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 23, 2020. You can also open the matching hints page for that date.

Valid words found

821

Two-word chains

23

Longest candidate

HYDRAULICS

L R Y
HAI
K B S
CDU

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 S

BRICKYARDS → SHUL

14 letters totalConnector B

SHLUB → BRICKYARD

15 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SCHUL

15 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SHLUB

15 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SHULS

15 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SLUSH

15 letters totalConnector B

SCHLUB → BRICKYARD

15 letters totalConnector B

SHLUB → BRICKYARDS

16 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SCHLUB

16 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SCHULS

16 letters totalConnector S

BRICKYARDS → SLUSHY

16 letters totalConnector H

KURBASH → HYDRAULIC

16 letters totalConnector B

SCHLUB → BRICKYARDS

17 letters totalConnector H

BACKLASH → HYDRAULIC

17 letters totalConnector H

BACKRUSH → HYDRAULIC

17 letters totalConnector H

BLACKISH → HYDRAULIC

17 letters totalConnector H

BRACKISH → HYDRAULIC

17 letters totalConnector C

HYDRAULIC → CASHBACK

17 letters totalConnector H

KURBASH → HYDRAULICS

18 letters totalConnector H

BACKLASH → HYDRAULICS

18 letters totalConnector H

BACKRUSH → HYDRAULICS

18 letters totalConnector H

BLACKISH → HYDRAULICS

18 letters totalConnector H

BRACKISH → HYDRAULICS

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.

HYDRAULICS1019310Yes
BRICKYARDS102229Yes
HYDRAULIC91839Yes
CHURCHYARDS112528Yes
DICKYBIRDS102328Yes
BRUSHBACK92228No
BACKYARDS92128Yes
BRICKYARD92128Yes
HYDRACIDS91928Yes
LADYBIRDS91628Yes
BACKRUSH81928No
BLACKISH81928No
BRACKISH81928No
BALDRICS81328No
BRADYCARDIC112237Yes
CHURCHYARD102427Yes
DISABUSALS101347No
DICKYBIRD92227Yes
YARDBIRDS91627Yes
DASYURIDS91437Yes
DRUIDICAL91347No
DISABUSAL91247No
BACKYARD82027Yes
BACKLASH81927No
HYDRACID81827Yes
BIDARKAS81537No
LADYBIRD81527Yes
ALDICARB81337No
CARABIDS81337No
DASYURID81337Yes
LABRUSCA81237No
LUBRICAL81237No
RUBRICAL81237No
RADICALS81137No
SUICIDAL81147No
CHUKARS71627No
HYBRIDS71617Yes
KURBASH71627No
CLAYISH71527Yes
DARKISH71527No
LADYISH71427Yes
LARKISH71427No
BALDISH71327No
DYSURIC71327Yes
BALDRIC71227No
SUBACID71237No
SCRIBAL71127No
BRIDALS71027No
RIBALDS71027No
SUBARID71037No
URACILS7937No
ABRACADABRAS121956No
BICYCLICAL102136Yes
ACARICIDAL101556No
BABUSHKAS92036No
SUKIYAKIS92046Yes
ALACKADAY91946Yes
CYCLICALS91826Yes
CLARSACHS91626No
CALISAYAS91446Yes
BABIRUSAS91346No
BASILICAS91346No
CASHBACK82126No
HYDRARCH82016Yes
BABUSHKA81936No
SUKIYAKI81946Yes
LACKADAY81836Yes
CICHLIDS81626No
KARAKULS81636No
CALABASH81536No
CLARSACH81526No
YARDBIRD81526Yes
CALISAYA81346Yes
ARABICAS81246No
BABIRUSA81246No
BASILICA81246No
DISCARDS81226No
ASCARIDS81136No
SCIURIDS81136No
SUBADARS81136No
SUBAURAL81046No
SILURIDS8936No
BUYBACK72026Yes
DYARCHY71916Yes
LAYBACK71826Yes
BABYISH71726Yes
KABUKIS71736No
CARSICK71526No
BIDARKA71436No
DYADICS71426Yes
BAYARDS71326Yes
CARABID71236No
DIBASIC71236No
RUBIDIC71236No
SCALDIC71226No
BASILIC71136No
BUBALIS71136No
DISCARD71126No
RUBRICS71126No
SALUKIS71136No
UAKARIS71146No
ACARIDS71036No
ASCARID71036No
RADICAL71036No
SCIURID71036No
SUBADAR71036No
BASILAR7936No
SARDIUS7836No
SILURID7836No
BLACKY61716Yes
BRICKY61716Yes
BRACHY61616Yes
DICKYS61616Yes
CHUKAR61526No
HYBRID61516Yes
HYDRIC61516Yes
KIRSCH61516No
ALKYDS61416Yes
BRASHY61416Yes
BRUSHY61416Yes
HYBRIS61416Yes
BRACHS61316No
HYDRAS61316Yes
RAKISH61326No
SCHLUB61316No
BURKAS61226No
BARDIC61126No
BLUISH61126No
HUBRIS61126No
SLUICY61126Yes
ABULIC61036No
KAURIS61036No
LUBRIC61026No
RADISH61026No
SALUKI61036No
ALCIDS6926No
BRIDAL6926No
BUILDS6926No
DARICS6926No
RIBALD6926No
RIYALS6926Yes
BURSAL6826No
CAULIS6836No
LIBRAS6826No
LUBRAS6826No
URACIL6836No
LIDARS6726No
RADIUS6736No
ABRACADABRA111855No
ALICYCLIC91835Yes
RICKRACK82025No
BICYCLIC81925Yes
CYCLICAL81725Yes
BARBARIC81435No
BIBLICAL81435No
CARACALS81235No
CHURCHY72015Yes
KISHKAS71825No
ACYCLIC71625Yes
SICKISH71625No
CICHLID71525No
KARAKUL71535No
RHUBARB71425No
ALKALIC71335No
BIBASIC71335No
CICADAS71235No
ALKALIS71135No
ARABICA71145No
BULBILS71125No
CABALAS71135No
CALCARS71125No
CICALAS71135No
DRUIDIC71135No
RICRACS71125No
ASHLARS71025No
CSARDAS71025No
DARBARS71025No
ACAUSAL7945No
ALIDADS7935No
ASCARIS7935No
BURSARS7925No
CALALUS7935No
CASUALS7935No
CAUSALS7935No
CLAUSAL7935No
LASCARS7925No
RASCALS7925No
SCALARS7925No
SILICAS7935No
DALASIS7835No
SIRDARS7825No
CHYACK62015Yes
CRACKY61715Yes
KISHKA61725No
KABUKI61635No
CYCADS61415Yes
KUKRIS61425No
KULAKI61435No
DYADIC61325Yes
BAKRAS61225No

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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