Here are the Letter Boxed May 12, 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:
OCBRTGHMLDAI
The answers are:
DOGMATICCHARBROIL
DOGMATIC-CHARBROIL after initially trying DOGMATICAL to get as many letters in as possible. About 12-13 minutes, after trying CHROMATIC and TAMAGOTCHI as well and not being able to run anything with BOARD. Then did CHARBROIL and kicked myself as I saw DOGMATIC immediately.
Kanishk and RF, see you soon, my lovelies, with your solutions.
Good luck, everyone, and happy Tuesday!
OA here as well after 45 minutes. Well done, Irim! I’ve never heard of TAMAGOTCHI before – very interesting!
Very frustrating array today – I came up with two one-offs before finding the OA (BIRDBATH – HOROLOGIC and DHARMA – ABIOLOGIC). Also thought MICROLIGHT or RHOMBICAL would help me find a valid solution.
Hoping to see RF soon! Good luck to everyone.
Failed!!! Came back to DOGMATIC(AL) a few times but I don’t know what a CHARBROIL is. Gave up after almost 2 hours. Really thought there’s a -LIGHT or LIGHT- in there.
Well done my besties. 👍
Kanishk, some great options there, shame about the one letter hanging out.
Oh RF, I’m so sorry – tomorrow, we’ve got this!
I’m so sorry, RF, I’m sure you’ll make a comeback tomorrow. Best of luck!
Hi RF. Charbroiling meat or vegetables requires a barbecue. Most people have gas or propane barbecues. The barbecue purists use charcoal barbecues.
Charbroil is a method of cooking, most famously highlighted in the US in Burger King commercials as they have always toured their burgers are charbroiled (cooked over a flame) as opposed to a griddle. Took me quite awhile to hit the OA and pretty sure I never would have if not for those BK commercials. First double digit streak in awhile. 120/132, 11/12, 10, 36
MICROLIGHT / TABARD
RHABDOM – MICROLIGHT
new word for me today
MICROLITH HARDBAG
Good one!
Thanks Kanishk! Showing your (young) age not knowing Tamagotchi. By the way with microlight you could have had tabard
Another word I haven’t heard of before, but I probably could have gotten it if I had played around with it a bit longer. Thanks for the trivia!
Yes, Microlight Tabard.
DOGMATIC-CHARBROIL…
1. Thou shalt not question the grill master.
2. Though shalt eat what thine are given and like it.
3. Though shalt not bring KFC to the potluck for it will cause discontent amongst thy children.
4. Food allergies are anathema.
5. Though shalt not covet thy neighbors basting brush.
6. Though shalt never flip another chefs meat!
7. Though shalt melt the cheese completely.
8. A spatula is not for spanking.
9. Though shalt not touch the sacred brazier for it will burn thee.
10. Thou shalt always kiss the chef.
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Absolutely brilliant!
OA for me too.
Microlight tabard
Me too! 👍
OA pretty quickly. But lots of fun options not LB accepted.
BICHORD* DOGMATICAL
*OED, MW
BALDRIC CHROMATOLOGICAL*
* Roget’s Thesaurus
RHABDOMAL* LITHOLOGIC
*”An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences”
RHABDOM MICROLIGHT
(MICRO)RHABD DOGMATICAL
GIRLDOM MICROHABITAT (hate the TI for this one)
Fav solutions:
RHABD—DOGMATICAL
MICROLITH—HARDBAG
MICROLIGHT—TABARD
DOGMATIC—CHARBROIL
GIRLDOM—MICROHABITAT
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Half-solutions:
BITCHBAGʷ—GIRLDOM
HOMOLOGICʷ—CATBIRD
BIOLOGIC—CHORDOMATAʷ
CHORDOMATAʷ—ABIOLOGIC
BITCHDOMʷ—MICROLOGICAL
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ʷ Wiktionary
Fun array today!
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Even though I know ‘HOMOLOGIC’ isn’t a valid word accepted in most dictionaries, I was still disappointed when it wasn’t accepted, because I would have got an immediate solve if it was (BIRDBATH – HOMOLOGIC)
What I said before about disliking pseudo-answers doesn’t really apply anymore. At this point, I think Sam’s LB word list is so arbitrary that there’s no clear boundary between what counts as a “valid” word and what doesn’t.
That said, I genuinely love your half-solutions, Mark – please keep posting them! They make the game way more fun, especially on singular-OA days 😉
Dogmatic charbroil old school grilling
OA today! But it took some time.
OA.
RHOMBICAL LODGIT*
*old Scots word -past tense of “lodge.”
The Book of Scottish Ballads
Dogmatic Charbroil