Letter Boxed · No. 2854 · Sunday, September 27, 2026
NYT Letter Boxed #2854 answers and hints
Sides: OAI · UCM · LKT · PDN. Hints toward the 2-word solution, one step at a time.
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Try to solve in 5 wordsEach word starts with the last letter of the one before. Letters next to each other can’t share a side. Any route that uses all 12 letters wins.
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0 of 4 hints usedThe solution2 words✓ Solved
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Statecraft first, then a sound effect from a comic.
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HintReveal hint
Register shift: one is formal, Latinate and political; the other is casual, echoic, and printed in panels.
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One of the words: DIPLOMATIC
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DIPLOMATIC → CLUNK
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