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Sides of this Letter Box are:
RAGHLTOEIPYC
The answers are:
CALIPHHERPETOLOGY
Higher reciprocality
Gopher Reciprocality
Starring Bill Murray
TOPOLOGICAL LECHERY
I looked through all comments and can it be that I am the only one with PROCTOLOGIC—CHEAPLY?
GYROPILOT—TEACH
CHAPLET—TRILOGY
PHYLIC—CATEGORY
PHYTOLOGIC—CATER
REAP—PHYTOLOGIC
RHYTA—APOLOGETIC
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GIRLPOPʷ—PAYTECHʷ
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HERPETOLOGICALLY°† (16/1 )
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° OED, ʷ Wiktionary, † Double-L
Prophetical logy
AITCH – HERPETOLOGY
HEPATIC – CRYOLOGY
*APTERYGIAL-LOCH
*APTERYGIAL good in OED
PROCTALGIA-AHEY*
*AHEY good in OED
*PLACITORY-YEGH*
*PLACITORY good in OED
*YEGH good in OED
*PTERYGIA-ALCOHOL
*PTERYGIA good in OED
*RETROPHILIAC-COGYL*
*RETROPHILIAC good in OED
*COGYL good in OED
*HEPATICOLOGY-YER
*HEPATICOLOGY good in Merriam-Webster
ELEGIAC-CACOTROPHY*
*CACOTROPHY good in OED
CALIPH – HERPETOLOGY
Did not think it was going to be the OA.
My hundredth two-word solution (yes, I keep a track!) so far.
HOROLOGIC – CORPOREALITY
Found others as well!
REAP – PHYTOLOGIC
HIGHER – RECIPROCALITY
Tried to pair HELICOPTER but failed. Anyone?
HELICOPTER—REACTOLOGY^
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^ Merriam-Webster
reactology : the scientific study of psychological reactions
Thanks 🙂
Apologetic Crotchety
CATEGORIC CRYOPHILE
CRYOPHILIC CATEGORY
👍
Supersymmetry!
Thanks!
REPLAIT-TRICHOLOGY
braiding
Herpetological Lyre
spring peepers
(I really wanted one word to work today)
Wonder if there was ever a one-word solve?
So many unusual words accepted today…
POLYGLOTIC-CHEATER ‘gibborish’
Oops…gibberish
Herpetological Lye
PERIPATETIC – CHAOLOGY
Not all who wander are lost, but their bumper stickers can be pretty outta control.
Proctological lechery
Nice ,
Much more interesting than apologetic crotchety
Topological Lechery
Dirty old mountain
Philatelic category
PHYLETIC-CATEGORY (but irimtated at TYPIC and GRAPH not being options!)
PHYLACTERY YOGI (for fans of Dungeons & Dragons)
Rich Hepatology
– Hepatology is a standard term in western medicine. It’s in the Merriam Webster, Oxford, and Cambridge dictionaries, and it certainly should be acceptable in Letterboxed.
And …. The liver is a rich source of many things, including a good pate.
APOLOGETIC-CRYOPHILE
Peat Trichology
PEAT TRICHOLOGY
Also pairings not accepted by LB.
HAPTOTROPICAL* LEGERITY
*MW
GYROPHILIA* ACETATE
*gyrophilia “is a technical term used to describe the tendency of flexible rotating structures to exhibit specific bending or buckling behaviors due to rotational forces.”
COPROPHILIA APTERYGIAL*
*MW, “lacking fins”
PREHEPATIC* CETOLOGY
*MW
COPACETIC CHIROLOGY*
*MW (study of the hand)
I also was determined to find something using COPROPHILIA
and did-
APTERYGOTE
Same root word as yours but accepted by nyt for whatever reason
Prophylactical
Leg
Polyglotic Catcher
HETEROPHYTE – ECOLOGICAL (not pithy, but apparently unique so far today!)
PROPHYLACTIC – CREG (=flyswatter?)
Surprised that there aren’t more prophylactics out there.
Tried to pair it for ages. Ended up with Prophylactical Leg
Similar, PROPHYLACTIC CLEG.
PHYTOLOGIC CREATE
Me Too!
Phytologic create
PHYLACTERIC* COG
* OED
APOPHYGE* ELECTRIC
*OED, MW
should be ELECTRICAL
APOPLECTIC CHOROLOGY*
*MW (study of places)
Apologetic crotchety – sounds about right! 😂
GOPHER – RECIPROCALITY
Prelogic — Catchy
Phylactery – Yogi
Nice! I like that better than mine (PHYLIC-CATEGORY)
PHYTOLOGIC – CREATE
Apologetic – crotchety
Polyglotic Cheater
Proctologic Cheaply
Spent an hour trying to pair LOGOPHILE. Anyone have a match?
ELECTROLYTICAL—LOGOPHILE
☕☕
Great. Thx!
CATEGORIC CHEAPLY
Prelogic Chocolaty
REPLICATORY – YOGH
Philatelic – Cryology
philatelic – cryology as well.
First puzzle in a long time with
lots of possibilites (that I can
remember).
Cryophilic ‐ Category
Catagoric Chirpily
Phyla Acategorical
I somehow got two original answers?? That must be a first.
PHYLIC-CATEGORY
Prophylactic cleg
APOLOGETIC-CROTCHETY
Hoglet-tropicality
APOLOGETIC CHICORY
Yah/yeh/yeah herpetological. Lay/ley/lye/layer/loyal/lately/logicality/locality/lytic/ lacily/ lily/lory/logy
Prophylactic cogitate prophylactical leg/loge/Lego/liger
Phylactic category prophylactic category
Gopher/higher reciprocality
Philologic category/corporeality
Electrophilic/aerophilic category
Phytologic corporeal/corporeality/categoric/category/categorical/categorial/create/creator/cereal/caper/catcher/chorea/cheater/coacher/chapter/cheaper
Rep/perp/retip/recap/reap phytological
Phytological lacer/lire/licorice/lyre/liter/litre/leaper/leper
Reproach – hepaticology
MD helps!
Peripheral logicality
CORPOREALITY-YOGH
YOGH was a random guess. Apparently it’s a letter of the Middle English alphabet.
Also worked with TROPICALITY for a while.