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Sides of this Letter Box are:
BIEACKRLPDVO
The answers are:
PELVICCORKBOARD
What a fiendish array. I suspect another one-off, though there may be alternatives. Had a VERY hard time letting go of CLIPBOARD, a great word taking up 9/12 letters I was 100% sure would lead me somewhere.
Almost 40 minutes later got to the OA, finally. Still can’t believe CLIPBOARD didn’t work. K was undoubtedly the hardest to deal with today – CK, PLR and VO were just sadistic.
45 minutes in and still no comments. All the best, Irim and RF, can’t wait to see you two here – and good luck to everyone else, Happy Tuesday to all!
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the wee donkey! ACK on one side, OV on the other, IE, PL – and you only realise how much you use those when you do Letter Boxed!! ACK nearly killed me. Nightmare array.
Finally, CORDLIKE-EVAPORABLE.
Oddly, I started with EVAPORABLE, but didn’t see CORDLIKE for 49 minutes. Tried PELVIC, didn’t see CORKBOARD. Was hung up on CLIPBOARD/CLAPBOARD for ages, so sure one of those was the key, but it was CORKBOARD, of course. Phew, finally there.
Well done, Kanishk, hon, and waiting for RF to join us! Good luck, everyone, and happy Tuesday to all!
Played with CLIPBOARD, CLAPBOARD, CORDLIKE, RIPCORD, etc., too. Finally threw in PELVIC, and CORKBOARD was right there in the leftovers for the OA.
KMN
GIC
AYO
HDR
Hint: Sovereignty (7,8)
K _ _ G _ _ M – M _ N _ _ C _ Y
KINGDOM-MONARCHY
Still ploughing through the Hindi, though very frustrated with Duolingo pronunciations.
Well done, Irim! You got the OA!
If you’re having trouble with Hindi pronunciation on Duolingo, I suggest watching some YouTube videos to help gain clarity on the same – most letters in Hindi sound very similar, so it can be hard to distinguish between them at times.
One thing that really helps is understanding how the Hindi alphabet (varnamala) is structured. The consonants are arranged in rows of five, and the first four in each row form pairs. For example: “ka” and “kha”, then “ga” and “gha”.
So the first one is like a ‘base’ letter and the second one is similar to the first, just with an extra ‘h’ sound at the end. Memorising this arrangement will help you correlate them with their pronunciations.
Let me know if I can help/clarify anything!
Thank you, hon, that’s hugely helpful. The problem is that I can, of course pronounce them, but some of the voices have an l sound with the r, etc. Not sure if that’s Duolingo, or just a difference to an ear tuned somewhat more to the Pakistani side of the border.
I get the letters right when it’s just a written exercise, but if it’s pronounced, I always have to check it.
The explanation of the array is making all the difference – thank you!
PELVIC CORKBOARD…
Sat on a thumbtack.