Here are the Letter Boxed June 07, 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:
CXMLPHIEYNOK
The answers are:
CHICKENPOXXYLEM
CHICKENPOX—XYLEM
PICKMEN—NEOHEXYL
CYCLOHEXYL—LIMPKIN
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checking for more now.
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Half-solutions:
HECKLE—EPOXOMYCINʷ
HOMELIKE—EPOXOMYCINʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
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NEOHEXYL and CYCLOHEXYL are great finds. Tried to pair PICKMEN but failed. My question is, why is CYCLOHEXYL accepted and not CYCLOHEXENE (C6H10), both are equally valid chemistry terms?
Hi Kanishk, I think you’re right, it should be.
C₆H₁₀ 👍
Thank you, Kanishk! Ditto HYPOXEMIC, which I also tried, though CLINK wouldn’t have worked.
OA. In 4 minutes.
Looking forward to see the solutions of my besties Miss Irim and Kanishk-boy.
Congrats on the fast solve, RF! OA here too but it took me a good 30 minutes. I was sure there was some obscure term hidden somewhere – can’t believe I didn’t see CHICKENPOX immediately! Extremely restrictive array.
Love that the OA has X as the pivot letter – not something you come across everyday. Tried to connect POLYHEX, OXYMEL, HENPECK, and LOCKMEN. Was almost on the verge of giving up but kept pushing anyway. Glad I didn’t give up!
Irim, we’re waiting for you! Can’t wait to see what you got.
Slapping myself for not seeing CHICKENPOX immediately, given that I had a bad case of it at 11!
After half-hearted stabs with OLYMPIC and HYPOXIC, I saw CYCLOHEXYL and LIMPKIN (though I had a moment where I thought two letters might be on the same side) and that’s my solution.
CYCLOHEXYL-LIMPKIN (hurrah for birdwatching friends) in just under 10. Wish I’d seen CHICKENPOX, because then I would have had a word starting with X.
Well done, lovelies, we triumph again and early (for me!) on a Sunday. Off to church now. Good luck, everyone, and happy Sunday!
Yehey!!! The triumvirate is triumphant again!!! 🎉🎊🥳
PICKMEN-NEOHEXYL
CHICKENPOX-XYLEM
CYCLOHEXYL-LIMPKIN
HYPOXIC-CLOCKMEN*
*OED
^HYPOXEMIC-CHINLIKE+
^MW,+WIK
Saw XYLEM right off, but didn’t stick with it long enough to get the obvious CHICKENPOX.
OA.
And POLYMYXIN* NICHELIKE**
*OED, MW etc
**”Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture.” 2011 (among many examples)
Polymyxin is LB too. 🙂
OA after 50 something other tries . I was going to go with polymyxin nichelike if hadnt seen chickenPOX at last . Or chip polymyxinlike
Also saw hypoxia clockmen but didn’t check when not accepted
I saw Chickenpox immediately…it was not hard to miss.
That left the LM & Y left with the next word ending with C. I found Olympic shortly thereafter only to discover that my word was rejected by LB.
So I thought that because Chickenpox was so evident, that it must be a distracted.
End of story, I did not meet with success today.
From Above
Distractor
I thought Xylem looked familiar. It was part of the solution in Feb. 13, 2026.
OA-saw XYLEM and POLYHEX quickly, surprised that CYCLOHEXENE wasn’t accepted. didnt see CHICKENPOX for another 5 or 10 minutes. As far as I’m aware there hasn’t been a solution with an x as the connecting letter in a while.
CHICKENPOX / XYLEM
chickenpox xylem
virulent veggie
Happy Sunday!
Other tries: nickeline homecome hiemicycle polycyclic Olympic lincomycin cyclohexene epicycle kilocycle epoxy epicene lycopene policemen pikemen homely nicely polemic pikemen pencil tick Kyle milky milkmen homelike epicycle lockmen henchmen
Xylem myopic chicken
Best I could come up with, though does at least sound interesting…