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Okay. So, the local newspaper has a comics-and-puzzles section. In it, there's a 9-letter puzzle. You're given 9 letters, and have to figure out as many words of 4 letters or more that can be made from those 9 letters. Can't use the same letter twice. However, in every one of these puzzles, there's a 9-letter word. Months ago, I came across these letters: C A R B O R E A L. I didn't see the paper the following day with the solution, and try as I might, I can't figure out a valid 9-letter word from those. Carboreal is the closest I've come (kind of like arboreal, except for cars? *shakes head*). It also can't be 2 words, such as Oral Brace, or Labor Care.
This damn Carboreal has been preying on my mind for months now, and it must die. So I turn to the wordsmiths of AW: Can you figure out which single, 9-letter word this could be? It must be in UK spelling, rather than US spelling, though with the available letters, I don't think that would really matter.
Help, please! First person to figure it out wins a prize!*
* Note: Prize is the satisfaction of being smarter than me.
ETA: It also can't be a proper noun, such as a city name or whatever.
This damn Carboreal has been preying on my mind for months now, and it must die. So I turn to the wordsmiths of AW: Can you figure out which single, 9-letter word this could be? It must be in UK spelling, rather than US spelling, though with the available letters, I don't think that would really matter.
Help, please! First person to figure it out wins a prize!*
* Note: Prize is the satisfaction of being smarter than me.
ETA: It also can't be a proper noun, such as a city name or whatever.
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