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Sides of this Letter Box are:
EHURVOMJBTAI
The answers are:
VERMOUTHHIJAB
VERMOUTH—HIJAB
Same.
Just knew about VERMOUTH from yesterday’s Connection puzzle. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have found it.
VERMOUTH HIJAB.
Found Rivermouth Hijab, but not accepted by LB.
That’s a great find. I think most dictionaries have it as two separate words. 🙁
OA in a minute. I started pairing the “O-U combination with the J, and saw that it might work better with the V and got VERMOUTH in just under a minute. From there I knew that the other word was either HAJIB or HIJAB. Both are real words, but the first was not accepted by LB.
Same here, had to double check whether it was HAJIB or HIJAB after getting VERMOUTH.
OA. But took me forever today. Trying to find the J word first was an exercise in futility. Eventually saw Vermouth and made it home.
Similarly, I started with Mouthier and then realized Vermouth would capture a pesky V. Like you I was left with Hijab/Hajib. Only took a few minutes to sort it out. Now onto other things. 🙂
OA fairly quickly
Same OA
Bingo! OA after finding HIJAB.
VERMOUTH-HIJAB
VERMOUTH-HIJABI
*BOTHRIUM-MOJAVE*
*BOTHRIUM good in Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary
*MOJAVE good in Wiktionary
Oa fairly quickly
Same.
Vermouth Hijab
VERMOUTH is the first word that I can recall appearing in an OA three times.
VERMOUTH-HIJAB
Not things one frequently sees in the same place at the same time.
😁
Hahahaha.
OA
VERMOUTH — HIJAB
I struggled with BIJOU, BIJOUTERIE, MAHARAJAH, and TURBOJET (I figured by burying the ‘J’ I would be home free). Found EARTH, but EARTHMOVER wouldn’t work. Finally after seeing MOUTH, I got VERMOUTH and HIJAB was right there. Very tough matrix today.
Vermouth hijab
OA
Got vermouth from nyt connections puzzle
vermouth – hijab
OA right out of the box.
Also HAJ JERBOA ART TRIVIUM
VERBAtiM* – MOUTHJOB**
* doesn’t work
** not accepted
(=reciting a poem)
For anyone who is bored after the last two days, try OPT SHR IAH NGC for fun
OA Today!
CORINATIONS — SPRIGHT
CARNATIONS — SPRIGHT
???
Strike that. OPT SHR IAM NGC
Wanted PHANTASMAGORIC but the A and M are next to each other. I will come back later if I have time.
Strike that too!
Apologies
Ok, had to be still a minute…..CPT SHR IAO NGM
Okay, now PHANTASMAGORIC works.
Outstanding! Was trying to do two things at once earlier.Hopefully not too easy, not too hard, but interesting
Definitely interesting. Since I don’t have the actual puzzle to provide immediate feedback, I have to manually check each word, which makes it challenging. Thanks for sharing!
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VERMOUTH HIJAB. Found HIJAB first. Remaining letters revealed VERMOUTH.
Vermouth – Hijab
Same
HARBOUR – RETRIEVE – EMOJI
I like that 3w: My 3w with Emoji was ABUT-THRIVE-EMOJI or 1st w BEAUT or ABOUT.
I was trying to remember that word, Hijab, for some reason it escaped me, I couldn’t think of the word though the object was in my mind and I knew it had a J in it… got Mouth and was trying to find a compound -mouth word but missed Vermouth too.
My 3w’s: ABUT (or ABOUT or BEAUT) THRIVE EMOJI, or HOMEBIRTH HAJ JUVIE.
OA
Vermouth Hijab
…helpful if you drink Manhattans or Martinis
Jam mouthier reverb
Mouth hijab brevet
Illusory deceptive shifting elements. Kind of like the game