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Sides of this Letter Box are:
YIOCAPLWEDVN
The answers are:
ENCYCLOPEDIAAVOW
Downplayed – device
Nice!
DOWNPLAYED – DEVICE.
The game ended once I saw the DOWN- prefix.
15/18.
44/49.
current streak: 8
Evinced — Downplay
Me too!
OA pretty quickly.
PLAYDOWN—NOVICE
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ENCYCLOPEDIA—AVOW
WAVE—ENCYCLOPEDIA
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DECEIVED ⇄ DOWNPLAYED
DOWNPLAYED ⇆ DECEIVED
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WAVE / ENCYCLOPEDIC
WAVE-ENCYCLOPEDIA here
CONCEIVED – DOWNPLAY after finding lots of good words which I couldn’t connect, like VIDEOPLAY, CYANIDE, EVIDENCE, etc.
16/18, 43/49
Current streak: 8
Well done! Late to the party because of Ash Wednesday mass and various groups at work – tried DOWNPLAY, but VOICED wasn’t an option and I was impatient, so went with PLAYDOWN (think playoff) and saw NOVICE immediately. Loved the efficiency of that one.
Ah, nice work! Yours is probably the most efficient solution today. Happy hump day!
Evicted downplay
I meant ‘evinced downplay’ but spellchecker sneakily changed it!
‘Evicted’ should read ‘Evinced’. Thank you spellchecker!
CONCEIVED DOWNPLAY
I was surprised that COVID DOWNPLAYED was not accepted.
DECEIVED DOWNPLAY
EVINCED DOWNPLAY
POLYVINYL LAWCODE*
Wiki. As in “Plato’s Lawcode.” In historical and religious contexts often used as one word. “Plato and Modern Law” 2017
“The Book of the Covenant in Moab”, 1903
*PICOWAVED-DIVINYL*
*PICOWAVED good in Collins, Scrabble US (TWL)
*DIVINYL good in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary
WAVE ENCYCLOPEDIC
Wave-Ecyclopedia for me.OA adjacent. 47/49, 18/18, 21, 21
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DOWNPLAYED DEVIANCE
CG
Downplayed Device
Downplayed device
DOWNPLAYED – DECEIVE
Cyclopean nonwaived(w)
EVINCED DOWNPLAY