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Sides of this Letter Box are:
TNIPRCHOKLWA
The answers are:
PATCHWORKKILN
OA in a minute
OA right away.
PATCHWORK – KILN
Pot pourri.
OA Bingo!
Played with a pot pourri of compound words like PICKLOCK, TOPNOTCH, words with KNACK, HATCH and CATCH which lead to PATCHWORK.
PATCHWORK-KILN
OA in under 3 minutes.
OA immediately. So beautifully elegant.
OA reasonably fast
Yup
Also OA… tough one.
Also found: Topknot, Tractor, Airlock
OA. Took a few minutes. But not too bad.
PATCHWORK-KILOTON
OA …
NOTAPHILIC-CLOCKWORK
NOTAPHILIC-CLICKWRAP
NOTAPHILIC-COACHWORK
Love this solution. Now I have added 2 new words to my vocabulary which I don’t think I’ll forget 💵 + 💻🖊
My comment was for Richie’s solution of notaphilic-clickwrap
*CARTOPHILIC-CHAIRWORK*
*CARTOPHILIC good in OED, Collins, Wiktionary
*CHAIRWORK good in Wiktionary
*CANOPHILIA-ARTWORK
*CANOPHILIA good in OED, Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
*CAPNOPHILIC-CHARTWORK*
*CAPNOPHILIC good in Wiktionary
*CHARTWORK good in Wiktionary
*ANORTHIC-CLICKWRAP
*ANORTHIC good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
*CANOPIC-CLOTHWORK*
*CANOPIC good in Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
*CLOTHWORK good in Wiktionary
PATCHWORK—KILN
PATCHWORK—KILOTON
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CLICKWRAP—PARATHION
CLICKWRAP—PHANOTRON
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CHRONOTROPIC—CLICKWRAP
NONATROPHICʷ—CLOCKWORK
NONATROPHICʷ—CLOCKWORK
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ʷ Wiktionary
*typo:
PANATROPHICʷ—CLOCKWORK
CARTWHIP^ʷ—PLONK 13/2
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^ Merriam-Webster, definition 2
ʷ Wiktionary
☕🙂👍
OA here too
And, me!
OA, nearly as quick as yesterday. Had PATCHWORK immediately but was playing with LIP endings before smashing hand on forehead for missing the obvious!
Same here!
OA here
OA.
PATCHWORK — KILN
Got stuck on TROPIC/TROPHIC, but couldn’t build any meaningful words
OA
Patchwork kiln within 30 sec. Nice change. Leaves time to enjoy more searches
OA but annoyed they didn’t accept CHRONOPHILIA. Again they miss a lot of sciencey words.
Yet CHRONOTROPIC was accepted 🤷♀️
OA
Canophilia(OED) artwork. C.M. Coolidge’ great painting of dogs playing poker
Chronophilia(OED) artwork not reccomended
Struggled with clockwork, but then found PATCHWORK – KILN
Same here.
Me too!
Pornophiliac coatwork pornophilia,coatwork OED
OA
OA. Took less than a minute.
OA quickly
Plus PARANOIAC CLOTHWORK*
*Common term in tapestry and textiles.
Patchwork/Kiln
OA pretty much right away.
TI: Kintsugi
CR, Kintsugi is a great TI for OA! Another new word for me 😊
Paraphiliac clockton
I kept trying PARAPHILIC COWTOWN but no K.
OA instantly for a change. Although I like some of the words others came up with more.
OA
COACHWHIP-POTRACK-KILN
Had one of the words anyway. Tried to pair TRIATHLON among others, but had to go with 3w.
Arachnophilia (OED) artwork
Great solution.
Thanks Mark,kinda got into the weeds with Philia today
OA. Took a decent while to find PATCHWORK.