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Sides of this Letter Box are:
OHDMIEYLWRFA
The answers are:
WAIFFORMALDEHYDE

HAYMOW – WILDFLOWER
*FYORD-DREAMWHILE*
*FYORD good in OED
*DREAMWHILE good in Collins
HAYMOW-WILDFIRE
MAYFLOWER-REHIRED
FLOWERHEAD-DAIRYMAID
WHELM-MYRIADFOLD
FORMALDEHYDE-EREWHILE
*FORHAILED-DWAMY
*FORHAILED good in Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
Had to look up myriadfold—what a fantastic word
DIRHAM – MAYFLOWER after tinkering around with WHIRLED, HAIRDRYER, MALIFORM, REFLOWED, DAYFLOWER and READYMADE. Can’t believe I missed the OA, I’m a HUGE chemistry nerd!
Don’t feel bad, I was a chemistry major and went with what I thought would be the OA, but wasn’t – MAYFLOWER – REHIRED. Good on you for DIRHAM. Not a word I have ever seen. I’ll add it to my list of currencies.
Formaldehyde ewe
Ignore. Just realized I left the i
Dirham Mayflower
HAYMOW WILDFIRE
WAIF FORMALDEHYDE
innocence preserved
Mayflower rehired
Same Thankfully. Never would have gotten OA
Same OA
I tried Whif too but it’s 2 Fs
Oa. Thought hydrofoil would get me there.
Waif Formaldehyde
Easy-peasy-Japanesy!
OA quickly
DIREWOLF—FORMALDEHYDE
preserving the ancient wolf
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HAYMOW—WILDFIRE
WHELM—MYRIADFOLD
HAMADRYAD—DIREWOLF
FORMALDEHYDE—EYEWIRE
FLOWERHEAD—DAIRYMAID
MAYFLOWER—REHIRED, —REWHIRLED
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HAYMOWERʷ—RIFLED
HYDROFOIL—LAWMADEʷ
HYDROMYELIAʷ—ALEWIFE
HYDROFOILEDʷ—DREAMWORLD
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ʷ Wiktionary
FORMALDEHYD* DWILE**
*A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology” (var. spelling)
**OED
OA as soon as I found formaldehyde
Mayhaw wildflower almost immediately. A nice TI but LB doesn’t like so will pick more fruit from todays garden
OA
Mayflower/rehaired
Mayflower rehide mw,oed
MAYFLOWER – REHIRED
Same
OA.
Mayflower – Rehired
WAIF – FORMALDEHYDE
Got OA in 2 minutes! Lucky day?!
OA. Found FORMALDEHYDE first.
OA.
Formaldehyde Eyewire