Here are the Letter Boxed October 14, 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:
GNAERLHFIDCO
The answers are:
CHRONOLOGICALLOAFED
*FADA-ARCHEGONIAL*
*FADA good in OED
*ARCHEGONIAL good in OED
*FLORIGENIC-CHAD
*FLORIGENIC good in Merriam-Webster
GEOFENCED-DIARCHAL
RADIOGENIC-CHALF*
*CHALF good in OED
*FONDA-ARCHEOLOGICAL
*FONDA good in OED
ACHRONOLOGICAL-LAFEDI*
*LAFEDI good in OED
*HAFED-DENDROLOGICAL
*HAFED good in OED
Flinched-dendrological
HALOGENIC-CAFARD
INCHARGE-ENFOLDED
INFOHOLIC-CARGOED*
*CARGOED good OED
*LIGROINE-ENCHAFED*
*LIGROINE good in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
*ENCHAFED good in OED
*CALORIGENIC-CHAFED
*CALORIGENIC good in Merriam-Webster
CARDIOGENIC-CHALF*
*CHALF good in OED
FADGE-ENCHORIAL
GOLFED-DIACHRONIC
OLIGOHALINE-ENFORCED
NECROLOGIC-CHAFED
*HALOGENOID-DEFORCE
*HALOGENOID good in Merriam-Webster
*FOGHORNED-DICALCIC*
*FOGHORNED good in OED
*DICALCIC good in OED
OA.
Went totally off piste because I wanted GOLDFINCH to work or FLINCHED DRAGON to work so badly, but they didn’t.
Was gutted that ARCHFIEND wasn’t possible. I LOVE that word.
So I went with ARCHEGONIA-AEFALD
But to be fair, if AEFALD is allowed, so should some of the other ones we see that are much more common, if unusual.
incharge enfold…
parenting (except the first part; that is a delusion).
Same
INCHARGE / ENFOLD
Took a while today.
INCHARGE ENFOLD
CHRONOLOGICAL – LARFED
Not sure what LARFED means but anyways.
CHRONOLOGICAL-LOAFED
A well-timed break.
CHRONOLOGICAL — LOAFED
Found CHONDRIA but LB doesn’t accept it. Then got LOGIC, LOGICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL (LB doesn’t like CHRONOLOGIC).
I battled this one all day. Wrote down 227 words before finally cracking it. Had all kinds of -Genic words Carcinogenic, Echogenic, Radiogenic, Necrogenic, Halogenic. Thought I had a good chance to finish Negligence, Indigence, and Diligence to no avail.. Also had some fun ones like Hedgehog, Roadhog, Roadhead (a little salacious for LB), Gearhead, Hacienda, Encroached… But nothing worked until Chronological. Finished it with Loafed for the OA.
Now that Bernie has disappeared, I am the person who has been on this site the longest. It used to be a lot of fun. The norm many years ago was that everyone contributed their first solution (and only their first solution). So everyone got to play. There was banter and camaraderie. Bernie waxed eloquent. Jill posted poems. Sota21 contributed Greek arcana. Now, by the time I wake, all possible solutions have been posted in a show-offy kind of way. Only MVUA’s and IRIM’s witticisms add value. Time to move on.
That’s quite sad to think of.
As you have just shown, the “elders” among us have institutional knowledge to share. Banter poems arcana collegiality still available. Hope you rethink things
Perhaps a conversation will be sparked?
So true. The “game” really was secondary. It was a community of somewhat like minded people in dialog.
We’ve been co-opted into silence
Have to agree. I never have liked the billboarding of possible answers. What’s the point? I can go to the LB Solver site for that. Hope you stay, DW.
Oh bless you, I hope you stay – I just think it’s nice to share where I got irimtated & maybe the odd pun. But I wholeheartedly agree, and I’m particularly annoyed by the *good in OED or whatever. It doesn’t matter – if it’s not accepted, it’s not a solution.
Frankly, I solve it, get a decent coffee in celebration, and move on. If I wanted to see a list of solutions, I’d go to Alice Yang’s Letter Boxed Solver.
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn what you think.
Well, maybe be respectful of the feedback. At least for me, and it sounds like others, your posting every solution you can come up with is actually more annoying than it is impressive.
Ouch!
I’m a lurker here but have been for about four or five years. I, too, miss the contributions of Jill, Bernie, and Sota. I would miss your birds and entries, but understand that the culture has shifted (not in a way I enjoy, but folks can do as they please).
I understand, but I’m genuinely sad about it.
May the birds display vividly wherever you choose to wander.
Cheers DW!
SOMEBODY set their alarm before Mark!
OA after many tries with CARDIOGENIC, but gave up and come up with CARCINOLOGICAL. Still didn’t work,but spotted CHRONOLOGICAL then. This one was tough
Excellent words!
GOLFED DICHONDRA*
*MW
CHAFED – DENDROLOGICAL
All those years I spent getting a degree in botany have finally paid off.
Chronological loafed. Fliege(W) encroached Eventually, as I wasted time outside, the insects became annoying.
Yes! I went with ENCROACHED for longer than I should’ve but it was too juicy to resist!
Yep; took a flier on fliege.maybe because took German in college.And of course there it was in all encompassing Wictionary! At least found the OA first
Arachnoid-dirge
Sad song for squashed spider
I just rewatched Annie Hall
Love this answer! My fav scene in Annie Hall — A spider the size of a Buick. I use the phrase all the time :)))
Was trying hard to match ARACHNOID or ARACHNOIDAL (OE)
Ended up with HALOGENIDE* ENFORCE
*MW
OA, and surprised it was the OA. Thought it might be something with ARCHAEOLOGICAL, but LB wouldn’t take FONDA, so gave up on it.
*FOGHORNED-DICALCIC*
*FOGHORNED good in OED
*DICALCIC good in OED
I hope there’s a mass exodus from this site leaving only Mark and I to battle it out. There can be only one!
Calling DAV EL…
Ha!!
Settled for three. OAF – FRAICHE – ENLARGED :)))