Letter Boxed solver & word finder

Enter the four sides of a Letter Boxed board to find legal words and two-word chains that cover all 12 letters.

Enter a Letter Boxed board

Put the three letters from each side into its own box. This solver uses Xfire's broad word list to surface valid board words and two-word chains that cover all 12 letters.

Recommended format: one side per box. The solver normalizes case and ignores spaces, but each side still needs exactly three letters.

Reset

Loaded sides from the stored Letter Boxed board for Dec 20, 2019. You can also open the matching hints page for that date.

Valid words found

754

Two-word chains

3

Longest candidate

PHENYLALANINE

I Y U
CHL
E A B
NPK

Letter Boxed

12 letters

One board, four sides

Two-word chain ideas

These chains cover all 12 board letters and keep the required last-letter to first-letter handoff intact.

14 letters totalConnector E

BUCKLE → EPIPHANY

16 letters totalConnector E

UNBUCKLE → EPIPHANY

17 letters totalConnector E

BUCKEYE → ENCEPHALIC

Playable board words

These words obey the side-jump rule and use only the 12 letters on the board.

Showing the first 200 rows so pages stay fast and readable.

PHENYLALANINE132158Yes
ANENCEPHALIC122158No
ANENCEPHALY112148Yes
IPECACUANHA112068No
ENCEPHALIC101948No
BIPHENYL81828Yes
PHENYLIC81828Yes
KEPHALIN81738No
CEPHALIN81538No
PUBLICAN81438No
NEPHELINIC101747No
PHENACAINE101757No
UNBIBLICAL101647No
PLACEKICK92337No
EPIPHANIC91847No
UNLUCKILY91837Yes
CINEPHILE91647No
ENCEPHALA91647No
UNCYNICAL91637Yes
HYPHENIC82127Yes
PLUCKILY81927Yes
EPIPHANY81837Yes
CEPHALIC81737No
PENUCKLE81637No
UNBUCKLE81637No
ANYPLACE81537Yes
CALYCINE81537Yes
EUPHENIC81547No
PHACELIA81547No
UNLIKELY81537Yes
CANELIKE81447No
APHELIAN81347No
PHIALINE81347No
ACAULINE81057No
PANICKY71827Yes
BLACKEN71527No
BLACKIE71537No
CUPLIKE71537No
PLIANCY71427Yes
HYALINE71337Yes
BIPLANE71137No
CAPELIN71137No
PECULIA71147No
PELICAN71137No
UNALIKE71147No
CAULINE7947No
INCIPIENCY101946Yes
CANALICULI101456No
BLACKBUCK92526No
PHENYLENE91736Yes
CALYCINAL91636Yes
NEPHELINE91446No
PENEPLAIN91346No
PICNICKY82126Yes
BLACKCAP82026No
HALAKHIC82036No
NECKLACE81636No
NICKELIC81636No
ACALEPHE81546No
CALIPHAL81536No
CALYCULI81536Yes
CUBICULA81446No
LACELIKE81446No
NECKLINE81436No
HELIACAL81346No
HELPLINE81336No
LENIENCY81336Yes
ALKALINE81246No
CULICINE81246No
BLUELINE81046No
NAUPLIAL81046No
BLACKLY71816Yes
BUCKEYE71836Yes
CUPCAKE71736No
ALKYLIC71626Yes
BULKILY71626Yes
HALAKIC71636No
HIPLIKE71636No
LUCKILY71626Yes
UNBULKY71626Yes
UNLUCKY71626Yes
NIBLICK71526No
PANCAKE71536No
ACALEPH71436No
CYNICAL71426Yes
HENLIKE71436No
LUCENCY71426Yes
PLAYPEN71426Yes
APELIKE71346No
CUBICAL71336No
NIBLIKE71336No
PENLIKE71336No
APHELIA71246No
CYANINE71236Yes
HELICAL71236No
HIPLINE71236No
PLAINLY71226Yes
ALBINIC71136No
CALPAIN71136No
NUNLIKE71136No
ALIENLY71036Yes
INANELY71036Yes
ELAPINE7946No
ENCINAL7936No
EUCAINE7956No
LEUCINE7946No
HACKLY61816Yes
HICKEY61826Yes
BLACKY61716Yes
PLUCKY61716Yes
BIPACK61626No
PHYLIC61616Yes
HACKIE61536No
HACKLE61526No
HUBCAP61526No
HUCKLE61526No
KALIPH61526No
KEYPAL61526Yes
KIBLAH61526No
LACKEY61526Yes
BUCKLE61426No
HYENIC61426Yes
PHENYL61416Yes
PICKLE61426No
ALKYNE61326Yes
CALIPH61326No
HYALIN61226Yes
NICKEL61226No
NICKLE61226No
PUBLIC61226No
BYLINE61126Yes
LUNACY61126Yes
NICELY61126Yes
PUNILY61126Yes
ALKINE61036No
CAPLIN61026No
EPICAL61036No
PENCIL61026No
PLAICE61036No
UNLIKE61036No
INHALE6936No
INHAUL6936No
ACULEI6846No
ALPINE6836No
INLACE6836No
LAUNCE6836No
LINEUP6836No
LUPINE6836No
NUBILE6836No
UNCIAL6836No
UNLACE6836No
INCIPIENCE101655No
PENEPLANE91345No
LAKELIKE81645No
PIPELIKE81645No
EYEPIECE81555Yes
LILYLIKE81535Yes
BIBLICAL81435No
PIPELINE81245No
LENIENCE81045No
CALPACK71725No
KAPEIKA71745No
APHAKIA71645No
BIBLIKE71535No
EYELIKE71445Yes
PAPHIAN71435No
ALKALIC71335No
CANAKIN71335No
CANIKIN71335No
HYENINE71335Yes
LIPLIKE71335No
ENHANCE71235No
ACICULA71145No
EPICENE71145No
PENANCE71135No
ALBINAL7935No
ANELACE7945No
LACINIA7945No
LACUNAL7935No
LUPULIN7935No
PLANULA7935No
ALANINE7745No
ANILINE7745No
KICKUP61825No
HYPHAL61715Yes
HYPHEN61715Yes
BYPLAY61615Yes
KIPUKA61635No
PICKUP61625No
PIKAKE61635No
HECKLE61525No
HICKIE61535No
ICKILY61525Yes
PAKEHA61535No
CACKLE61425No
KALPAC61425No
KULAKI61435No
NUBUCK61425No
CICELY61325Yes
CYANIC61325Yes

Word list size: 184,413 broad English words. Board contract: four sides, three letters each. NYT's accepted word list can differ slightly, so treat this as a brainstorming surface.

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