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Sides of this Letter Box are:
PCDIWYHBRSAK
The answers are:
SHIPYARDDRAWBACK
Backwards Shipway
Same
BACKWARDS-SHIPWAY
Me three🙃
Add me to the Backwards-Shipway club, even though the OA is far more common usage. 132/144, 23/24, 22, 36
Backwards – Shipyard
Backwards – Shipyards
SHIPYARDS – SWAYBACK
Same for me.
WARDSHIPS – SWAYBACK, here.
Had Drawback, Backwards, and all but can’t believe I never saw BackYARD or ShipYARD.
BACKYARDS-SHIPWAY here immediately.
Good afternoon to Kanishk and RF, looking forward to seeing you both here very soon with your solutions.
Good luck, everyone, and happy Sunday!
WARDSHIP – PAYBACK. In 6 minutes.
Come on here already Kanishk-boy to complete the triumvirate. 🤗
Well done, Irim and RF! Glad to see my two besties already here.
I got the same answer as you again, Irim – great minds! BACKYARDS – SHIPWAY here, albeit not instantly – I spotted BACKWARDS first and was determined to make it work to no avail. Then switched to BACKYARDS and got the solution after 15 minutes.
Love your solution, RF, I had a look at Alice Liang’s solver and believe it’s the most efficient solution that can be found with today’s letters.
The triumvirate is complete! Good luck and happy Sunday to everyone.
Backwards shipyard here as well. Pretty quickly.
BACKWARDS SHIPYARD
BACKWARDS – SHIPYARD too
SHIPYARD – DRAWBACK two
Same here. Backwards-shipyard…a little redundancy but it works!
Today’s array of answers was a dyslexic pirate’s nightmare.
HARDSHIPS – SWAYBACK here. Fun array today!
WHIPBIRDS SHACKY
Nice! One of a very few not using any compound of either SHIP or BACK.
Backyards Shipway
Hardships swayback
backways* shipyard
wardship-payback
*in OED, but usage not recognized after 16th century; oddly, the word doesn’t seem so obscure to me
Hi KP. If I drive from Point A to Point B using the rural roads, we use the term, Backway.
Right! Me too. Even the Scrabble dictionary doesn’t like it, though.
Wardships & Sickbay
I quickly found the compound word, Backyards. But decided to ignore it because I used it two or three months ago. I cannot remember if it was one of the two OA words.
Very quick BACKWARDS SHIPYARD
Whipbirds sickbay
The old WARSHIP drifted quietly beyond the SHIPYARDS while a salty WHIPBIRD circled overhead. On the dock, a weary CARDSHARP sipped PIRIPIRI rum and warned the harbor children that the DARKISH AIRWAYS and AWRY tides always return before a great storm.
BACKYARDS—SHIPWAY
WARDSHIPS—SICKBAY
Excellent! No PSHAWS here.
Thanks. I left out the part about the PARAPSYCHIC using HAIRSPRAY.
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Backwards -shipway
BACKWARDS SCYPHI*
* OED, MW, Scrabble
BACKYARDS
SHIPWAY
BACKWARDS SHIPYARD
WHIDAHS SPRAYBACK*
*”the accidental backward splashing of contaminated bodily fluids or flushed solutions onto medical personnel.” Per Google. Often hyphenated.
Wardships sickbay
responsible sailor-dad’s port in a storm
Backwards Shipyard here. Lots of mix‘n’match possibilities today.
Backwards Shipyard
WARDSHIPS-SICKBAY
Shipyard drawback
Warship/wardship payback
Raphids swayback
Backyard diaphysis
BACKWARDS SHIPYARD here. Saw DRAWBACK and BACKYARDS too, but didn’t spend any time trying to hook them up after I saw an answer.
Backwards shipway probably the fastest result I’ve ever had !