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Sides of this Letter Box are:
VTUBXINAOEHS
The answers are:
BOVINEEXHAUST
VEXATIOUS – SUNBATH
Slow burn.
THIS, painfully good.
Same! Spotted VEXATIOUS immediately, took a while to connect the remaining letters.
I was surprised it wasn’t the official answer.
You type so much, but say so little.
You’re insufferable. I’m not going to argue with you any further. I have things to do, unlike you.
Prepare yourself for the solution tsunami to come.
Same here. And also surprised it’s not OA
Same here
Oh, this is excellent!
VEXATIOUS – SUNBATH also.
tan your hide
And another Vexatious— Sunbath, which I also expected to be the OA
JAF, thanks for the smile!
Got that too.
Same
BOVINE-EXHAUST
*INEXHAUSTIVE-EBO*
*INEXHAUSTIVE good in OED
*EBO good in OED
I’m not a fan of solutions that borrow words from other dictionaries. If LB doesn’t accept it, it’s not a solution.
I make my own rules and you should mind your own business.
P.S. – If you and I played Scrabble, I’d crush you like a grape.
I don’t have a problem with your rules. Keep playing the game your way.
But your lists are extremely annoying. You don’t have to post every single solution you find.
No I don’t, but I’m gonna continue to do it just for you.
NIOBATE-EXHAUSTIVE
I am new to the group and this is the second time I got it in two. I started with exhaustive, but landed on bovine exhaust.
Welcome Carol!
BOVINE – EXHAUST
“… foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart without comment.”
– Billie Steakspear
Your paraphrased quote from “Much Ado About Nothing” is well said. Kudos.
…and I should add, also quite humorous
Same, OA after a brief flirtation with EXHAUSTIVE
Haaahaaaa. I find myself in the midst of minds far greater than mine. I humbly thank you.
I’ve noticed that none of the official solutions contain words which begin and end with the same letter. Anyone knows why?
Next question, please
Sometimes they do.
Oa
With unnecessary -IVE:
BOVINE – EXHAUSTIVE.
OA
VEXATIOUS — SUNBATH
Spent lots of time with SUBTEXT and OSTENTATIOUS, but never saw EXHAUST.
Had vexatious but couldn’t see sunbath. Ended up with Bovine Exhaustive
Same. OA made me laugh though.
Got VEXATIOUS SUNBATH immediately.
Also tried BOI* INEXHAUSTIVE**
*both in OED. **also in MW
Vexatious sunbath . One way or another they usually are. Vexatious was first word seen, got impatient went to extensive , resized H was the problem. Saw bath and knew that would end the vexation
Realized
OA today.
I just want to add my two centimes to the discussion of late (or at least it seems to be arising more frequently) about posting words here that are not accepted by the powers that be at LB. Those who wish to limit themselves to LB’s overly stringent lexicon can do so without any qualms. Enjoy yourselves. But I feel that the restrictions imposed on players by the company-censored list of words deemed acceptable is arbitrary and silly. Not only are very common words in usage today excluded for no given reason but a whole range of new words don’t always make the cut, yet we are often asked to come up with words that are from other languages or relating to foods that some of us have never heard of. The variations in word lists are startling too. What is allowed in Wordle is not always allowed in LB or Spelling Bee. And some words included in Wordle I have discovered are offensive enough that they are banned from standard dictionaries and Scrabble rules. I won’t use them here. The point is the rules are illogical and self-serving.
So… if some of us here in this forum wish to push the envelope to try words that fit but aren’t allowed, yet are in fact real honest-to-god words then what’s the big deal? This forum isn’t run by the NYT. And some people might enjoy seeing words they hadn’t thought of or didn’t know existed. I, for one, enjoy learning new words. That’s why I play Letter Boxed. And as I have demonstrated (perhaps too imaginatively, I admit) by finding some obscure and antiquated words that fit the grid but may not be accepted, who is being harmed by that? The game and the forum belongs to whoever wants to play it. It’s not a contest.
Very well said. Unfortunately the internet continues to provide people with a forum for the type of “bovine exhaust” they would never consider expelling in real life. Let’s all continue to enjoy our solving and behave as if we were all in the same room.
Thanks.
Methane addicts? 🙂
Agustinho
“behave as if we were all in the same room.”
These are good words.
Well said Simon. I’m not annoyed by anyone’s postings. Even the complaints come from engaged players and are entertaining. You play a while , you get a little feel for personalities and backgrounds.Everyone’s got a story. Vive la difference! Hope I spelled that correctly.
Indeed. I was going to say something earlier about “nattering nabobs” but decided that’s half the fun.
In the words of someone who said them, can’t we all just get along?
Or, in my words, settle down fooliios, this is a game.
✔
BOVINE EXHAUSTIVE.
Some of the comments today are great examples of “bovine exhaust.’ Any solution that works for you should make you feel good. Don’t worry what others think.
Good advice!
😂😂😂😂😂
Also surprised VEXATIOUS SUNBATH wasn’t the OA, but have to admit that the official answer is probably better today.
Bovine Exhaust
Found the OA quickly, and without comment; although Beano can help with that.
Been on here for quite a while now. Looks like it has run it’s course. I don’t need or want it if folks can’t even remain friendly or civil on a forum as benign as this one. Great when it started. Had a good run. Thanks all. I’m out.
Brian T, I know this is a small space, but I hope you remain in it.
KANISHK, I am not an ambassador for here; but I welcome you.
I apologise for my words. I never should have gotten involved in this. I guess I just overreacted. Let’s all just forget about this and move on.
I don’t think you have any reason to apologize.
It has occurred to me that our bully may be AI.
That is a possibility. I never thought of that.