Here are the Letter Boxed September 17, 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:
SYJRCMAEBLIO
The answers are:
EMOJIIRASCIBLY
NYT LETTER BOXED
September 17, 2026
Sides: SYJ | RCM | AEB | LIO
Verified 2-word solutions: 4
Sort: alphabetically by Word1, then Word2
⚠ SPOILER ALERT — SOLUTIONS BELOW ⚠
1 BICYCLERS — SEMIMAJOR
2 BICYCLES — SEMIMAJOR
3 CARBYLS — SEMIMAJOR
4 EMOJI — IRASCIBLY
HALF SOLUTIONS
September 17, 2026
Sides: SYJ | RCM | AEB | LIO
Verified half solutions: 7
Sort: alphabetically by Word1, then Word2
Each pair contains exactly one NYT-accepted word and one non-NYT word
verified as a lowercase dictionary entry.
ʷ = Wiktionary | ° = OED | ᵐ = Merriam-Webster
1 ASCORBYLSʷ — SEMIMAJOR
2 BICYCLAMʷ — MAJORISE
3 BICYCLASESʷ — SEMIMAJOR
4 BICYCLERS — SOMAJʷ
5 BICYCLERS — SOMAJESʷ
6 CARBOCYCLEʷ — EMOJIS
7 CARBOCYCLESʷ — SEMIMAJOR
Late entries for half-solutions:
CAJISʷ — SOMBRELY
JEROBOAM — MYOSCLEROSISʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
PSEUDO SOLUTIONS
September 17, 2026
Sides: SYJ | RCM | AEB | LIO
Verified pairs: 12
Sort: alphabetically by Word1, then Word2
ʷ = Wiktionary | ° = OED | ᵐ = Merriam-Webster
01 JAMBIYAʷ — ALBICORESʷ
02 JAMBIYASʷ — SCLEROMALACIAʷ
03 JAMBIYASʷ — SCLEROMALACIASʷ
04 JAMBIYASʷ — SCLEROMASʷ
05 JAMBYAʷ — ALBICORESʷ
06 JAMBYASʷ — SCLEROMALACIAʷ
07 JAMBYASʷ — SCLEROMALACIASʷ
08 JIBOYASʷ — SCLEREMAʷ
09 JIBOYASʷ — SCLEROMALACIAʷ
10 JIBOYASʷ — SCLEROMALACIASʷ
11 JIBOYASʷ — SCLEROMASʷ
12 JIBOYASʷ — SEMICLERICALʷ
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BICYCLES – SEMIMAJOR My personal non-computer-generated winner in the category “Settling for the first solution found, no matter how long” 🙂
It’s a great solution, along with the OA, for thematic integrity. Riding a bike around an ellipse.
I would never have thought of semimajor as a single word, so I call BS on Sam. I have only ever seen it hyphenated, and to have it the basis of so many solutions is ridiculous. Yet somehow, myosclerosis, a real single word, wasn’t an option?
Ugh. Anyway…solution below! Thank you, Mark, for the nicely divided lists!
Thanks Irim. I see semimajor and semiminor in analytic geometry contexts, specifically with the ellipse. But you’re right, it can also appear hyphenated.
EMOJI-IRASCIBLY finally, and I AM irascible and irimtated by this! That grid cut off some fantastic words, and SEMIMAJOR is in no way a single word. Sam is too clever for his own good.
*grumble grumble* RF and Kanishk, hope to see you soonest!
Good luck, all, and happy Thursday!