Here are the Letter Boxed June 28, 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:
SULORIGEHAFP
The answers are:
OURSELFFLAGSHIP
FLAGSHIP – POURER.
Same…
So, the Chief Steward
Or…
The record for history’s largest cocktail belongs to British Lord Admiral Edward Russell. In 1694, he threw an officer’s party that employed a garden’s fountain as the punch bowl.
The concoction? A mixture that included 250 gallons of brandy, 125 gallons of Malaga wine, 1,400 pounds of sugar, 2,500 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of nutmeg.
A series of bartenders actually paddled around in a small wooden canoe, filling up guests’ cups. Not only that, but they had to work in 15-minute shifts to avoid being overcome by the fumes and falling overboard.
👍
Nutmeg is supposed to be psychoactive in larger doses, so that may have been quite some party!
A little night out with the boys. 😄(Kind of admirable that the nautical thing was consistent.)
Same. Really thought I had it with PHILOSOPHISER/S but I guess not.
PHILIOSOPHISER — REFUGIA is accepted.
I had never heard of refugium/ia until I saw a special on climate change (or course!)
I couldn’t do anything with PHILOSOPHISERS
FLAGSHIPS – SOUPIER
Yay! A unique answer 😁🍻
I saw sourer too. I bet there’s more
FLAGSHIPS-SOURER
FLAGSHIPS SOURER!
Same
Same
Same here!
FLAGSHIP / POURER
And me!
Epilogues and spearfish
Here too… 12 hours hence.
Word Play:
10-letters:
_o_o_ _ _ _nd
Hint: A person with a mild disability.
Colorblind!
Hey, STEPHIE,
YES! You got it! YAY!!! 🎉🥳
Colorblind, indeed! 🤓👍
☢️🌹
ELT
IXA
OPM
NRB
CLUE: fossil sample for analysis
correction:
experimentational
lab
Hmmm, ABALONE – EXPERIMENT?
Hey, Ms. SUSANMMM,
I’m happy you got a nice solution. You’re getting there for the OA. 😉👍
☢️🌹
BONE – EXPERIMENTAL
Ms. SUSANMMM,
WOW!!! You got the OA! YAY! 🎉🥳
BONE – EXPERIMENTAL, indeed! 🤓😉
Double thumbs up!!! 👍👍
☢️🌹
Not the OA and very inefficient:
EARLOBE — EXPERIMENTATION
Hey, Sir BILL DUFFIN,
Congrats on your nice solution. You’re getting there for the OA too. 😉👍
☢️🌹
Flagship Purpose
Same
Flagships – Sourer
FLAGPOLES SHIUR
Same. No idea what a SHIUR is
Epilogues Spearfish. I was all over oa but could not connect my flags ships and poles
Btw coud anyone find any dino saurs in the array i felt like i tried everything but my paleo knowledge is lacking
*SAUR 👍
ALLOSAUR²
GALESAUR
AIGIALOSAUR
²double-lettered
And some fantastical, hybrid creatures:
PIG :: GRASSHOPPER²
SAILFISH :: HIPPO²
HARE :: EAGLE
GILA :: ASP
Excellent
EPILOGUES – SPEARFISH too, after failing with FLAGSHIP, and PEARLFISH. I was disappointed at first that PROLOGUES was not possible, and even tried PRELOGUES out of desperation. 🤣
Took awhile to remember EPILOGUE, and was relieved to see it was viable!
GOUP* — PEARLFISH works and GOUP is in the OED, but, alas, not in LB.
PREFIGURES-SHOALS. a mariner on the lookout.
or drop the final s for effifiency
PREFIGURES SHOAL
Same here – taking it for the quick win!
Also had PREFIGURES – SHOAL
Wanted to use spearfish but couldn’t find a match. I also likes pergolas but couldn’t make it work.
I saw SHOAL but didn’t think there was any chance of pairing it!
Instead of PREFIGURES I used REFIGURE and ESOPHAGAL. I had FLAGSHIP to start with, but couldn’t find a word to go with it.
Same, but without the extra “S” at the end.
flareup – phraseologies
More letters than I should have had to use but at least I finally got something!
Epilogues Spearfish. ALIOW
Ourself is not a word. Our is plural, self is not. It’s OURSELVES!
It feels awkward reading ourself. Yeah, it should be ourselves.
I think ourself is how a king or queen might talk about themselves. The royal we.
True – the royal ourself or as used by a very pompous editor perhaps.
I just hope this isn’t the beginning of a royal phase. Sam has already had a Mexican food phase.
AGREE!!!
Absolutely agree.
PREFIGURES — SHOAL
Spent time with PHARAOHS, SPEARFISH, PRERELEASE.
flagships – sourer
Nice and very tidy! I was looking for something with Ship and couldn’t make it happen.
Currently I’m in Lag Central Lagsville in the State of Eternally Delated Response…
Frugal loopholes
FOURS – SHAGPILE
PREFIGURE–EARHOLES
FLAREUP–PHRASEOLOGIES
Excellent!
I love Flareup-Phraseologies!
It’s sorta kinda like this game.
☕
Mark – looking at the Quinapulus Word list using the letters for this day’s puzzle, i saw:
fluorographies
which has all the letters and actually does seem to be in the OED and M-W.
It doesn’t work with this puzzle because of the LU then ORO and AP sequences.
So, no 14/1 for this puzzle!!! 😤
But, I’m curious – has there ever been a 1 word OA or a valid one word solution to any of the puzzles?
Oops!
scratch OED for “fluorographies”.
M-W does have an entry for “fluorography” and presumably the plural would be “fluorographies” but i didn’t see it spelled out … maybe the correct plural is “fluorography”?
The spell checker for this entry box seems to like “fluorography” but gives the red underline to “fluorographies” … i’m just an old-time dirt engineer, the finer points of grammar I always left up to Monica and Rose. 😎
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluorography
Hey, Mr. McBEE 🐝,
I got a 12/1 once.
It was LEXICOGRAPHY.
☢️🌹
FLAGSHIPS SOURER. Pretty quickly. Missed seeing Ourself though I got Selfie/s.
FLAGSHIP. POURER
GOLFER—RUPIAHS 13/2
FLAREUPS—SHOGI° 13/2
°OED:
shogi, n. A Japanese board game resembling chess.
I found PHRASEOLOGIES first, and then wouldn’t give up on finding something with the U and F, so wound up with FLAREUP / PHRASEOLOGIES
Great find!
Flagships Poseur
Nada today, though plenty to play around with: SAILFISH (didn’t see the match), FLESHIER, PHILOSOPH, etc.
FOURS SHAGPILE
Don’t know what a shagpile is but my imagination is going wild.
Love this!
FLAGSHIP POSEUR!
“I am the Monarch of the Sea…”
Very nice!
Flagships – Sourer. Not a great combo but at least I got it in two :))
GOPURAS SELFISH
FLAREUP PHILOLOGUES
Figure esophagal
I assumed it was just acid reflux, Doctor!
This looks like as good a spot as any to report my best find: Frugal Logophiles. They only play the free version of LB. I don’t see anyone else coming in with that one, but a unique answer is all but unheard of, so I probably just missed it.
Also found, with others, Epilogues Spearfish (the posthumous Hemingway sequel).
thanks Bernie!
made me smile 😊
McBee 😎
Then my work here is done.
FRUGAL LOGOPHILES
Philosophiser->refugia
After many interruptions and restarts throughout the day I was finally able to get
PHILOSOPHISER-REFUGIA(L)
FRUGAL LOGOPHILES
Hard one today! Finally got FOESHIP-PLAGUER, slightly more efficient than OA at 14/2. I haven’t seen that answer in anyone else’s comments, but as usual I am amazed at how many words other solvers found that I never noticed.
My group is:
HALOPHILES SAGOFLOUR
i don’t think sagoflour is an actual single word, but i don’t care. Lost a friend yesterday to cancer.
I forgot top post this last night
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 – 14 argufies / splosh
2 – 18 epilogues / spearfish
3 – 16 figurae / esophagal
4 – 17 figural / logophiles
5 – 15 figure / esophagal
6 – 17 flagpole / euphrasia
7 – 18 flagpole / euphrasias
8 – 14 flagpoles / shiur
9 – 15 flagship / poufier
10 – 14 flagship / poseur
11 – 15 flagship / poseurs
12 – 14 flagship / pourer
13 – 15 flagship / pourers
14 – 15 flagship / purpose
15 – 16 flagship / purposes
16 – 16 flagship / purposer
17 – 17 flagship / purposers
18 – 16 flagships / soupier
19 – 15 flagships / sourer
20 – 18 flareup / philologise
21 – 19 flareup / philologises
22 – 20 flareup / phraseologies
23 – 15 flareup / pishogue
24 – 16 flareup / pishogues
25 – 18 flareup / philologues
26 – 16 flareup / phlogosis
27 – 14 flours / shagpile
28 – 14 fogle / euphrasia
29 – 15 fogle / euphrasias
30 – 13 fours / shagpile
31 – 16 frugal / logophiles
32 – 18 furfural / logophiles
33 – 18 furphies / sialagogue
34 – 19 furphies / sialagogues
35 – 18 furphies / sialogogue
36 – 19 furphies / sialogogues
37 – 15 giaours / selfship
38 – 13 golfer / rupiahs
39 – 14 gopuras / selfish
40 – 15 gopuras / selfship
41 – 14 gouras / selfship
42 – 15 ourself / flagship
43 – 16 ourself / flagships
44 – 14 pearlfish / haugo
45 – 19 philosophia / argufies
46 – 20 philosophiser / refugia
47 – 21 philosophiser / refugial
48 – 17 prefigure / earholes
49 – 18 prefigure / esophagal
50 – 15 prefigures / shoal
51 – 17 prefigures / shoaler
52 – 14 purfle / esophagi
53 – 13 refugia / alphos
54 – 15 rugosas / selfship
55 – 20 sialagogues / spearfish
56 – 20 sialogogues / spearfish
57 – 15 aerugos / selfship
58 – 16 eagleship / poufier
59 – 14 fleishig / gopura
60 – 15 fleishig / gopuras
61 – 17 fleishig / gaspergou
62 – 14 foeship / plaguer
63 – 15 foeship / plaguers
64 – 14 ophisaur / reflag
65 – 15 ophisaur / reflags
66 – 16 ophisaur / refugial
67 – 20 philologues / spearfish
68 – 17 refigure / esophagal
69 – 18 refugial / logophiles
70 – 16 argufier* / repolish
71 – 15 argufiers* / splosh
72 – 16 arugolas* / serfship*
73 – 17 arugolas* / serfships*
74 – 17 arugolas* / spearfish
75 – 20 epiloguises* / spearfish
76 – 18 flagpole / euphrasies*
77 – 17 flagship / peasouper*
78 – 18 flagship / peasoupers*
79 – 15 flagships / souper*
80 – 16 flagships / soupers*
81 – 15 flagships / sourse*
82 – 16 flagships / sourses*
83 – 18 flareup / philologies*
84 – 19 flareup / psephologies*
85 – 13 flareups / shogi*
86 – 14 flareups / shogis*
87 – 15 fogle / euphrasies*
88 – 15 fourses* / shagpile
89 – 20 fuhrers / spelaeologies*
90 – 15 fural* / logophiles
91 – 21 furphies / spelaeologies*
92 – 14 gaufer* / repolish
93 – 18 isologues* / spearfish
94 – 19 oligureses* / spearfish
95 – 19 oliguresis* / spearfish
96 – 16 ouglies* / spearfish
97 – 17 persifleurs / seahog*
98 – 18 persifleurs / seahogs*
99 – 14 prahu / ufologies*
100 – 18 prefigures / shoalier*
101 – 15 prefigures / shola*
102 – 16 prefigures / sholas*
103 – 15 prefigures / solah*
104 – 16 prefigures / solahs*
105 – 15 refugia / alphosis*
106 – 17 refugia / alphosises*
107 – 15 rugolas* / serfship*
108 – 16 rugolas* / serfships*
109 – 16 rugolas* / spearfish
110 – 19 serfships* / sialagogue
111 – 20 serfships* / sialagogues
112 – 19 serfships* / sialogogue
113 – 20 serfships* / sialogogues
114 – 19 sialagogues / serfship*
115 – 20 sialagogues / serfships*
116 – 19 sialogogues / serfship*
117 – 20 sialogogues / serfships*
118 – 14 ufologies* / sharp
119 – 16 ufologies* / sharper
120 – 17 ufologies* / sharpers
121 – 16 ufologies* / sharpie
122 – 17 ufologies* / sharpies
123 – 17 ufologies* / sharpish
124 – 15 ufologies* / sharps
125 – 16 ufologies* / shophar*
126 – 17 ufologies* / shophars*
127 – 18 ufologies* / spearfish
128 – 15 ufologies* / sphaer*
129 – 16 ufologies* / sphaere*
130 – 17 ufologies* / sphaeres*
131 – 16 ufologies* / sphaers*
132 – 18 ufologies* / splashier
133 – 16 uglifiers / shophar*
134 – 17 uglifiers / shophars*
135 – 15 uglifies / shophar*
136 – 16 uglifies / shophars*