Here are the Letter Boxed June 15, 2024 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:
CNTFQOIUARSL
The answers are:
QUOTATIONSSCORNFUL
clarifications statusquo
CLARIFICATIONS—SUQ
Yes! Same here. Had quotations first. Can’t believe I missed scornful, but happy to play the less well known SUQ!
Clarifications Statusquo also.
Inefficient to the max but love the TI 🙂
Quotations-Sulfuric
Same, on first try
i had that one too!
as did several other regulars.
For me, i found STATUS QUO first and then looked for matches.
The first, actually. was:
CALORIFICATIONS°^
which was not accepted by LB, but calorification (singular) is in the OED. Much more commonly used, per OED, in the 1800’s.
But a plural is not specified. So, i leave it up to Mark to judge if it merits the ° mark.
STATUSQUO as one word … my SpellCheck is hinting it is wrong, but i’m glad today that LB bought it as one word.
I was also very surprised to find it was accepted as one word after trying it on a whim. I have never seen that before!
It’s in there. 👍
https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=CALORIFICATIONS&tl=true
LIQUOR-RATIFICATIONS. the end of Prohibition.
FANATICAL—LIQUORIST°
°OED
I got Fanatical-Liquor – I solved it in 2 words and didn’t need to use the bonus “s” haha 🤣
I tried liquorist but it said ‘ not a word’ 🙁 is there a dictionary setting?
Hi KB317. There isn’t such a setting that I know of.
Some players here will use special symbols to indicate that the word, although unaccepted in Letter Boxed, is an acceptable word elsewhere.
The other dictionaries that are commonly referred to include online Scrabble word checkers, Merriam-Webster, and Oxford English Dictionary. The Urban Dictionary has been referenced by some as well. When one finds legitimate words that LB disallows, that adds an extra dimension to the game.
In the case of LIQUORIST:
LB ❌, PSW ❌, MW ❌, OED ✔️
Nice!
Close as I got was Fanatical Liquor Run (pretty much a guaranteed DUI).
Same here.
Nice!
LIQUOR / RATIFICATIONS too.
LIQUOR / RATIFICATIONS here, too.
Sorry about double post. I got a weird error that said duplicate, and that I already said that. Deja vu all over again…
QUOTATIONAL—LUSTRIFICATION° 25/2
°OED
Amplification:
QUOTATIONAL—LUSTRIFICATIONS 26/2
😉
26/2!
you smoked my 24/2
CALORIFICATIONS
STATUSQUO
😎
Apple of the eye
QUOTATIONS-SCORNFUL
In about 5 minutes.
Off to slumberland, good night all.
QUOTATIONS—SULFURIC
Same. QUOTATIONS – SULFURIC.
Quotations
Sulfuric
Boom 💥OA pretty quickly too, but more of a morning person (USA!)
OA too.
Same
For some reason, it came easy today for me too. As a rookie, I’ve been struggling a bit of late. Glad to get this in what is a “flash” for me.
OA.
Word Play:
(5-2-3-3-letters):
(_ _ _ _ _) (o_) (t_ _) (_ _ _)
Clue: 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍏🍊🍊🍊🍊
Fruit to the Max 🙂
Hey, FRANZzEE2,
WRONG! 😵💫🥴
Figured that but I just reminded myself there is fruit I h ave to eat before goes bad…
Apple of the day
Hey, Mr.RAMANATHAN,
ALMOST!
Apple of the Vine?
oops- too many letters at the end. Methinks Ram has it.
Hey, our first-born STEPHIE,
ALMOST!
Hi RrrF
I once knew a girl who was the APPLE OF THE EYE.
Hey, Mr. LWMMM,
You got the correct answer! Yay!!!! 🤓👍
Apple of the eye, indeed! 😉🤗
☢️🌹
Apple of the eye
Hey, Sir JOHNNY,
You got the correct answer too. Good job! 🤓👍
☢️🌹
ALIQUOTS – STRATIFICATION
TI: literally how spectrometers work!
Great solution.
no pun intended, Mark?
Good one Steph!
maybe “exact” solution would have been more accurate.
🙂
ALOQUOT – good find!
Aliquots -Scarification for me!
ALIQUOTS—SCORNFUL for me
GNL
DEO
ZAH
CIT
CLUE: modern-day living
I’ll have one
TECHNOLOGIZE—ENCHILADA
to go please, said the
TEZCATZONCATL—LIGHTHEAD.
Or CANDLELIGHT—TECHNOLOGIZE ?
https://www.amazon.com/Aztec-Magic-Tezcatzoncatl-Perfume-Ecstasy-ebook/dp/B0BY177TQ3
Hey, Sir MARKIE,
TEZCATZONCATL – I ❤️ this word.
Very nice finds! Wow! 🤓🤗👍
However, you only got the half of the OA.
G*.* ?
TECHNOLOGIZE — ECHIDNA
Not the solve but I like echidnas!
Starting with the other end, I got
GADGET — TECHNOLOGIZE
Hey, Sir BILL DUFFIN,
You got the OA! YAY!!! 🤓👍
GADGET – TECHNOLOGIZE, indeed! 😉
☢️🌹
I draft off of Mark’s clues, so maybe I shouldn’t reply so quickly so that others can give it a shot. I DO appreciate you providing us with additional puzzles!
No worries. 👍👍
Idk why FLORICULTURALIST was not accepted
FLORICULTURIST does work, but I can’t see any connectors. 🙁
Stratificational – Liquor…
Pour me one from the top shelf!
Also, 3 (but really 4) worder:
Lifts Statusquo Ocarina…
I have no idea what happens next, but I have a feeling things will never be the same.
Liquor – Ratifications
QUOTATIONS — SULFURIC
I didn’t even get a chance to find anything else. I bet they’ll be many great solves considering the TION and S
It’s one my many frustrations that I can’t connect anything with FRUSTRATIONS. 🙂
ALIQUOTS – SCORNFUL. I tried STATUSQUO on a lark and was amazed at the puzzle accepted it (Scrabble does not). I learned another new word today, too: RUSTICAL (though I couldn’t match it).
OA
Clarifications-Statusquo
LIQUOR RATIFICATIONS, as I was just about to settle for 3w LIQUOR RAFTS SCAN. Never saw Scornful nor even Scorn or Corn… saw -ful… saw Quotation/s right away. My first 3w was QUOTATIONS SCARF FLAT. Others: FROLIC CINQ QUOTAS; QUOTAS SCARF FINAL; FLIC CORONATIONS SUQ; FASCINATOR ROIL LIQUOR. “FASCINATIONAL” made-up word = 2w with LIQUOR as well if it had been okayed.
Eighteenth and/or Twenty-First Amendments. Great TI!
RATIFICATIONS — SILIQUOUS also works
CLARIFICATIONS. SUQ
Here is the full list including Scrabble words:
** Don’t look at the list if you haven’t finished solving the puzzle **
(The first number is a count and the second number is the number of letters used)
1 – 20 aliquot / trifurcations
2 – 21 aliquot / trustification
3 – 22 aliquot / trustifications
4 – 21 aliquots / scarification
5 – 22 aliquots / scarifications
6 – 16 aliquots / scornful
7 – 22 aliquots / stratification
8 – 23 aliquots / stratifications
9 – 17 aliquots / sonorific
10 – 24 aliquots / stratificational
11 – 27 aliquots / stratificationalist
12 – 28 aliquots / stratificationalists
13 – 16 cinqs / sulfuration
14 – 17 cinqs / sulfurations
15 – 23 clarifications / siliquous
16 – 17 clarifications / suq
17 – 18 clarifications / suqs
18 – 23 clarifications / statusquo
19 – 18 floricans / statusquo
20 – 19 floriculturist / tranq
21 – 17 furcation / nastaliq
22 – 18 furcation / nastaliqs
23 – 19 furcations / siliquous
24 – 16 inoculator / rafiqs
25 – 19 liquor / rarifications
26 – 19 liquor / ratifications
27 – 21 liquor / ratificationist
28 – 22 liquor / ratificationists
29 – 23 nitrifications / siliquous
30 – 22 quoins / stratificational
31 – 25 quoins / stratificationalist
32 – 26 quoins / stratificationalists
33 – 22 quoits / stratificational
34 – 25 quoits / stratificationalist
35 – 26 quoits / stratificationalists
36 – 22 quotas / stratificational
37 – 25 quotas / stratificationalist
38 – 26 quotas / stratificationalists
39 – 18 quotations / scornful
40 – 18 quotations / sulfuric
41 – 26 quotations / stratificational
42 – 29 quotations / stratificationalist
43 – 30 quotations / stratificationalists
44 – 22 rarifications / siliquous
45 – 22 ratifications / siliquous
46 – 23 scarifications / siliquous
47 – 22 siliquous / scarification
48 – 23 siliquous / scarifications
49 – 23 siliquous / stratification
50 – 24 siliquous / stratifications
51 – 25 siliquous / stratificational
52 – 28 siliquous / stratificationalist
53 – 29 siliquous / stratificationalists
54 – 20 suqs / stratificational
55 – 23 suqs / stratificationalist
56 – 24 suqs / stratificationalists
57 – 24 stratifications / siliquous
58 – 15 tariqas / scornful
59 – 21 tariqas / stultification
60 – 22 tariqas / stultifications
61 – 16 tariqats / scornful
62 – 22 tariqats / stultification
63 – 23 tariqats / stultifications
64 – 20 trifurcation / nastaliq
65 – 21 trifurcation / nastaliqs
66 – 22 trifurcations / siliquous
67 – 20 quos / stratificational
68 – 23 quos / stratificationalist
69 – 24 quos / stratificationalists
70 – 17 nastaliqs / scornful
71 – 24 nostrifications / siliquous
72 – 21 nutrification / nastaliq
73 – 22 nutrification / nastaliqs
74 – 23 nutrifications / siliquous
75 – 21 quois / stratificational
76 – 24 quois / stratificationalist
77 – 25 quois / stratificationalists
78 – 21 quotationists / scornful
79 – 21 quotationists / sulfuric
80 – 29 quotationists / stratificational
81 – 32 quotationists / stratificationalist
82 – 33 quotationists / stratificationalists
83 – 18 quotatious / scornful
84 – 26 quotatious / stratificational
85 – 29 quotatious / stratificationalist
86 – 30 quotatious / stratificationalists
87 – 20 rafiqs / stultification
88 – 21 rafiqs / stultifications
89 – 20 rafiqs / straticulation
90 – 21 rafiqs / straticulations
91 – 25 ratificationists / siliquous
92 – 22 stratificational / liquor
93 – 29 stratificationalists / siliquous
94 – 23 stratificationalists / suq
95 – 24 stratificationalists / suqs
96 – 29 stratificationalists / statusquo
97 – 22 trustification / nastaliq
98 – 23 trustification / nastaliqs
99 – 24 trustifications / siliquous
100 – 21 aliquots / scorification*
101 – 22 aliquots / scorifications*
102 – 21 calcification / narquois*
103 – 22 calorification* / narquois*
104 – 24 calorifications* / siliquous
105 – 18 calorifications* / suq
106 – 19 calorifications* / suqs
107 – 23 carnifications* / siliquous
108 – 18 cinqs / sulfurisation*
109 – 19 cinqs / sulfurisations*
110 – 21 clarification / narquois*
111 – 21 coalification / narquois*
112 – 18 conflation / narquois*
113 – 23 cornifications* / siliquous
114 – 20 facilitation / narquois*
115 – 17 falcation* / narquois*
116 – 21 fasciculation / narquois*
117 – 20 floriculturist / tranqs*
118 – 17 infracostal* / liquor
119 – 20 narquois* / salification*
120 – 21 narquois* / salifications*
121 – 22 narquois* / silicification
122 – 23 narquois* / silicifications
123 – 18 narquois* / solfataric*
124 – 22 narquois* / stultification
125 – 23 narquois* / stultifications
126 – 16 narquois* / sulfatic*
127 – 16 narquois* / sulfitic*
128 – 19 quoifs* / sacralisation
129 – 20 quoifs* / sacralisations*
130 – 20 quoifs* / straticulation
131 – 21 quoifs* / straticulations
132 – 16 quoins / solfataric*
133 – 20 quotations / solfataric*
134 – 20 quotitions* / solfataric*
135 – 20 salification* / narquois*
136 – 23 scorifications* / siliquous
137 – 22 silicification / narquois*
138 – 22 siliquous / scorification*
139 – 23 siliquous / scorifications*
140 – 22 stultification / narquois*
141 – 20 tranqs* / stultification
142 – 21 tranqs* / stultifications
143 – 20 turquois* / salification*
144 – 21 turquois* / salifications*
145 – 22 turquois* / silicification
146 – 23 turquois* / silicifications
147 – 22 turquois* / stultification
148 – 23 turquois* / stultifications
No luck with this one. I couldn’t find the pairs for QUOTATIONS or STATUSQUO, and also spent time trying to make FLIRTATIONS work.