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Sides of this Letter Box are:
CAOSMPHUIRDQ
The answers are:
QUADSSOPHOMORIC
QUADS—SOPHOMORIC
SQUADS—SOPHOMORIC
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PUSHCHAIRS—SQUAMOID^
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QUASIMODOⁿ—OSCHOPHORIAⁿ
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^ Merriam-Webster, ⁿ proper name
Both Squads and Quads.
Sophomoric
Quads is actually an abbreviation, which I didn’t like
LB wins today. I got a few 3 word solutions based on PROMISCUOUS such as
PROMISCUOUS SQUAD DISH
PROMISCUOUS SQUASH HAD
MICROMORPHS-SQUAD
*MICROPODS-SQUASH
*MICROPODS good in OED, Wiktionary
*MICROPODOUS-SQUASH
*MICROPODOUS good in OED, Merriam-Webster
*MICROPODS-SQUARISH
*MICROPODS good in OED, Wiktionary
*SQUAMODISCS-SHARP
*SQUAMODISCS good in Wiktionary
Great job Richie. Wouldn’t have gotten many of your words but if I’d seen micropod I’d have had a pretty good day
I would not give up on promiscuous so added squad leaving the h for ‘doh’….Somehow I was intrigued by that squad.
Ha! I know the feeling, Jenny 😊
MADOQUAS-SOPHOMORIC
*SQUAMODISC-CHARPAI*
*SQUAMODISC good in Wiktionary
*CHARPAI good in OED, Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
SQUAD-DICHROMOPHORIC*
*DICHROMOPHORIC good in Wiktionary
Great word run! I’m starting to use Wiktionary too now. It opens up the field more. 🍵
Thanks, we’ve hit the motherload!
or MOTHERLODE, Wiktionary takes both.
*CRASHPADS-SQUAMOID*
*CRASHPADS good in Collins, Wiktionary
*SQUAMOID good in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary
*MICROQUASAR-RAPHID*
*MICROQUASAR good in Wiktionary
*RAPHID good in OED, Wiktionary
Scratch RAPHID, H & I on same side
*SQUAMODISC-CHAPRASI*
*SQUAMODISC good in Wiktionary
*CHAPRASI good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Collins, Wiktionary
PARAMORPHOUS-SQUAMODISC*
*SQUAMODISC good in Wiktionary
Great answer, Richie! I got MICROPOD but it wasn’t accepted, and I couldn’t find anything else with MICRO. I also saw PROMISCUOUS early, which looked PROMISing, but couldn’t pair it, as well as SQUASH and SQUAD.
MICROMORPHS – SQUAD
I’d like to thank all the little people….
micromorphs – squad as well
💀
OA
TI: atmosphere found on any college campus 🎓
OA here as well. Thankfully saw Sophomoric relatively quickly.
SQUADS SOPHOMORIC
QUADS — SOPHOMORIC
Found SOPHOMORIC right away and then went down a rabbit hole with CHROMOPHORIC, AMORPHOUS, CHROMOPHOROUS*, PARAMORPHOUS, and PROSAUROPODS. Found QUAD and thought I had it with QUAD – DIMORPHOUS but that left the C, so I added and S and attached the only word that I got that started with S. A pretty restrictive array today with respect to the QU.
Yes,thought we’d see more today , what with dimorphous microporous homomorphous sauropodic promiscuous paramour paramorphous paraphrases curious squamous Squamish chromic and other good words
Paraphrasis
Nice!
👍
SQUADS SOPHOMORIC
Not OA but one of my quickest two word solves ever.
I’m going with squads sophomoric . Pretentious juvenile worldview of AOC, et.Al
Microphorus squad
Micropodous squad
Micromorphs squad
Thanks Bill, keep on truckin
*quasipod discharm. As close as i got not very satisfying
I really thought LB would’ve accepted QUASIMODO, as in the Sunday after Easter, and thus QUASIMODOS. LB accepts CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMASES, so…
CHAPARIS SQUAMOID* (MW)
Sorry, typo, CHAPRASIS SQUAMOID*
Also PASHADOM MICROQUASAR*
*Microquasar has its own Wikipedia page but I haven’t found it in any better-known dictionaries. Googlebooks shows it’s been in use at least since the 80s.
Struggled forever to get to OA.
I was spiraling with PROMISCUOUS and SQUARISH before I finally gave those 2 up and went a different direction. Once I saw SOPHOMORIC, it was over. Whew!
OA after quite a period of agonizing.
Pariahdom and microsquad, which LB did not accept
JUSTICERS – STROMBOLI
For 27th not 26th