Letter Boxed · No. 2871 · Wednesday, October 14, 2026

NYT Letter Boxed #2871 answers and hints

Sides: RLW · UNA · KEP · TCO. Hints toward the 2-word solution, one step at a time.

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Try to solve in 4 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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Hospital chart first, then an anatomy diagram's unsung piece.

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One noun belongs to clinical shorthand doctors speak; the other to human-development anatomy, nestled near umbilical vocabulary.

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One of the words: PLACENTA

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WORKUP → PLACENTA

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