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Letter Boxed

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Letter Boxed is an online word puzzle video game from The New York Times Games. Players are given a square with three letters per side (12 letters in total). Starting anywhere, they must connect the letters to make words of at least three letters. The goal is to use all of the letters at least once, in as few words as possible – equal to or below the target number set by the game (usually within 4, 5, or 6 words). Th Show full summary

Letter Boxed is an online word puzzle video game from The New York Times Games. Players are given a square with three letters per side (12 letters in total). Starting anywhere, they must connect the letters to make words of at least three letters. The goal is to use all of the letters at least once, in as few words as possible – equal to or below the target number set by the game (usually within 4, 5, or 6 words). The first letter of each new word must be the last letter of the previous word. Consecutive use of letters from the same side is not permitted (which precludes the use of double letter words such as "Brilliantly", "Formatted", and "Dazzle"). Proper nouns, profanities, and certain offensive terms are also excluded.

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Letter Boxed is an online word puzzle video game from The New York Times Games. Players are given a square with three letters per side (12 letters in total). Starting anywhere, they must connect the letters to make words of at least three letters. The goal is to use all of the letters at least once, in as few words as possible – equal to or below the target number set by the game (usually within 4, 5, or 6 words). The first letter of each new word must be the last letter of the previous word. Consecutive use of letters from the same side is not permitted (which precludes the use of double letter words such as "Brilliantly", "Formatted", and "Dazzle"). Proper nouns, profanities, and certain offensive terms are also excluded.

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Letter Boxed: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
The New York Times Company
Publisher
The New York Times Company
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Text
Themes
Non-fiction
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Platform releases

  • Web browser Feb 01, 2019
  • Android Mar 2023
  • iOS Mar 2023

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