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Sides of this Letter Box are:
YHGLDIFRNAOS
The answers are:
LANYARDDOGFISH
HORSING—GADFLY
SHORING—GADFLY
LANYARD—DOGFISH
FAIRYLAND—DOGFISH
LONGSHORING—GADFLY
FLYINGFISHʷ—HADRON(S)
FLYINGFISHʷ—HAIRDO
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ʷ Wiktionary
ORIGINAL—LADYFISH
SIGNORIAL—LADYFISH
FANDANGO—OGRISHLYʷ
GROINS—SHADFLYʷ
GOLFINGS°—SHANDRYDAN°
AFGOD°—DRONISHLY°
RAGFISH°—HOLANDRY°
FLARINGLY°—YODHSʷ
FARHAND°—DYSLOGIA°
FORDS—SLANGISHLY°
FIORDS—SLANGISHLY°
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Dogfishing – Grayly
Also close with:
Fishingrods – Slay, but couldn’t find it as one word.
Near misses with
Flyfishing – Gonad (no R)
Flyfish – Hardon (no G) 😂
Took the long route with FAIRYLAND – DOGFISH
Also HANDFISH was accepted but not HANDFISHING.
LB accepts lots of *FISH, I have found. 👍
Fairylands shoring
GLORIFYING GLADHANDS …. Seemed pretty hng up on G words. Though I worked for awhile with FLYFISHING. And GADFLY.
SHORING / GADFLY Thought it would be the OA.
My answer as well after not being able to finish flyfishing or falsifying.
FLYRODS-SHARING
LANYARD-DOGFISH
HORSING-GADFLY
FAIRYLANDS-SHOG*
*SHOG good in OED
FISHING-GAYLORD
ORGANAL-LADYFISH
*RODFISHING-GLAY*
*RODFISHING good in Collins, Wiktionary
*GLAY good in OED
FORDOING-GARISHLY
DRYLAND-DOGFISHING
DOGFISHING-GLARY
GLORIFYING-GLADHANDS
*DRAGONISH-HALFLY*
*DRAGONISH good in OED
*HALFLY good in OED
HALYARD-DOGFISHING
FANGIRLS-SHOYD*
*SHOYD good in OED
RHODANISING-GADFLY
Yes! Thanks for finding mine Richie, GLORIFYING GLADHANDS.
GAYLORDS-SINGINGFISH*
*SINGINGFISH good in Collins
FLYFISHING – GANGLORD
The Codfather
😄
Excellent!
Several great themes today!
lol
You win today. I like these words!
Was psyched to find FLYFISHING – a passion of mine, but couldn’t pair it! Didn’t have GANGLORD or GAYLORD in my vocabulary, but now added to the list. Came up with FANDANGO which led me in short order to: ORIGINAL LADYFISH.
FORAYING – GLANDHANDS
😀
As in:
carpe diem = god is a fish
SHORING – GADFLY
Pain in the buttress.
Likewise.
Same
Socrates at the beach
Same, quickly
Ha!
Same answer, but I just pictured an ever growing pile of dead bugs under a bug zapper.
Flyfishing Gaylord
HORSING-GADFLY
Churls just wanna have fun?
Ha! Funny!
Horsing – Gadfly also
And happy to have found it after a very long
dry spell!
LADYFISH HORSING
DOGFISHING – GARISHLY
Dogfishing – Gaylord
Gaylord – Dogfishing
Finished with Fishing – Gaylord
RHODANISING — GLORIFY
Found DARINGLY and I thought RODFISHING was a word but I guess not.
Got GLORY/GLORIFY/GLORIFYING
RHODANIZING is a plating process with rhodium, and a variant is RHODANISING.
Glorifying gladhands
Me too Janet!!
Shoring gadfly
FISHING-GAYLORD
Dryland Dogfish
lol
I was sad that Angry Goldfish did not work
Ha, this looks to be original: FAIRYLANDS-SHORING.
LADYFISH – HONORING
FLYRODS-SHARING
FINISHING GAYLORD
DOGFISHING GRAYLY
then LANYARD DOGFISH
And DOGFISHING GLARINGLY
(A Shiver Runs Through It)
Dogfishing-Glaringly
Shoring gadfly
FORAYING GLAD HANDS
Halyard dogfishing
Dogfishing gaylord(s)
Fishing/flyfishing gaylord(s) from this morning seems to have disappeared ?
Another ORIGINAL LADYFISH.
Shoring – Gadfly
Horsing Gadfly
Finishing gloryland
Spotted this interesting sentence: l sing for His honor and glory only
Dairyland dogfish