Letter Boxed October 08, 2024 Answers

AUTOMOBILE—EXTRAS

Jay Leno’s obsession

Oa

EXTRALIMITAL-LIBELOUS

very first try today: brutalism moxie

Automobile exurbs

Until they put in bike lanes

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Brutal all day affair. Finally arrived at the OA. But a lot of words on the sheet.

Moxie? Really? You know people outside America of the 1950s do this quiz, right? To have this as an OE when so many much more common words are disallowed is dispiriting.

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 – 18 automobile / exosolar
2 – 16 automobile / extras
3 – 20 automobile / extrasolar
4 – 19 automobile / extremism
5 – 20 automobile / extremisms
6 – 19 automobile / extremums
7 – 19 automobile / extrusile
8 – 16 automobile / exurbs
9 – 18 automobile / extremis
10 – 17 automobile / exilers
11 – 17 beatboxer / ruralism
12 – 18 beatboxer / ruralisms
13 – 18 beatboxers / solatium
14 – 14 boxers / solatium
15 – 14 boxier / relatums
16 – 14 brutalism / moxie
17 – 17 brutalisms / sixsome
18 – 17 extra / automobilias
19 – 17 extra / automobilism
20 – 19 extralimital / labours
21 – 21 extralimital / labourers
22 – 20 extralimital / libelous
23 – 22 extralimital / laboursome
24 – 14 exurbs / solatium
25 – 19 exurbia / automobilias
26 – 19 exurbia / automobilism
27 – 16 imbrue / extrasolar
28 – 16 oxtail / laboursome
29 – 16 solebar / remixture
30 – 16 urbexers / solatium
31 – 18 artmobile / extremums
32 – 18 artmobile / extrusile
33 – 15 artmobile / exurbs
34 – 15 artmobile / exitus
35 – 16 automixis / solebar
36 – 17 automixis / solebars
37 – 17 automobilias / sixer
38 – 18 automobilias / sixers
39 – 17 automobilism / mixer
40 – 18 automobilism / mixers
41 – 19 automobilism / mixture
42 – 17 automobilism / murex
43 – 17 exitial / laboursome
44 – 14 laboursome / exit
45 – 22 laboursome / extralimital
46 – 19 laboursome / extremism
47 – 20 laboursome / extremisms
48 – 19 laboursome / extrusile
49 – 18 laboursome / extremis
50 – 17 laboursome / exitial
51 – 16 laboursome / exitus
52 – 15 mixtil / labourers
53 – 16 mixtil / laboursome
54 – 17 outlabour / remixers
55 – 17 outlabours / sixsome

56 – 18 automobile / exurbias*
57 – 18 automobilism / mixier*
58 – 18 automobilisms* / sixer
59 – 19 automobilisms* / sixers
60 – 17 autotimers* / saltbox
61 – 19 barbola / autotoxemias*
62 – 18 beatboxers / surmisal*
63 – 19 beatboxers / surmisals*
64 – 15 boxla* / autotimers*
65 – 14 erbiums* / saltbox
66 – 16 exotism* / mislabour*
67 – 17 exotism* / mislabours*
68 – 18 extra / automobilisms*
69 – 19 extralimital / limbous*
70 – 18 extremism / mislabour*
71 – 19 extremism / mislabours*
72 – 17 extremum / mislabour*
73 – 18 extremum / mislabours*
74 – 20 exurbia / automobilisms*
75 – 13 exurbias* / smolt
76 – 16 exurbias* / solatium
77 – 15 exurbias* / somital*
78 – 13 exurbs / somital*
79 – 18 labara* / autotoxemias*
80 – 17 laboursome / exotism*
81 – 18 laboursome / exotisms*
82 – 17 laboursome / extrait*
83 – 17 labra / autotoxemias*
84 – 17 libra / autotoxemias*
85 – 15 mislabour* / remixt*
86 – 18 mislabour* / remixture
87 – 14 motile / exurbias*
88 – 15 umbratile* / exomis*
89 – 18 umbratile* / exosmosis*
90 – 16 umbratile* / exotism*
91 – 17 umbratile* / exotisms*
92 – 15 umbratile* / extols
93 – 19 umbratile* / extrasolar
94 – 16 umbratilous* / silex
95 – 16 umbratilous* / sixer
96 – 17 umbratilous* / sixers
97 – 15 uraemias* / saltbox
98 – 14 uremias* / saltbox
99 – 17 xerasia* / automobile
100 – 18 xerasia* / automobilia
101 – 19 xerasia* / automobilism
102 – 20 xerasia* / automobilisms*

12 letter words in today’s solution
basilosaurus
extralimital
misremembers
elasmosaurus
automobilias
automobilism
reliabilisms

13 letter words in today’s solution
trailersailer

14 letter words in today’s solution
trailersailers