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Sides of this Letter Box are:
SHIFURYEOCLM
The answers are:
CHROMIUMMYSELF
I love the OA, but I love my answer even more: MIRCH – HOUSEFLY immediately.
I was delighted that Mirch was accepted (“mirch” means chilli in Indian English). Loving the efficiency!
I expect to see a plethora of solutions today. This past week has had a lot of great puzzles, with plenty of possible alternatives – keep it up, Sam!
Irim and RF, hoping to see your solutions soon!
Brilliantly done, hon!
Slightly less efficient here as I didn’t even think of MIRCH – I don’t think of it as being used in English at all, especially American English – so I went with the slightly less efficient SMIRCH-HOUSEFLY. Was gutted that EMULSIFY wasn’t possible, because CHORE was right there. Also CHYMOUS, RIFLES, FIREHOUSE, FLUORESCE (-S, -R), etc.
Waiting for RF to complete the triumvirate! Good luck, everyone, and happy Thursday!
MICROFICHES SOULY. Where in the rules does it say “efficiency” is best? I think using longer words is best!
To each their own 😉
OA. In 13 minutes.
Love your solutions my besties.
Yay!!! The triumvirate did it again!!! 👏
Woohoo, *high fives all around*!
Adrian, I hear you – I just love me a 13/2 solution!
Took me quite awhile. Finally got to MICROFICHES-SERIOUSLY. Couldn’t believe I couldn’t finish Ferociously, Humorously, or Lusciously among others. 115/127, 6/7, 5, 36
I agree! Efficiency doesn’t satisfy as much as multi-syllabic 😊. I settled Microfiches Slouchy,
I got that too!
Same! MICROFICHES + SLOUCHY
Lyceum microfiches
Annoyed myself by being unable to find a pair despite finding housefly/flies, microfiche and lecherously – all of which looked very promising.
CHROMOSOMES SOULIFY. odd but it worked
Nice. I failed to find something to go with Chromosome/s
Schemers Soulify
Chloroforms seriously
CHLOROFORMS / SERIOUSLY?
HUMF – FEROCIOUSLY
(But HUMF only accepted in UK Scrabble)
A quick MIRCH HOUSEFLY. I had no idea MIRCH was a word but tried it anyway just in case.
Found SMIRCH-HOUSEFLY. Hadn’t found nor heard of MIRCH.
Makes your answer slightly more efficient.
OA quickly
Mirch housefly quickly, maybe several solves today?
MICROFICHES SLOUCHY
Also CHYLIFEROUS* SUM
* OED, MW, Collins etc
FLUOROCHROMES SLIMY
Humilifys(urban dictionary) score
Smirch housefly
Same… just adds protein.
LOL – same here!
OA
You may prefer cadmium…
Selected solutions that caught my eye and had a ring to them:
MIRCH—HOUSEFLY
MESOHYL—LUCIFER
CHROMIUM—MYSELF
MICROFICHE—ELUSORY
MUSCIFORM—MESOHYLS
LYCEUM—MICROFICHES
FOLIUM—MYRMECOCHORES
MYRMECOCHOROUS—SELFIE
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I didn’t know MYRMECOCHORES or MYRMECOCHOROUS, but I was determined to use FOLIUM, as in the Folium of Descartes, after one of my favorite mathematician-philosophers. My Agent Smith program had to dig deep. And SELFIE, for its relatively recent induction into the lexicon (2002 according to ChatGPT).
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LIFEFORMS SLOUCHY
good one.
SMIRCH-HOUSEFLY here because like many others, I didn’t think to try MIRCH. Before that, I spent a while on SCHOLIUM; would be curious if anyone sees a pairing for it.
The closest I could get was with two near misses:
FERYS—SCHOLIUM
SCHOLIUM—MERCIFY
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FERYS: In OED, in WIKT, but not in Scrabble,
MERCIFY: In OED, in WIKT, and passes muster in Scrabble.
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Same, SMIRCH – HOUSEFLY.
Never looked for MIRCH.
Fluoresces smirchy(MW, OED)
FIREFLIES SMOUCHY*
*archaic. From smouch. To acquire dishonestly. “A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles.” 1919. Also in Eric Partridge’s Dictionary of English Slang, 2002. Used by Charles Lamb to describe the Tartars. 🙂
Schemers & Soulify
Should have spent more time looking for a partner for either Houseflies or Horseflies.
I really don’t like the word, Soulify.
MYCELIUM-MICROFICHES
Lifeforms suchly(W)
Can anyone do something with schlemiels??
Mouchoirs / Selfy
I got Chymiferous – Sly but LB did not accept Chymiferous?
HELICHRYSUM* MICROFOCUS
* a type of sunflower. “Dictionary of Plant Names.” 1911
Great find Alaia! If you could add suffix ly it would be a one word solution . Chymiferously
Never would have thought of SMIRCH or MIRCH when I was playing with variations of HORSEFLY and HOUSEFLY, but MYSELF was right there after seeing CHROMIUM for the OA.
Smirch- housefly
Lyceum Microfiches