Letter Boxed September 08, 2024 Answers

YAWNER – RECOMPILE

Very tired after coding all night?

I found COMPLAINER right away. Tried in vain to pair. Failed.

COMPLACENCY – YAWNIER

Less efficient than using “Comply” first, but I was trying to lead off with a longer word to reduce the number of letters needed for a word starting with “y”. Never went back to realize the “acenc” in the middle was superfluous…

I forgot to post this last night.

Here is the full list including Scrabble words:

** Don’t look at the list if you haven’t finished solving the puzzle **

(The first number is a count and the second number is the number of letters used)

1 – 19 caprylic / camerawomen
2 – 18 compiler / railwaymen
3 – 18 complacency / yawnier
4 – 17 complainer / raceway
5 – 17 complainer / railway
6 – 20 complainer / railwaymen
7 – 15 complainer / rawly
8 – 17 complainer / rampway
9 – 17 complainer / roloway
10 – 13 comply / yawnier
11 – 16 copier / railwaymen
12 – 19 copolymer / railwaymen
13 – 17 copolymer / rainwear
14 – 17 copolymer / rainworm
15 – 17 empirical / laywomen
16 – 15 enwrap / polymeric
17 – 15 inwrap / polymeric
18 – 19 incorporeal / laywomen
19 – 19 lawnmower / recipiency
20 – 18 lawnmower / rapamycin
21 – 18 lawnmower / reciprocy
22 – 14 lower / rapamycin
23 – 16 lowlier / rapamycin
24 – 14 pinworm / mycelia
25 – 15 pinworm / mycelial
26 – 16 pinworm / macilency
27 – 15 plower / rapamycin
28 – 18 policier / railwaymen
29 – 20 polymeric / camerawomen
30 – 17 polymeric / careworn
31 – 17 precocial / laywomen
32 – 17 principal / laywomen
33 – 16 prowler / rapamycin
34 – 18 reciprocal / laywomen
35 – 15 welp / paromomycin
36 – 15 yawner / recompile
37 – 16 yawnier / recompile
38 – 15 colinear / rampway
39 – 16 lowerer / rapamycin
40 – 14 owler / rapamycin
41 – 16 paromomycin / newel
42 – 16 paromomycin / newly
43 – 18 paromomycin / newline
44 – 15 picarel / laywomen
45 – 17 pileworm / macilency
46 – 21 polycarpic / camerawomen
47 – 17 precarial / laywomen
48 – 18 principial / laywomen
49 – 16 womenpower / racily
50 – 18 womenpower / relicary

51 – 18 alycompaine* / earworm
52 – 18 alycompaine* / empower
53 – 17 alycompaine* / enwrap
54 – 15 alycompaine* / ewer
55 – 15 calycine* / empower
56 – 18 carapacial* / laywomen
57 – 15 coemploy* / yawnier
58 – 18 comparer* / railwaymen
59 – 16 complicacy* / yawner
60 – 17 complicacy* / yawnier
61 – 18 complier* / railwaymen
62 – 18 copolymer / railwomen*
63 – 22 copolymeric* / camerawomen
64 – 19 copolymeric* / careworn
65 – 19 coprincipal* / laywomen
66 – 16 encolpia* / armyworm
67 – 16 enwrap / promycelia*
68 – 17 enwrap / promycelial*
69 – 18 incorporal* / laywomen
70 – 16 inwrap / promycelia*
71 – 17 inwrap / promycelial*
72 – 16 mowra / alycompaine*
73 – 21 paralympic* / camerawomen
74 – 18 paralympic* / careworn
75 – 17 policer* / railwaymen
76 – 18 praecocial* / laywomen
77 – 15 prawlin* / neomycin
78 – 18 promycelia* / airwomen
79 – 15 promycelia* / awarn*
80 – 13 promycelia* / awn
81 – 15 promycelia* / awner*
82 – 16 promycelia* / awnier*
83 – 14 promycelia* / awny*
84 – 15 promycelial* / lawn
85 – 18 promycelial* / lawnier*
86 – 20 promycelial* / lawnmower
87 – 16 promycelial* / lawny
88 – 19 promycelial* / laywomen
89 – 15 promycelial* / lown
90 – 16 promycelial* / lowne*
91 – 19 rewarewa / alycompaine*
92 – 17 womera* / alycompaine*