Letter Boxed · No. 2855 · Monday, September 28, 2026

NYT Letter Boxed #2855 answers and hints

Sides: LIS · HTR · AUM · CBN. Hints toward the 2-word solution, one step at a time.

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Try to solve in 5 words

Each 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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The solution2 words

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Pundit-bashing editorials, then look up at cloud genera

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One is a disdainful op-ed label for quackery; the other joins cumulus and stratus in cloud-naming, and haloes in art

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One of the words: CHARLATAN

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CHARLATAN → NIMBUS

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