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Letterboxing Glossary

Letterboxers have their own terminology that, at first glance, can be daunting. For any terms you have trouble with, the following list might be helpful.


1

100 Club

A

abandoned letterbox addendum adopted letterbox alias altered books attempted box

B

base plate baby wipes bearing Bind-It-All (BIA) blaze blue diamond bonus box book crossing boxing buddy Box of the Month (BOM) Box of the Week (BOTW) bushwhacking

C

cacheboxing cached clue cairn cardinal points catching feature cat’s eye ink pad chalk ink challenge points check dam checkpoint clitter clue blind ColorBox commando, going compass confiscated letterbox contour line cooties cootie catcher Cranmere Pool cuckoo clue culvert custom-made stamp

D

Dartmoor dauber duos declination dependency dial direction-of-travel arrow discussion group donation Douggerware drain-drip drive-by letterbox duff dye ink

E

E-count exchange event event stamp

F

F-count findability first finder flea flinger flugged fostered-box F-summary

G

gadget box gathering geocaching GPS greenway

H

hand-carved stamp handrails HIPS hitchhiker hitchhiker hostel homage stamp housing huffing hybrid box

I

inchie index pointer ink in my ears

L

landmark layered stamp LbNA leg letterbook Letterbox Trading Card (LTC) letterpod Lock & Lock (LNL) logbook lurker Lyme disease

M

magnetic north Marjorie MasterCarve MIA microbox missing letterbox mount muggle muggle card mystery letterbox

N

night box noxer NPS

O

other letterbox orienteering orienteering compass orienting arrow orphan owner

P

pace PAL Day parasite pathtag P-count personal stamp personal traveler PFX-count pigment ink pink stuff pixie led planter planter’s pouch plumber’s gasket PMO poaching poison ivy poison oak postals postal ring puncheon PZ Kut

Q

questing quisp

R

recycled stamp reserved box retired rock stashing route

S

scavenging series signature stamp SitRep slackboxer slink-boxing Smithsonian Magazine snag social trail Speedball speed boxing Speedy-Carve Speedy-Cut spoiler S.P.O.R. Staedtler Mars stamp exchange stamp-in stile store-bought stamp strikeout switchback

T

tabletop box talk list thumbprint signature ticks topographic map tor tracker traditional letterbox trail name traveler treasure hiker true north turnpike twinchie

U

unavailable unknown unpublished box urban letterbox

V

virtuals virtual cootie

W

waterbar West Nile virus WhatPulse whitelist widget wolf tree Word-of-Mouth (WOM)

X

X-count

Are there other terms you’ve seen used in the message boards or clues but don’t know what they mean? Contact me and I’ll try to answer your question or might even add it here!