Here are the Letter Boxed May 09, 2025 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:
IPBMRTELODNC
The answers are:
ROBOTICCOMPLIMENTED
POINTER – RECLIMBED
COMPLIMENTED DEBTOR
First time around for the second day in a row.
COMPLIMENTED – DEBTOR also.
COMPLICATED-DEBRIDE
PETITIONER – RECLIMBED. aliow.
BLIMP – PREDICTION
Same and fairly efficient too. Weather balloon.
Yep!
Same. Pretty quickly. Was sure it would be the OA.
Also blimp-prediction… Montgolfiers’ premonitory dream…
Me too. Got prediction first and worked backwards
“It’s gonna be a Goodyear…”
JINX!
I replied the exact same thing, but didn’t see yours, Bill, until right when I clicked “Post Comment.”
😄
!! good one!
it’s gonna be a goodyear
Same and very efficient!
One more for BLIMP—PREDICTION from Goldie
Yes, same, and MUCH more efficient than OA!
Blimp Prediction also
BLIMP – PERIODONTIC !
Found some fun words:
EMBROILMENT
TORPEDO
PREMONITION
PROMONTORIED
CLIMBER/ED
DEMONIC
etc.
Pedodontic climber.
Another Blimp Prediction here (for starters) – Nostradamus foresaw the Hindenburg. No, really! (No, not really!) then there’s the guy who Complimented Dobro for its bluegrass authenticity, but with an insincere Bromidic Compliment.
And oh-so-many others, including the Climber who Repointed the bricks before going up the wall.
Is it possible for an array to be TOO fecund?
I had climber repointed!
Same here
BLIMP-PREDICTION
COMPLIMENTED – DOBRO
Climber Redemption
CLIMBER – REDEMPTION here too
CLIMBER – REPOINTED ! LOL
Petitioner -Reclimbed
Also found… Imprinted, Prominent, Impotent 😬, Embroidered, Borderline, Implicit, Timebomb, Primetime, Prompted, Reprinted, Recoined
Protonic climbed. Pointer reclined. Pointier reclined. Petitioner reclimbed
Complimented debtor,complimented debride, complimented debrided, complimented debridement,
Boric complimented
Limbered deception
Blimp prediction
Complimenter(OED)robed. Complimenter redbone
All reclimbed
PROTONIC-CLIMBED for me.
Same.
Periodontic and climb
BLIMP PREDICTION
Same
I also want to know which way the wind doth blow.
another BLIMP-PREDICTION
what I think will happen if the Ozempic is stopped
Steph, I got the same answer today and same TI idea which seems eerily similar, if not identical, to an answer and TI from a few weeks ago: when the health plan stops covering Ozempic!
Same – one that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny??
CLIMBER-REPOINTED
Same
Here’s a variation with an OA that writes itself: Climber-Redpoint. A “redpoint” is when a climber successfully completes a climbing route after practicing on it, as opposed to an “onsight” when the climber succeeds on first attempt without prior knowledge or practice.
Oops—meant TI instead of OA.
I know OA, what is TI?
Pam, I have always taken TI to mean THEMATIC INTEGRITY and enjoy trying to see a theme in my solution. Some of the players make me laugh out loud every day with their hilarious themes.
Steph, that sure beats TEMPORARY INSANITY.
Pam, I always thought TI was “tie-in”, as in BLIMP PREDICTION: That new band with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant is gonna go over like a lead zeppelin… (Supposedly how they came up with the name.)
Speaking as OG and, I believe, the originator of the acronym, I can confirm that TI stands for Thematic Integrity, as ably described by Original Steph.
@Bernie, I remember, and second that confirmation. I think you may own OA too. I shall lay claim to SS and SSS. 🙂 ☕
PREDICTION-NOMBRIL
BORIC-COMPLIMENTED
CLIMBER-REDEMPTION
CLINOMETER-REPROBED
DECEPTION-NOMBRIL
Same!
Me too! And pretty quick!
Same
Same, an improvement over OA
Another BORIC – COMPLIMENTED
Some nice boron you got there.
This was my solution as well. More efficient than the OA.
I got BORIC – COMPLIMENTED too
BROMIDIC-COMPLIMENT
Boric complimented
PROBENECID-*DECLINOMETER
*DECLINOMETER good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
COMPLIMENT-TENEBRIONID
inteceptor – reclimbed
Better make sure all your apples are picked.
Of course meant to be interceptor
Periodontic- climb
Boric complimented
Same here.
BORIC / COMPLIMENTED too.
BORIC – COMPLIMENTED
For a weak acid you’ve got a lot of personality.
Super!
CLIMBER—REDEMPTION
RECLIMBED—DECEPTION
INTERCEPTOR—RECLIMBED
Why climb the mountain?
Because it’s there..
𝒮𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒷𝒾𝓃ℊ..
PRETONIC—CLIMBED
PROTONIC—CLIMBED
MONOPROTIC—CLIMBED
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PEDODONTIC—CLIMBER
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PRECENTOR—RECLIMBED
PREMONITOR—RECLIMBED
POTENTIOMETER—RECLIMBED
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TOPLINER°—RECLIMBED
𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓉ℯ𝒹.
😉
I got PROTONIC CLIMBED. Took me so long!
PROTONIC-CLIMBED was my answer too!
Why reclimbed the mountain? Because it’s still there.
👍
Captain Kirk is reclimbing the mountain. Why is he reclimbing the mountain? To rehug the mountain, reenvelop that mountain.
🚵♂️
Blimp Prediction
proteinic-climbed
Same!
Limbered deception
PRECEDE – EMBROILMENT
precede – embroilment as well
I’ve missed a few days recently… looking back, there’s been some great stuff on here! Thanks everyone for adding your wit and words!
Gotta have my MVUA fix! I’m trying harder to stay current myself…
CLIMBER-REDPOINT
climber repointed
COMPLIMENTED and DOBRO
BLIMP – PREDICTION
PERIODONTIC – CLIMB
COMPLIMENTED – DEBTOR
COMPLIMENTED – DEBRIDE
COMPLIMENTED – DEBRIDED
Also COMPLIMENTED – DEBRIDE.
Doesn’t she look lovely?
😊
Ha!
👏
JAF for the win! Have we seen you here before, JAF? I’ll be keeping an eye out for you going forward!
Thank you, Bernie! I’ve been around a while now and am glad to be here in such good company.
complemented dobro
OA
Compliment and timbered.
SAME
Reclimbed – Deponent
I landed on that one as well.
Complement timbered.
compliment timbered
Me tooooo!
PROTEINIC – CLIMBED
First word doesn’t feel like a real word to me…
Debtor complimented
Robotic compliment
Oops robotic complimented
Proteinic- climbed
POTENTIOMETER — RECLIMBED
Also played with MONOBROMIDE, but couldn’t pair it.
Another BLIMP PREDICTION, almost instantly.
Seems to be a multitude of combinations. For what it’s worth my contribution is:
Blimp – Prediction.
Climber – Redemption
Protonic – Climbed.
I got fixated on Complimented for a while, but couldn’t get robotic…duh!
COMPLIMENTED — DOBRO
I never expected LB to accept DOBRO (which I thought was a proprietary type of guitar), but it has accepted XEROX in the past so who knows.
PERIODONTIC – CLIMB
BLIMP – PERIODONTIC
Ditto.
CEREBRIC* COMPLIMENTED
PERIODONTIC–CLIMB
Limbered-deception
COMPLIMENT / TIMBERED
CLIMBER-REDEMPTION
BORIC – COMPLIMENTED is a shorter and more efficient answer than NYT today.
Blimp prediction
Rebec/ Complimented
Rebec: Ancient bowed 3-stringed instrument. The new words I learn
COMPLIMENTED – DEBTOR
Proprioception,competition,interception,perdition, imbecilic,premonition,prominent,mono line,proponent and others
Today must be dental day with periodontics pedodontoc dentition and debridement
Blimp Prediction
PROTONIC – CLIMBED for me. Also solved yesterday’s (TAXONOMERS – SYNERGIST) too late to check the site, but when I saw the OA — NASTYGRAM!?!? 😱🔥☠️🤦♂️
COMPLIMENTED – DEBRIDE
TI: praise for a freshly cleaned mouth
Just noticed my own name in today’s puzzle. What message is the universe trying to send me?