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Sides of this Letter Box are:
WCAEURKTOMHL
The answers are:
CHUMMETALWORK
CHUCKLE – EARTHWORM
MOLECULE – EARTHWORK
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks were an interesting Jazz-Rock/Fusion band. Anyone in the mood for a listen of that unpopular and slightly dated style, feel free to check them out.
Thanks, SOTA, I will.
Muckle Earthwork
Chum Metalwork
EARTHWORM (or HEARTWORM) – MUCKLE 15/2. I chewed over a bunch of words that seem to be more suitable for Wordle; CHART, METRO, WHOLE, (OUT)MARCH (along with EARTH & HEART of course), as well as WELCOME & MUKHTAR but, somehow, completely missed the low-hanging fruit of -WORK- composites…
Earthworm Muckle / Muckle Earthworm. A modicum of thematic integrity (I think this is how earthworms get down), plus interchangeability.
Earthworm Muckle
MUCKLE is a brand new word for me, and I love it.
Muckle is old hat to me….my mother had two imaginary friends as a child in the forties: Conkey and Muckle….I had no idea it was a word however.
HEARTWORM – MUCKLE here too. Didn’t know muckle was a word either (even spellcheck has a problem with it!) but adding it to my growing list of esoteric entries!
Another official today, like clockwork … which I couldn’t pair with anything.
OUTCHARM — METALWORK
(a longer take than the official)
cumulate – earthwork
CHUM-METALWORK 👩🏭🧑🏭⛓️⚙️🛠️ always good to have a buddy you can share tools with
Building on some others ideas:
ORTHOMOLECULAR—ROCKWORK
🧪 🔬 💎
MARK, going down the main diagonal:
MARK—KELT—TWO—OUCH
LUM—MARK—KETCH—HOW
OWL—LUM—MARK—KETCH
TECH—HOWL—LUM—MARK
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To quote The Firesign Theatre: this is weirdly cool.
Yes, i had the idea that the “theme” could be less about actual meaning, and more on structure, or even sound. With four quads it seems more natural anyway. I’m exploring it.
Super fun.
I’m inspired to try a modified sestina . . .
also CHUCKLE — EARTHWORM
I landed there too, but you’re the early bird who gets the …
Teamwork kulcha