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Sides of this Letter Box are:
INAHWEKGSCUP
The answers are:
CHICKPEASSWUNG
OA. one of those answer that I find simple but elusive/ not startlingly obvious
Garbanzo Bonanza!
I totally agree. But while looking for it I found the either delightful or slightly disconcerting answer
CHICKEN – SAUSAGES – SPAWN
OA, but it took some time to find.
Same. Will never admit to anyone how long this one took me. Good thing I’m off work today!
OA as well!
OA after working with chickens to no avail.
Ditto
Oa fairly quickly.
OA as well… hummus in the making.
I loved the TI of UNSHIP PACKAGES but that pesky W was left out. So, UNSHIP PACKAGES SWAP – might be the plot of a Hallmark Christmas movie.
Haha, I went with UNHIP as the first word in this combo. Not that I’ve ever traded a gift for something I thought was cooler, no siree 🙂
I stopped because I got upset that UNPACKAGE and UNPACKAGES were not accepted as words. Yet PIGWASH is??? Also not accepted: SHAPEN or UNSHAPEN. It seems less of a word challenge and more of a challenge to understand the mind of the puzzle writer—and that’s no fun.
Sincerely, UNPACKAGES – SWISH should have been an acceptable solution.
Yes! I was so mad that UNPACKAGES was not accepted.
There was an interview with Sam Ezersky done earlier this year. He said LB uses the OED.
I also got hung up this morning over UNPACKAGE(S) not being accepted, so I checked the OED online. Sure enough, it lists only UNPACKAGED. There’s also unpack/er/ed/ing, but no other form of “unpackage.”
FWIW, Merriam Webster doesn’t include “unpackage” either. Frustrating, but at least there’s something more than the whim of the puzzle maker behind the list of acceptable words in LB.
Both SHAPEN and UNSHAPEN are in the OED and MW though
I totally agree! The words that are/aren’t accepted is utterly baffling 😒
Same but I returned tonight to find something else. Annoying.
GUA ASPIC CHICKENHAWK
Couldn’t find a better way to use chickenhawk.
I know! CHICKENHAWK was such a good find, but ultimately un-pairable.
3w: HIP PACKAGES SWUNG
GUNSHIPS—SEASICK for the TI-enriched almost-win!!
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omg i could not get todays, idk why. i got so frustrated, i just ended up looking up the answers. ughhh
OA. The fastest I have ever solved it in two words only.
Wow. I don’t think I’d ever have got to the OA. Or even seen CHICKENHAWK. I *really* tried to make something to work with NUNCHAKUS but no dice!
Tried working with Package(s) and saw Swung. Completely missed Chickpeas. Oh well. . .
GUNSHIPS SEASICK KIWI
OA after a fair bit of fiddling.
OA, but it wasn’t a quick solve for me.
Found this 3 worder. AWAKENS / SPACESHIPS / SAUSAGE
Also found a more efficient GUNS / SWIPES / SHACK
There was omly 1 solution today:
1 – 14 chickpeas / swung