Here are the Letter Boxed November 20, 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:
ITHALCNMYZUS
The answers are:
SCHMUTZZANILY
SCHMUTZ—ZANILY
MASCULINAZISʷ—STYLISHLY
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MAINSAILS—SCHMUTZYʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
SCHMUTZ – ZANILY Struggled until going for yiddish solutions.
SCHMUTZ-ZANILY
ZAMIS-STAUNCHLY
ZAMIAS-STAUNCHLY
MAINSAILS-SCHMUTZY*
*SCHMUTZY good in Collins
LINHAYS-SCHMUTZ
*CULMINANTS-SCHMUTZY*
*CULMINANTS good in OED
*SCHMUTZY good in Collins
ZAMIS STAUNCHLY
I just tried “zamis” not knowing if it was a word. Now I know – a Jamaican lesbian. “Down the way where the nights are ‘gay’…”
Zamis – Staunchly also
ZAMIS—STAUNCHLY
ZAMIAS—STAUNCHLY
MUNZILSʷ—SNATCHY
TUCHUNISMʷ—MAZILYʷ
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MANZILS—SCHUYT
UNSTAYS—SCHLIMAZL
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All in Wiktionary
CHANZIS—SIMULTY
MANZILIANS—SLUTCHY
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All in at least Wiktionary
How many of these did you solve without your computer program?
NAZIMS—STUCHLY
NIZAMS—STUCHLY
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All in Wiktionary
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*LUMINANTS-SCHMUTZY*
*LUMINANTS good in OED
*SCHMUTZY good in COLLINS
Unstylish hamza
Argh done it again- there is still a c
OA after a bit of work. Glad to get this one – especially after failing GRABS – SCHMALTZY a few months back!
OA also. Learning new words (like zami) is a fun part of this.
Pretty quick OA here as well. Not so many options with the Z. Saw it would be something Yiddish inspired pretty quickly.
Schmutz — Zanily also
ZAMIS STAUNCHLY
Oa
ZAMIAS STAUNCHLY
MASCULINISTS SCHMUTZY*
*Collins and The New Yorker.
Just for fun: In the holiday spirit…
NAYS SCHMUTZLI*
*Santa Claus’s sidekick
LINHAYS SCHMUTZ
wow took really long..
I usually play the free version on letterboxed.io/home, but a couple of times lately it’s been stuck on the puzzle from the day before. Does anybody know any other free sites out there where you don’t need an account or a NYT subscription to play?
Same here! I recently discovered wordleunlimited.io/letter-boxed-unlimited, but you have to solve a puzzle first before accessing the daily one. I usually rush through that first puzzle in 5–6 words just to get it over with.
Thanks!
connectionsnyt.com/letter-boxed
Thanks!
My first reply is awaiting moderation, so I reposted it without the https and it came through.
SCHMUTZ – ZANILY
This is the third time they’ve OA’d SCHMUTZ. It just doesn’t seem that zany anymore.
OA
OA, had gut feeling it would be Yiddish looking at array. Sill had to think up/ make up every thing I could that sounded plausible, finally hit on schmutz
Zims(s) staunchly first find
*(W)
For fun, mainstays Schultz the bumbling sear gent was an indispensable part of Hogans Heroes
schmutz – zanily