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Sides of this Letter Box are:
ILCFBPAMHOUS
The answers are:
FUCHSIAAPLOMB
BIOCHIP—PALMFULS
BIFOCALS—SCHLUMP
BIFOCALS—SHLUMP
FUCHSIA—APLOMB
Bifocal Lumpish
Same here
+1
Same, and within one minute. First thought LUMPFISH, but that wouldn’t work in the grid, so I tried LUMPISH, and then saw BIFOCAL would work.
Bit of a struggle today, finding anything was kind of tough. Eventually saw FISCAL which led to LUMPISH but left the B and the O. Thankfully the brain melded that with fiscal and spat out BIFOCAL and I was done. I did have APLOMB as well but didn’t see that I could have finished it with FUSCHIA. But a win is a win.
Exactly the same.
I was never going to get the OA because I can’t spell FUCHSIA. And now that I’ve doublechecked your answer I see that you can’t spell it either — so mercifully I’m not alone. (In any case, FUCHSIA is so far from my active vocabulary I couldn’t tell you what rainbow color it’s closest to.)
Ditto
BIFOCAL – LUMPISH as well.
Same!
SAME
I went with the lumpy bifocals as well.
FLUMPS—SCOPOPHOBIA
SCOPOPHOBIA—AIMFUL
PALMFULS—SCABIOPHOBIAʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scabiophobia
Same!
There’s no shortage of phobias.
BIOPLASMS – SCUMFISH
Ironically I had APLOMB right out of the gate but didn’t see the match. Quickly moved onto BIFOCALS – SCHLUMP and threw in BIFOCAL – LUMPISH for an extra!
BIFOCAL LUMPISH
for me.
BIFOCALS-SHLUMP
BIFOCALS-SCHLUMP
BIOCHIP-PALMFULS
FLUMP-PHOBIACS
BIFOCAL-LUMPISH
OCHLOPHOBIA-ALMSFUL
Excellent.. another phobia..
That one was my answer too…
*HOMOPHOBIAC-CUPSFUL*
*HOMOPHOBIAC good in Wiktionary
*CUPSFUL good in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
BIFOCAL-LUMPISH
bifocal-lumpish
Same
BIFOCALS – SHLUMP
Not up to spec.
Good one!
Excellent, same.
Picturing when one’s glasses slide down to the tip of the nose.
Ha!
Same
FUCHSIA – APLOMB.
Took me relatively longer to find my first word with today’s array. I started with BASHFUL. Word ending in B is difficult but oddly I tried to find it first. APLOMB came after 2 minutes. Then FUCHSIA spelled itself slowly for me after another 2 minutes. This was a very satisfying solve.
Bifocals schlump
FLUMPS — SCOPOPHOBIA
Went down the -PHOBIA path and got PHOBIA, PHOBIAS, HOMOPHOBIA, OCHLOPHOBIA, and SCOPOPHOBIA. Guessed at words using the remainders until FLUMPS was accepted. I had never heard of it before today. Also found LUMPISH, COALFISH, BASHFUL, etc., but couldn’t pair any of them.
Bifocal lumpish
Nice!
👍flums sialophobiac
BIFOCAL – LUMPISH
Any pairs for my loners?
FLASHBULB(S)
IMPISH
PLUMPISH
(HOMO)PHOBIA(S)…
BIFOCALS — SCHLUMP
BIFOCALS — SHLUMP
LB loves Yiddish words!
Lots of body parts today. Scapula fibula mucolabial pulp hip lash palm lump bump calf
Forgot labia and lap
BIFOCAL LUMPISH
BIFOCALS SCHLUMPISH*
(Used by LA Times in reviewing Woody Allen film)
and another thumbs up for
FLUMPS SCOPOPHOBIA
Also tried to match BISHOPSHIP* OED
and found COMB BASHFUL LAPIS.
Any good ISM words today?
Not ism but saw chiasm, an important word that LB doesn’t accept. Just accidentally hit PLS and LB accepted it. Go figure.
SRSLY? 🙂
Another BIFOCAL LUMPISH here.
Another pair of Schlump glasses here as well.
Got bifocal and tried lumpfish. Of course that didnt work leaving lumpish. I thought hmmm. It worked!
Another BIOCHIP / PALMFULS here…