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Sides of this Letter Box are:
EIYTLXGMCZAO
The answers are:
ZYGOTEEXCLAIM

OA almost instantaneously.
Waiting on Miss Irim and Kanishk-boy.
Me too.
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXACT after about 15 minutes of hanging onto ZYGOMATIC.
Well done, RF and Samuel – Kanishk, lovely, hope to see you with us soonest! RF, I’ll be later this next week because of summer school.
Good luck, all, happy Saturday!
Miss Irim, no worries. 👍
ZYGOTE-EXCLAIM
MYGALE-EXOTICIZE
CLITICIZE-EXOGAMY
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXACT
AXIOMATIZE-ECOLOGY
ETYMOLOGIZE-ECOTAX
ITALICIZE-EXOGAMY
COXAE-ETYMOLOGIZE
CLIMATIZE-EXOGAMY
ZYGOMATA-ALEXIC
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXACTA
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXOTICA
MAIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
MEGACYCLE-EXOTICIZE
LEXICALIZE-ETYMOLOGY
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXCLAIM
GLYCEMIA-AXIOMATIZE
MAXIMIZE-ETYMOLOGIC
GLYCAEMIA-AXIOMATIZE
MEGALOCYTE-EXOTICIZE
ATOMIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
LEXICALIZE-ETYMOLOGIC
CYTOMEGALIA-AXIOMATIZE
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXEGEMATIC
EXCOGITATE-ETYMOLOGIZE
AXIOMATIZE-ETYMOLOGIC
MAXIMIZE-ETYMOLOGICAL
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXCOGITATE
ETYMOLOGIZE-EXEGETICAL
EXOTICIZE-ETYMOLOGICAL
LEXICALIZE-ETYMOLOGIZE
METALIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
CLIMATIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
LEGITIMATIZE-EXOCYTOTIC
MAXIMIZE-ECOCLIMATOLOGY
MAXIMIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
AXIOMATIZE-ETYMOLOGICAL
ETYMOLOGICAL-LEXICALIZE
LEXICALIZE-ETYMOLOGICAL
OXALACETATE-ETYMOLOGIZE
AXIOMATIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
LEGITIMATIZE-EXOTOXICITY
LEXICALIZE-ECOCLIMATOLOGY
ETYMOLOGIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGICAL
EXOTICIZE-ECOCLIMATOLOGY
AXIOMATIZE-ECOCLIMATOLOGY
LEGITIMATIZE-ECOTOXICOLOGY
*ZYMOTOXIC-COLAGE*
*OED
*CATALOGIZE-EXOGAMY
*OED
*MAGICALIZE-EXOTICITY+
*OED, +WIK
Maximize Ecotoxicology
^ACETYLIZE-EXOGAMY
^MW
*ZYMOLOGICAL-LATEX
*OED
+EXCIZE-ETYMOLOGICAL
+WIK
MAXIMIZE ETYMOLOGICAL
Biggest LETTERBOX origin…get it?
😃
I get it, HAMESQ
COXALGIA-ATMOLYZE*
*OED
*AMALGAMATIZE-EXOCYCLIC*
*OED
^MYCOLOGIZE-EXACT
^MW
^OXYTOCIA-AMALGAMIZE*
^MW, *OED
*MYXOGLIOMA-ACETIZE^
*OED, ^MW
*^ZIAMET-TOXICOLOGY
*OED, ^MW
*ZYMOTOXIC-CAGEL*
*OED
^ZYGOMYCETE-ELIXATE^*
^MW, *OED
+ECLECTICIZE-EXOGAMY
+WIK
*GLYOXYLIC-CLIMATIZE
*OED
^XYLOTOMICAL-LOGICIZE*
^MW, *OED
ZYGOMATIC-COLEX+
+WIK
ZYGOMATA ALEXIC
EXOTICIZE – ETYMOLOGICAL
(i beat hal 😁)
Quick OA For me
CLIMATIZE EXOGAMY
XYLEMATIC* CATALOGIZE**
*W, biology term, ScienceDirect.
**Collins Dictionary
Climatize exogamy
Hal spamming the board again with almost 30 cheater solutions. SMDH
OA and quickly!
You should join Irim, RF and K-boy and elevate that triumvirate to a Mt. Rushmore of some kind.
GLYOXYLATE* ECZEMATIZE**
*MW
**Stedman’s Dictionary of “Dermatology & Immunology Words.”
Also CATALYZE EXOGAMIC.*
*OED
Megacycle exoticize not efficient but something.
Megalocyte exoticize just as bad…
ITALICIZE EXOGAMY
It’s more fun and rewarding to compare your answer with people who don’t use computer programs but their actual brains. Climatize – Exogamy
Computer? I don’t need no stinking computer.
Climatize – Exogamy
Axiomatize — Ecology
So many dead ends for about 20 minutes before landing on ETYMOLOGIZE – EXACT. Had CLIMATIZE from the get go, and tried EXOGY, didn’t have EXOGAMY in my vocab. Was surprised AMALGAMIZE wasn’t accepted. Fun puzzle today!
Maximize-etymological
Axiomatize ecology
Maximize & Ecoclimatology
Not very pretty but I’ll take what I can get!
The wildly inefficient MAXIMIZE – ETYMOLOGICAL