed HANDICRAFTS, and was surprised to see SEX was needed to finish it off!
OA
TI: stuff sold on the naughty side of Etsy! 😉