Here are the Letter Boxed June 26, 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:
BCYHLUADORNT
The answers are:
HYDROCARBONNATURAL
DUTCH—HONORABLY
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UNLATCH—HYDROCARBON
HYDROCARBON—NATURAL
UNLATCH-HYDROCARBON
here
Got … UNLATCH … CARBON … HYDRO, but didn’t put ’em together.
I always look to your many solutions, Mark, to see if I even came close.
Thanks Ron. After the valid LB solutions, I’ve been leaning into Wiktionary lately to find many “half-solutions”, which is a lot of fun. 👍
Dutch Honourably
Me too, DUTCH – HONORABLY
Another Dutch-Honorably here. Had Hydrator. Saw that Carbohydrat was there with no suffix that would work since cake isn’t apparently considered a Carbohydrator though it probably should be. Didn’t think to flip it around to make Hydrocarbon. Whatevs. Done in 45 or so. I’ll take it.
Dutch — Honorably, too.
OBTUND—DYARCHAL
HANDCLOUT—TARBOY
NOTOCHORD—DURABLY
BRACHYURA—AUTOLAND
CHONDRAL—LAYABOUT
ALYTARCH—HARDBOUND
Some half-solutions:
BUTCH—HOLANDRYʷ
HANDRUBʷ—BLOTCHY
LANDYACHTʷ—TURBO
LAUNCH—HYDROBOTʷ
CHARLATAN—NOBUDYʷ
COHOBATORʷ—ROUNDLY
CLOTHBOUNDʷ—DRYLAND
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ʷ Wiktionary
Happy Friday!
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More half-solutions:
BUNCH—HYDROLATʷ
UNBLOTCHYʷ—YARD
BLANCH—HYDRONAUTʷ
OUTBRANCHʷ—HARDLY
TUNDRA—ANCHORABLYʷ
TACHYON—NONDURABLYᶜᵈ
YOUTH—HYDROCARBONYLʷ
HALOHYDROCARBONʷ—NONCONDUCTOR
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ʷ Wiktionary, ᶜ Collins, ᵈ Dictionary.com
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DUTCH-HONORABLY
OUTBOUND-DYARCHAL
HANDCLOUT-TARBOY
HYDROCARBON-NATURAL
CHONDRAL-LAYABOUT
UNLATCH-HYDROCARBON
HANDCLOTH-HONOURABLY
ALYTARCH-HARDBOUND
NOTOCHORD-DURABLY
BRACHYURA-AUTOLAND
HANDCLOUT-TURBARY
ALYTARCH-HANDBOUND
OBTUND-DYARCHAL
^CLOTHBOUND-DRAY
^MW
BLOTCH-HYDRONAUT^
^MW
*DRANT-TOUCHABLY+#
*OED, +WIK, #SCR
When LB didn’t accept CLOTHBOUND DRAY I bailed early and called it a win… It was unanimously valid for all ten of the common word games on the word-check site I usually use.
LAUNCH-HYDROBATH+
+WIK
LAUNCH-HYDROBOT+
+WIK
Organic chemistry finally pays off, LOL! HYDROCARBON-NATURAL (OA) here, after a brief flirtation with CARBONYL, LABORATORY, HARDCOURT. 10 minutes or so.
Kanishk and RF, can’t wait to see you guys with your solutions!
Looking forward to the end of this heatwave in the UK – good luck, all, and happy Friday!
Well done, Irim! HYDROCARBON – NATURAL here too (didn’t we have HYDROCARBON recently?) after playing with HANDCLOTH and CHARLATAN. Took me about 5 minutes.
Waiting for RF.
UNLATCH – HYDROCARBON for me.
Well done Miss Irim and Kanishk-boy.
And just like that the triumvirate is complete and triumphing. Yay! 🥳
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FAITH – HYDROCARBON was the OA on February 2, 2026.
Oa
DUTCH HONORABLY
OA today.
Ugh, came here by accident first. Gave a halfhearted attempt at coming up with something other than OA, but it’s like opening up a regifted present :-). I’m going to have to change the icon for this bookmark to a skull and crossbones!
Done that a few times myself.
ACOLYTH* HARDBOUND
* var of acolyte. Collins, MW
Hydrocarbon natural quickly. Also unlatch hydrocarbon
Dutch & Honourably
I am not sure why LB accepted Dutch because it is a proper noun. But I guess because the word is often coupled with other words like oven, treat and double, the word was accepted.
Around where I live with its large Dutch population, it is common to hear the phrase, “If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much”
I hit the same answer. I was surprised about Dutch as well but then I got to thinking about the process to Dutch cocoa
I’m thinking of the phrase “Going dutch”, but too lazy to check it.
UNLATCH-HYDROCARBON
Unlatch hydrocarbon
I saw hydrocarbon without even looking.