Here there are Letter Boxed March 15, 2023 Answers from New York Times Games. Our solutions and answers are 100% valid and accurate. We suggest to try and solve the game by your own before using the help of our website.
Sides of this Letter Box are:
AOQIUKTSFNWX
The answers are:
FIXATIONSSQUAWK
Official
And for me.
I like your name:
“The name Cliona is girl’s name of Irish origin meaning “shapely”. Attached in Irish mythology to a Cliona who was, among other things, an inspirer of poets. Cliona is well-used in modern Ireland, along with Irish form Cliodhna, though it’s largely unknown in the rest of the world.”
🙂
Aw thank you Mark! It’s not one of the most commonly known Irish names and it often mispronounced to rhyme with Fiona – it actually is closer to Cleen-ah.
Fixations Squawk
Official in about 40 seconds… it was welcome. I’ve had a tough time on LB this past week.
Same here!
Same. LB has lately been really hard for me, too. YAKUZA? BROUHAHA? Really? 🤣😂🤣😂
Me too but some ridiculous words for official answers. I say make them more doable for people on the run.
What? Do you mean to say that the spelling of ‘BROUHAHA’ isn’t readily at your fingertips? (kidding)
FIXATIONS SQUAWK
Official
Official!
Official here, too. QUOTATION(S) being a non-starter, FIXATIONS was the very next try. I figure there’s not going to be a wide range of options with this one.
A new LBF personal of 18 achieved -now switching to
YNC BDK OPT RUA.
*personal best
What does LBF stand for? I’m guessing ‘Letter Boxed something’. Also what do you mean ‘now switching to
YNC BDK OPT RUA?’ Did you just pick those letters randomly and you are now switching from solving the official puzzle to your made up one?
Thanks.
It stands for Letter-Boxed Forecast -a challenge I made up for myself, basically, but anyone interested can join in. Details on that can be found on the February 24, 25, & 26 boards.
Not much of a challenge today. Official A came instantly, Squawk jumping right out. (Reading that last bit over again, it sounds like coded instructions to co-conspirators.)
Let the LB whining begin! “Too hard!” “Too easy!” Sigh.
Same. Saw squawk and that was it. I would whine but it’s a busy day so for the best. I predict a one word solution soon.
One thing is for sure; DW will be spitting nails, again!
My dentist told me to stop that. So I’m switching to screws.
I always find it hard to argue against a dentist (especially with mouth wide open) 🙂
Official. Don’t mind a quick one now and then.
Official very quickly. Even before my eyes were fully open.
I agree that aren’t a lot of permutations and combinations on this one
Yep, I agree. With an ‘X’ and no E, there aren’t so many options. Also the ‘QU’ pair must be followed by another vowel, which left only ‘O’ and ‘A’ to work with. No whining here, though. I managed it quickly and was fairly certain it was the official, too.
Official here too and quickly.
Pair:
FIXATIONS—SQUAWK(S)
Quatrain (of sorts):
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FINKS—SQUAT—TWOS—SAX
FINK—KNOWS—SQUAT—TAX
FINKS—SQUAT—TOW—WAX
SQUAWK—KAIF—FONT—TAX
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Math/Phys/Chem (mostly, and some can be pluralized):
ANION, ANTITOXIN, AUTOTOXIN, AXION, AXON, FUSION, ION, QUANTA
Nice quatrain!
And another new word: kaif
Urban dictionary says this:
A person who is always there for everyone and the most loyal of people. But people take advantage of them and never really appreciate who they have.
Thanks Jill. When there’s only a few Pair possibilities, the Quads are often still plentiful, so the quatrain challenge is a good one. I’ve been reading up on the different patterns, ABAB, AABB, and larger poetry structures in general.
Official
Yup – official here as well. A single solution and not too hard once I saw the fix!
One of my fastest solves ever. Looks like a four-hit wonder to me:
FIXATIONS – SQUAWK(S)
INFIXATIONS – SQUAWK(S)
Today’s birds: ANI, SWAN, TIT, KAKA
fixations – squawk
Got Fixations instantly but struggled to spell Squawk at first
Oh man. Everyone’s saying how easy it was but I couldn’t get it. Spent less time on it than normal though coz I was mentally tired. About 15 minutes in total. Ended up with FAT TOXINS SQUAWK. Disappointed in myself now coz I probably could have found FIXATIONS eventually if I came back to it later, more refreshed. Noticed FIX but didn’t think to add the suffix on.
Official. Easily found.
March 16 PATHETICAL-LOWBROW
sadly inefficient but done
,WHITECAP – PARABOLA
(reminding me of my transatlantic crossing on a sailboat in 1976, in steep seas)