What two words are antonyms and together anagram to SPEARLIKE?
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What two words are antonyms and together anagram to SPEARLIKE?
Will Shortz asked this on his puzzle podcast. I have a potential answer but don’t feel like it’s really the good one
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Re: What two words are antonyms and together anagram to SPEARLIKE?
I think I have it:
IRK PLEASE
IRK PLEASE
ADAM DEXTER: MAXED DATER
We're off to button moon
We're off to button moon

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Re: What two words are antonyms and together anagram to SPEARLIKE?
Yep, that’s what I had. Never thought of that specific pair of opposites before though
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Re: What two words are antonyms and together anagram to SPEARLIKE?
Confirmed that this was the intended answer - score one for lexical creativity!
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