Here are the Letter Boxed October 06, 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:
IELTOPHRDGXA
The answers are:
GRAPHITEEXPLORED
GRAPHITE – EXPLODE
GRAPHITE—EXPLOITED
graphite explode or exploited…
the prolific pencil pusher.
😄 yes, thete’s the theme!
Same
Yup, same here after 20 minutes of frustration:
Graphite – Explored/Explode/Exploited
I toiled with these first: Righted, Expired, Targeted, Extradited, Airtight, Digital, Pharaoh, Peroxide,
Retargeted, Extralarge, not accepted
Was close with
Degrade – Exploit (no H)
*Argh and Exploited used all letters once but I couldn’t link them
*Airtight and Explode used all the letters once but also couldn’t be linked?
Me too
Same
Same. In 2 minutes.
GRAPHITE EXPLODE(D)(R)
GRAPHITE EXPLORED
GRAPHITE EXPLOITED
Very quickly today; arefreshing change after the last two day’s lengthy failures.
My haul: Graphite Explode/ Explored / Exploited; Exploited Digraph; Orthograde Exploit; Exploiter Radiograph(er).
GRAPHITE / EXPLODE too.
GRAPHITE – EXPLODED.
graphite – explode as well
Another GRAPHITE – EXPLODE, after looking for viable ~GRAPHs (LOGOGRAPH / IDEOGRAPH led nowhere). Surprised by the less efficient OA.
Graphite-Explode for me as well. Slightly more efficient than the OA. Saphngeaph early. Got a little sidetracked with variations on OXIDE – Peroxide, Peroxidate, Oxidate, Dioxide, etc.. before seeing Graphite and heading for home.
Same. I thought this surely had to a reference to HBO’s Chernobyl series?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBwSuSuGhyk
EXPLORATED DIGHT
both a bit obscure, but accepted
I got this one too, and again thought (wrongly) I would be the only one, since both words seem made-up. Turns out dight means “equipped”
PREDIGITAL—LOXODOGRAPH^
PARADOXOGRAPHER—RADIODIGITAL°⁻ (27/2)
OED: paradoxographer, n. A writer in a literary genre, originating in early Alexandrian Greece, in which (natural or man-made) phenomena considered remarkable or fantastic…
^MW: loxodograph noun. An apparatus for recording a ship’s course by magnetism and photography or other registering device.
°⁻: Hyphenated in OED.
Graphite Explode
Close to OA, i’m happy with this!
same here.
and here
Yep
GRAPHITE – EXPLOITED
FIVERS – SLIPKNOT
A unique take, Andrew! Well done!
ALTIGRAPH – HETERODOX. I wanted to transition on the X and was optimistic for a while about XEROGRAPHER*, but no joy. (LB accepts XEROGRAPH, which is not a PSW, but not XEROGRAPHER, which is.)
Kudos for finding a word starting with X 👍
Ran into same with xerographer
GRAPHITE – EXPLODER
Pencil-thin shrapnel.
Wanted to complete Largehearted but couldn’t hold it.
LARGEHEARTED – DIOXIDE
Where’s the P?….
XIPHOIDAL* — LARGEHEARTED works
LB takes XIPHOID but not XIPHOIDAL 🙁
OED accepts both.
Great find!
GRAPHITE — EXPLODE
So many words today but I could not link them:
PALAEOGRAPHER, EXPATRIATED, EXPEDITED, EXTIRPATED, EXTRADITED, TETROXIDE, PEROXIDE, etc.
Exploiter radiograph
Nice!
EXPLOITED DIGRAPH
Same
So true orthodox heterodox geographer orthograph. It just seemed that graph would be part of answer
OA. Disappointed that DEATHGRIP was not accepted.
Absolutely! In fact, I’m so taken with DEATHGRIP – PHLOX that I’m stopping right there.
Graphite Explode
Exploit and peroxide didn’t work, but soon got an optimal 3,
GLADE – EXHORT – TIP (14)
EXPLOITED-DIGRAPH
EXPLOITER-RADIOGRAPH
Couldn’t get past
EXPATRIATE-ETHEREAL-LODGE
Someone fell for the ad of an escape to a magical faraway land which turned out to be nothing but.
They should have better explored the fine print written in pencil.
Optimal 3 GRATED DIP PHLOX (14)
EXPLOITER – RADIOGRAPH
I found 3 worders:
ADORE / EXPLOIT / THIGH
LAPDOG / GIRTH / HEX
LATHE / EXPIRED / DOG
Cool!
Adding to your collection:
PALPATE / EXTERIOR / RIGHTED
Spent a long time with EXTIRPATED before seeing the GRAPHITE EXPLODE.
Also found PHORATE EXTRADIGITAL* (medical term)
Radiographed Dextral
Me too and it took forever
GRAPHITE – EXPLODE A satisfying group of words today!
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 – 16 dextral / logogriph
2 – 16 exploited / digraph
3 – 19 exploiter / radiograph
4 – 21 exploiter / radiographed
5 – 21 exploiter / radiographer
6 – 18 goethite / explorated
7 – 15 graphite / explode
8 – 16 graphite / exploded
9 – 16 graphite / exploder
10 – 17 graphite / exploited
11 – 16 graphite / explored
12 – 18 graphite / explorated
13 – 18 horologe / expatiated
14 – 19 horologe / expatriated
15 – 16 horologe / expiated
16 – 18 horologe / extirpated
17 – 19 radiographed / dextral
18 – 18 xerograph / heredital
19 – 18 altigraph / heterodox
20 – 21 exploiterer / radiograph
21 – 23 exploiterer / radiographed
22 – 23 exploiterer / radiographer
23 – 15 explorated / dight
24 – 17 explorated / dighted
25 – 17 explorated / digraph
26 – 17 orthograde / exploit
27 – 19 orthograde / exploited
28 – 19 orthograde / exploiter
29 – 21 orthograde / exploiterer
30 – 22 paradoxographer / retiral
31 – 22 paradoxographer / retrial
32 – 26 paradoxographer / radiolarite
33 – 22 paradoxographer / replait
34 – 24 paradoxographer / replaited
35 – 14 altigraph / hoxed*
36 – 22 digladiated* / doxographer*
37 – 17 doxographer* / retial*
38 – 18 doxographer* / retiral
39 – 18 doxographer* / retrial
40 – 20 etiolated / doxographer*
41 – 16 exploited / darogha*
42 – 20 exploited / doxographer*
43 – 21 hariolated* / doxographer*
44 – 20 holographed* / deoxidate*
45 – 21 holographed* / deoxidated*
46 – 16 holographed* / dixit
47 – 18 horologe / expeditate*
48 – 19 horologe / expeditated*
49 – 20 lapidated* / doxographer*
50 – 19 lariated* / doxographer*
51 – 19 loitered / doxographer*
52 – 21 palpitated / doxographer*
53 – 19 petaloid / doxographer*
54 – 21 petiolated / doxographer*
55 – 18 plaited / doxographer*
56 – 21 tetraploid / doxographer*
57 – 19 triploid / doxographer*
58 – 21 xiphoidal* / largehearted
59 – 20 xiphoidal* / laterigrade
10 letter words in today’s solution
arteriolar
depredated
diphtheria
epigrapher
expatiated
expatriate
extirpated
extradited
geographer
orthorexia
palpitated
peripheral
perpetrate
petrolhead
predigital
pretreated
radiograph
radiolaria
repatriate
retrograde
tarpapered
tetraploid
tripartite
adiaphoral
explorated
odoriphore
orthograde
parapathia
pedipalpal
peripherad
peroxidate
petiolated
petrograph
phloretate
prepalatal
preparated
repeatered
reradiated
ripiphorid
11 letter words in today’s solution
deteriorate
digitigrade
diphtherial
diphtheroid
expatriated
perpetrated
repatriated
retrograded
theatregoer
theatergoer
aerographer
exploiterer
laterigrade
orthodigita
palaeograph
peripherial
peroxidated
radiolarite
12 letter words in tosay’s solution
deteriorated
haplodiploid
largehearted
orthographer
petrographer
radiographed
radiographer
reprographer
pathographer
periarterial
periodograph
perpetratrix
13 letter words in today’s solution
palaeographer
terephthalate
pedatipartite
riparographer
15 letter words in today’s solution
paradoxographer
16 letter words in today’s solution
palaeogeographer
9 letter words in today’s solution
deaerated
deathtrap
depredate
etiolated
expatiate
expedited
expediter
exploited
exploiter
extirpate
extradite
heartrate
heterodox
hodograph
holograph
horologer
ideograph
logograph
logogriph
palpitate
papergirl
parapeted
partridge
patriated
pedipalpi
periodate
perorated
peroxided
petiolate
phthalate
pigheaded
preheated
preterite
prograded
repapered
retreaded
retreated
tepidaria
tetroxide
tighthead
tritiated
xerograph
ergograph
aerograph
alterated
altigraph
dialogite
digitated
etherated
explorate
heredital
idiograph
paradoxer
paralogia
parorexia
perigraph
periodide
peripatid
pholadoid
praetexta
prehalter
preheater
preparate
pretexted
priderite
prodigial
progeroid
radiohalo
regerater
reparated
replaited
reradiate
retreader
retreatal
retreater
rightdoer
8 letter words in today’s solution
airtight
areolate
arterial
deaerate
degraded
degrader
dehorted
departed
deplored
deterged
detrital
dialoged
diapered
digerati
digitate
dithered
ditherer
dogeared
ephorate
epigraph
epiphora
ethereal
etherial
etiolate
exhorted
exhorter
expedite
expiated
exploded
exploder
explored
explorer
exterior
gheraoed
goethite
goitered
gradated
graphite
hairgrip
halohalo
haltered
haterade
headgear
headgirl
hedgehog
heralded
hetaerae
hetairai
horologe
idolater
iterated
laterite
lathered
loitered
loiterer
orthodox
oxidated
pahoehoe
palatial
palpated
paltered
palterer
pargeted
patriate
peaeater
pedipalp
perorate
peroxide
petaloid
petiolar
piripiri
predated
praedial
prepared
preparer
preterit
pretreat
pretrial
priorate
progeria
prograde
prorated
radiated
regorged
regraded
reheated
reheater
repaired
repairer
repeated
repeater
roadtrip
taihoaed
tapiroid
targeted
tarpaper
tartrate
tethered
titrated
trigraph
trioxide
triploid
exegeted
headtrip
aegirite
aeriated
aereated
airgraph
alterate
etherate
ethoxide
geologer
headload
odograph
palpiger
pargeter
parodial
peperite
perahera
perahara
perigeal
perioral
perthite
pholadid
piperade
piperate
pipradol
pretexta
pretaped
priorite
prolated
rapadora
rareripe
redarted
regidore
regrated
regrater
regreded
rehaired
reparate
reparted
replated
retraite
reograph
riparial
riroriro
tradited
Graphite explode
It was a grind for me today but happy to get something
Bringing back ALIOW
So apparently, Expediate isn’t a word ??!!! After weeks of totally fine words not being accepted, the answers being bullsh*t words or spelled wrong, I’m done with this game. Last day today . Off to the garden instead.