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 Jan 31, 2026. You can also open the matching hints page for that date.

Valid words found

961

Two-word chains

5

Longest candidate

CHECKERBOARD

E D O
HTR
F K B
CIA

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.

15 letters totalConnector H

BIOTECH → HARDFORK

17 letters totalConnector D

CHECKERBOARD → DRIFT

19 letters totalConnector D

CHECKERBOARD → DRIFTER

20 letters totalConnector D

CHECKERBOARD → DRAFTIER

20 letters totalConnector D

CHECKERBOARD → DRIFTIER

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.

CHECKERBOARD122649No
COHABITER91649No
TORCHBEARER111848No
DIRECTORATE111458No
COCKCHAFER102638No
FIBERBOARD101848No
FIREBOARD91548No
OBCORDATE91448No
BOTCHIER81538No
CHORDATE81438No
BIFORATE81348No
FIREBOAT81348No
KERATOID81348No
CERATOID81148No
FORECHECKER112547No
TIEBREAKER101657No
CORDIERITE101357No
FORECHECK92337No
CHOKEBORE92047No
FIREBREAK91847No
ARCHITECT91637No
HEADBOARD91647No
TORCHIERE91447No
KERCHIEF82037No
HARDFORK81927No
COKEHEAD81847No
ECOFREAK81747No
BITCHIER81537No
COHOBATE81547No
FOREHEAD81547No
CROAKIER81447No
HARDCORE81437No
TIEBREAK81447No
CRAFTIER81337No
FIREBRAT81337No
TORCHIER81337No
DRAFTIER81237No
DIRECTOR81137No
ORIBATID81147No
ADROITER8947No
TERATOID8947No
BROCKET71527No
BIOTECH71437No
BOTCHER71427No
BRIOCHE71437No
COHABIT71437No
CHARIOT71237No
CORDATE71037No
CORDITE71037No
BREADBOARD101646No
HERETOFORE101656No
ROTORCRAFT101536No
REITERATOR101056No
TCHOTCHKE92326No
CROCHETER91636No
HARDBOARD91636No
AEROBRAKE91556No
FORFEITER91546No
HEREAFTER91546No
FORBEARER91446No
RECTIFIER91446No
CEREBRATE91346No
COARCTATE91346No
COCREATOR91346No
RECREATOR91146No
RECTORATE91146No
CHATCHKE82226No
CHECHAKO82236No
HATCHECK82226No
HAFTORAH81736No
HIERARCH81636No
CROTCHET81526No
FREAKIER81546No
BAREHEAD81446No
CHORIOID81446No
CREAKIER81446No
FIREBIRD81436No
HAFTAROT81436No
HAFTOROT81436No
ROCKETER81436No
FAREBEAT81346No
FOREBEAR81346No
HARBORER81336No
TETCHIER81336No
TORCHERE81336No
BAREBOAT81246No
COCREATE81246No
CROCOITE81246No
DRIFTIER81236No
DIRECTER81136No
FETERITA81146No
RATIFIER81146No
COROTATE81046No
ITERATOR8846No
CHIEFER71536No
COCKIER71536No
CROCKET71526No
FETCHER71526No
FITCHET71526No
HATCHER71526No
HITCHER71526No
BIDARKA71436No
CROCHET71426No
FORKIER71436No
HEKTARE71436No
ADHIBIT71336No
BARKIER71336No
BEAKIER71346No
BRAKIER71336No
CHOROID71336No
CORKIER71336No
CROAKER71336No
FIBROID71336No
FORFEIT71336No
HEFTIER71336No
ORCHARD71326No
ROCKIER71336No
TEREFAH71336No
CHARIER71236No
CHEATER71236No
CRAFTER71226No
CROFTER71226No
DIEHARD71236No
FORBARE71236No
FORBEAR71236No
HECTARE71236No
ITCHIER71236No
RATCHET71226No
RECHEAT71236No
DRAFTER71126No
DRIFTER71126No
HARDIER71136No
HEADIER71146No
BEADIER71046No
HERITOR71036No
HOARIER71046No
REBOARD71036No
ROTIFER71036No
TOHEROA71046No
AEROBAT7946No
ARBITER7936No
COTERIE7946No
CREATOR7936No
OCREATE7946No
ORBITER7936No
RAREBIT7936No
TABORER7936No
TABORET7936No
TERABIT7936No
DIORITE7846No
TARDIER7836No
KHARIF61626No
BHAKTI61526No
CHOKER61526No
HOCKER61526No
HOCKET61526No
CHAFER61426No
BETCHA61326No
BROCHE61326No
HOKIER61336No
CHADRI61226No
COHEAD61236No
ECHARD61226No
FORBID61226No
ORCHID61226No
ROCKET61226No
ARCHIT61126No
CHEIRO61136No
CHOREA61136No
COHEIR61136No
DAKOIT61136No
DARKIE61136No
HECTOR61126No
ROCHET61126No
ROTCHE61126No
TOCHER61126No
ADRIFT61026No
CORBIE61036No
DAFTER61026No
DHOTIE61036No
KERATO61036No
DIRECT6926No
HERIOT6936No
BARITE6836No
BOATER6836No
BORATE6836No
COATER6836No
REBATO6836No
RECOAT6836No
ADROIT6736No
ROADIE6746No
RETARDATE91045No
REITERATE9955No
CHATCHKA82225No
CHITCHAT81825No
DAHABEAH81745No
HAFTARAH81735No
HARDHEAD81635No
KARATEKA81645No
HEBETATE81345No

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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