Two-Word Letter Box Solutions

The pattern

Take Puzzle 1: CAPTURE, then ENJOYS. CAPTURE uses C, A, P, T, U, R, E. ENJOYS starts with E, the last letter of CAPTURE, and adds N, J, O, Y, S. Together they cover all twelve letters, and neither word breaks the side rule or repeats a letter.

All seven live two-word solves

• Puzzle 1: CAPTURE → ENJOYS
• Puzzle 2: GARDENS → SWITCH
• Puzzle 3: JOURNEY → YACHTS
• Puzzle 4: FATHOMS → SLICED
• Puzzle 5: DOLPHIN → NATURE — and DOLPHIN → NEUTRAL also works
• Puzzle 6: CRYSTAL → LOUNGE
• Puzzle 7: OVERLAP → PUNCHY

How to hunt for one

Look for a first word of six or seven letters that uses letters from at least three sides and ends in a letter that starts many common words — E, S, N, Y and L are friendly. Then ask: what words start with that letter and contain the letters you still need? If the second word needs a letter from the same side as the first word's last letter, it cannot start there — pick a different first word. The solver shows the shortest chain for any board, so you can study the shape of a two-word solve and then try to find your own.

Any chain that uses all twelve letters counts, even if it takes three or four words. Two words is the benchmark, not a requirement.