Here are the Letter Boxed October 29, 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:
CTOBDIAFPREL
The answers are:
CLIPBOARDDEFT
LIFEBOAT — TRIPLICATED
I wanted lifeboat to work so badly but couldn’t find the 2nd word.
I found LIFEBOAT but didn’t see TRIPLICATED. It’s nice to see that there is a two-word solution that uses LIFEBOAT.
Probatic Calcified
I can’t seem to create a new post and can only reply, so …
PROLIFIC CARBOLATED
I can’t believe I wasn’t the only one with this answer. Much less efficient than the OA, but whatevs.
The number of lifeboats that the Titantic ACTUALLY needed! 🙂
Same here.
Tropical Lifeboat
Or
Tropical Lofted
No D, no B
Prorated Decalcified
PROBATED DECALCIFIED
Prolificated dob
Aliow
similar PROLIFICATED-DAB
a fun box to work around today, but yes I also felt ALIOW
Saw PROLIFIC early but dithered about before arriving at PROLIFICATED.
Couldn’t settle on DAB/DEB/DOB so decided on BEBOP PROLIFICATED in a nod to the old folk 🙂
😀 delightful solve, much appreciated by this old folk
👏
Similar – arrived at PROLIFICATED – DEBT
Slightly longer
CLIPBOARD – DEFEAT
CLIPBOARD -DEFICIT
PROBATED – DEIFICAL*
PROBATED DECALCIFIED
I did try DEFICAL first, but not allowed
I got
PROBATED DECALCIFIED
as well after pursuing several dead ends.
If you’ve ever been involved in an inheritance you will know just how how calcified probate is…
Jarndyce v Jarndyce 🧑⚖️
Same
probated – decalcified as well
yes, THIS! the bleakest court case, that teaches one to avoid lawyers at any cost!
A probate lawyer’s fantasy whereby the entire disputed inheritance is totally eaten up by legal fees!
See THIS for the deft ref to Jarndyce.
Nice. I struggled with PROBATED for a while and finally landed on the OA.
PROBATED / DECALCIFIED, too.
PROBATED – DECALCIFIED too!
What you have to do to clean up the really old stuff you inherited
Clipboard Deft…
health inspector intimidation tactic.
😅
OA for me too…
And here as well. Spotted BOARD first and from there it was pretty easy to pair it. I keep waiting for BROADWAY to come up, but not sure it’d be accepted?
And here as well as well – OA Clipboard Deft. Practice makes perfect. Also found Probated Decalcified. Found it first, in fact, but didn’t like it.
CLIPBOARD – DEFICIT
clipboard-deficit
They ran out at Staples.
OA
prolific-carbolated
Was looking for that elusive pair for PROLIFIC (which is how I landed on PROLIFICATED – is that truly a word?!)
PEDALBOARD – DEFICIT
Add it to the list of national priorities.
Clipboard deficit
PLACEBOIC CROFTED
First original solution to be posted from mainland Yemen? Today, at least?
And now, in a special category, the award goes to. . .😄
Very nice!
Same answer as you.
The Clarified Clipboard
The PROBATED—DECALCIFIED,
BEATIFIC—CLIPBOARD—
—DRIFTED far and wide.
Forever BEDRIFT—in—TROPICAL waters,
the CLIPBOARD—was—DEADLIFTED
onto the LIFEBOAT—, then —TRIPLICATED.
The CLIPBOARD—was—DEFT,
its BEBOP—PROLIFICATED,
as it FORBADE—the—ECLIPTIC
from turning.
The End.
🙂
Gorgeous poetry 🙏
The first option stuck with me. Not elegant but effective.
Forbade Ecliptic
PROFITED – DECAL
Forbade ecliptic
What about the B?
OA. A relief to discover things turned out well for the adventuring clipboard. Thanks, Mark!
Thanks Judy! I had fun with that one. I struggled to find a main character, then realized it was the clipboard itself.
PROBATIC-CLARIFIED (17/2)
Not my best effort but a 2-solve nonetheless
CLIPBOARD – DEFT, after many alternative failed ~BOARD guesses. 😅
Clipboard-Deft but it took me forever with a lot of forays into other words with Board, Lifted, Plated, etc., etc.
PROLIFICATED – DEBATE
CLIPBOARD DEFLATE
OA quickly 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 – 17 beatific / clipboard
2 – 17 bebop / prolificated
3 – 16 blip / prolificated
4 – 15 bop / prolificated
5 – 16 cliftied / dropbear
6 – 17 clipboard / deadlift
7 – 15 clipboard / defeat
8 – 17 clipboard / defeated
9 – 17 clipboard / defecate
10 – 18 clipboard / defecated
11 – 16 clipboard / deficit
12 – 16 clipboard / deflate
13 – 17 clipboard / deflated
14 – 18 clipboard / defoliate
15 – 19 clipboard / defoliated
16 – 13 clipboard / deft
17 – 16 clipboard / drifted
18 – 16 debrief / floptical
19 – 19 flatboat / triplicated
20 – 20 floptical / labradorite
21 – 15 forbade / ecliptic
22 – 19 lifeboat / triplicated
23 – 17 pedalboard / deficit
24 – 19 probated / decalcified
25 – 18 prolific / carbolated
26 – 19 boatlift / triplicated
27 – 17 petrific / clipboard
28 – 18 petrific / carbolated
29 – 16 placeboic / crofted
30 – 17 probatic / calcified
31 – 17 probatic / clarified
32 – 16 probatic / cliftied
33 – 15 prolificated / dab
34 – 21 prolificated / dartboard
35 – 15 prolificated / deb
36 – 17 prolificated / debar
37 – 18 prolificated / debate
38 – 19 prolificated / debated
39 – 19 prolificated / debrief
40 – 21 prolificated / debriefed
41 – 16 prolificated / debt
42 – 15 prolificated / dob
43 – 16 prolificated / dobe
44 – 17 prolificated / dobra
45 – 17 prolificated / dobro
46 – 16 prolificated / drab
47 – 20 prolificated / dropbear
48 – 19 prolificated / deboard
49 – 21 prolificated / deboarded
50 – 15 becarpet* / trifold
51 – 19 becarpet* / trifoliated*
52 – 19 becarpeted* / defoliate
53 – 20 becarpeted* / defoliated
54 – 19 becarpeted* / dolorific*
55 – 19 bobfloat* / triplicated
56 – 19 clipboard / deadlifted*
57 – 18 clipboard / deflorate*
58 – 19 clipboard / deflorated*
59 – 15 flipboard* / dacite
60 – 15 flipboard* / deceit
61 – 17 flipboard* / defecate
62 – 18 flipboard* / defecated
63 – 16 flipboard* / deficit
64 – 16 probated / deifical*
65 – 17 probated / dolorific*
66 – 21 prolifical* / labradorite
67 – 17 prolifical* / lobated*
Wow! Thanks!
OA, but I enjoyed all the alternatives today.
For tomorrow The tortuous BACKPACKING GIMCRACKERY
also “for tomorrow” PAYBACK-KINGMAKER.
electoral maneuvering.
I hope revealing the puzzle “a day prior” doesnt mess up anyone’s game, but this site has not been updating 🥴