Here are the Letter Boxed May 07, 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:
XUPMTOILSEWH
The answers are:
MULTIPLEXESSHOW
OA in 5 mins. personal best. will release wordplay later.
I’m new to this what does OA stand for?
Official Answer. Basically the NYT solution.
You’ll also see other acronyms around:
PSW = playable Scrabble Word
OED = Oxford English Dictionary
2W (2WS) = two word solution
TI = thematic integrity / thematic interpretation
Thank you for this. I wasn’t sure on those either, and I’ve been playing a while.
an asterisk next to a word in someone’s solution indicates a PSW that is not accepted by LB (letterbox)
also: n/x, where n = total number of letters and x = number of words. (The ideal two word solve is 13/2; the ideal ideal solve is 12/1.)
Also Allow- at least it’s over with
OA quickly today after trying SHOWTIME/S and MULTIPLE/S.
OA here today.
PHLOXES – SWIMSUIT …
Lovely floral patterns are all the rage this summer, but watch out for bees.
This is extremely good.
Good one! Definitely looking for a word to couple with SWIMSUIT – ended up landing on OA!
This was worn at the Met Gala last night, right? 🤭
I got the OA with its obvious theme.
DITTO!
Excellent! I spent some time trying to match something with Phlox (so appropriate for spring) but didn’t think to pluralize. Wound up with OA, begrudging acknowledgement of TI. 🙂
Very cool 😎!
I was wondering if there were any non OAs today but been both too busy and too distracted to find out.
😎
mine was just the plain OA today … and usually I Don’t end up with the OA.
Same answer, right off- I’m always on the lookout for Phlox – but I whiffed on the TI. Also had the OA Multiplexes Show (Yeah? What’s playing?), and Showtime Exemplum (a Message Movie, that’s what!).
I saw PLEXES (not accepted). Didn’t see the prefix MULTI.
Word Play:
(7-) (4-letter):
(_o_ _or_) (_o_ _)
Clue: The routine that you have always enjoyed.
comfort zone ?
Hi, PGIE,
WOW! You got it! COMFORT ZONE, indeed! Yay!!! 👍👍🤓
☢️🌹
Comfort love
Hey, LWMMM,
Another wonderful answer! 🤗😊😉👍
ARI
NUB
EOC
DTL
Clue: The plants to a gardener…
14/2
Not the answer, but I did see INEDIBLE — EDUCATOR
Hey, Sir BILL DUFFIN,
I’m happy that you found a unique answer! Congrats! 🤗😊👍
☢️🌹
LABOUR — REDUCTION ??
🤗😊
It starts with B.
BOTANICAL — LABOURED
Hey RF! – so, I say:
BOTANIC CURLED
but that is a 13/2
not 14/2
😎
Hey, Mr.MCBEE,
YAY!!! You found an efficient unique solution. Congrats! 👍👍🤗😊
☢️🌹
Sir BILL DUFFIN,
👍👍
BOTANICAL – LABOURED fits more to the given clue than my OA. 🤗😊
The OA: BOTANICAL – LURED is more efficient.
Congrats!
☢️🌹
OA for me after faffing about with WIMPLES and TUMULTUOUS (long word, short in letters).
…short ON letters…
Great word, but those four U s….
I found SUMPTUOUS…
Impressed that you thought of Wimples. But I’m particularly taken with “faffing”! <3
OA.
Multiplexes and Showtimes – I dont get it as often so trying to show off lol
OA right away once I saw MULTI.
👍👍
OA in under a minute. A nice reprieve after the two day battle with Gazpacho.
MULTIPLEXES-SHOW
Plus six variations and combinations of SHOW.
Wow!
OA
OA. Started with PIXEL and then tried to make MULTIPIXEL which was not accepted. Then my eyes immediately saw that MULTIPIXEL should instead be MULTIPLEX. I then pluralized it and the rest was easy.
Not too dissimilar thought process. Once PLEX caught my eye, it was one short step to MULTIPLEX(ES), and SHOW was there for the taking
SHOWTIME – EXEMPLUM
Same!
Phloxes-Swimsuit
Ooh, I like that, I got SWIMSUIT/s but the only 2w match was a made-up nonexistent word “THOPLEX”, ha! I saw -plex, but not Multi-. Tried SHOW as a suffix. My other invented 2w was WITHOUT “TEMPLEXES”
OA pretty quickly
A relief after the challenges of the past couple of days 🙂
TI: lots of movie options to choose from
OA surprisingly fast! less than a minute 8)
Missed it. Today, 3w answers: SEXIEST-THUMP-PLOW (16/3), WITHOUT-TEMPLES-SEX (17/3), and SWIMSUITS-SHOP-PIXEL (18/3)
OA after finally seeing multi
OA, but it took a while.
1. MULTIPLEXES SHOWTIME
2. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOWTIME
3. MULTIPLEXES SHOWTIMES
4. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOWTIMES
5. MULTIPLEXES SHOWIEST
6. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOWIEST
7. SHOWTIME EXEMPLUM
8. MULTIPLEXES SHOWIE
9. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOWIE
10. MULTIPLEXES SHOWIES
11. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOWIES
12. PHLOXES SWIMSUIT
13. PHLOXES SWIMSUITS
14. MULTIPLEXES SHOW
15. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOW
16. MULTIPLEXES SHOWS
17. MULTIPLEXITIES SHOWS
OA best TI ever
OA today
OA after about 10 minutes. Found STIMULUS first and tried in vain to pair SHOWPLEX with it (🤷♂️), but ~PLEX felt too good to not be OA. Found MULTI~ shortly after.
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 – 15 multiplexes / show
2 – 16 multiplexes / shows
3 – 17 multiplexes / showie
4 – 18 multiplexes / showies
5 – 19 multiplexes / showtime
6 – 20 multiplexes / showtimes
7 – 19 multiplexes / showiest
8 – 15 phloxes / swimsuit
9 – 16 phloxes / swimsuits
10 – 16 showtime / exemplum
11 – 18 multiplexities / show
12 – 19 multiplexities / shows
13 – 20 multiplexities / showie
14 – 21 multiplexities / showies
15 – 22 multiplexities / showtime
16 – 23 multiplexities / showtimes
17 – 22 multiplexities / showiest
18 – 16 multiplexes / sowth*
19 – 17 multiplexes / sowths*