Letter Boxed
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…
Letter Boxed is a puzzle developed by The New York Times Company, released 1 February 2019 on Android, iOS and Web browser.
What Letter Boxed is
Letter Boxed is a puzzle game developed by The New York Times Company and released in 2019. It is available on Android, iOS and Web browser.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Letter Boxed launched on 1 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2 and Anthem.
Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2, Anthem.
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