Today's Letter Boxed (often searched as Letterboxed) uses these twelve letters, three on each side of the box. Use them all in as few words as you can. Hints first, then the answer.
Hint 1: How many words you need
The New York Times solution uses 2 words. The game's target is 5 words or fewer. There are 2 two-word solutions in total in today's word list.
Hint 2: Word lengths
Word 1 has 8 letters, Word 2 has 7 letters.
Hint 3: What the words mean
- Word 1: Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
- Word 2: A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
Hint 4: First letters
Word 1 starts with H, Word 2 starts with K. Each word starts with the last letter of the one before it.
Show the first word
HOMEWORK
Show the full solution
- HOMEWORK
- KATYDID
The New York Times solution for October 29, 2026 is HOMEWORK then KATYDID.
Letter Boxed deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Every two-word solution
2 pairs in today's word list use all twelve letters:
- HOMEWORK → KATYDID
- KEYWORD → DIMETHOATE
The longest words on today's board
RATEMAHATMAYA, KATHAROMETER, METEOROMETER, ARTHROMETER, ARTHROMETRY, ARTHRODIRE, DIMETHOATE, HARDOMETER, HIKIKOMORI, HOMEWORKER, KOWHAIWHAI, MYRIAMETER
The game accepts 1,040 words today.
Yesterday's answer (October 28, 2026)
ZAP then PRECIOUSLY. Yesterday's hints
Play today's Letter Boxed at The New York Times
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