@mart_brooks @markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #882
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @mart_brooks @markslater @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #882
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Purple is evil.

@stephenjjohnson @mart_brooks @markslater @bencurthoys Strands #616
β€œHow enchanting!”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅

No hints. Quite an easy one that.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #883
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@markslater @lproven @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #883
πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #883
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Accidental hard mode.

@lproven @markslater @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #884
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟨🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟦🟦🟦

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #885
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩

@mart_brooks @markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #885
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨

@mart_brooks @markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #886
🟩🟦🟦🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟩🟩
🟩🟦🟦🟩
🟩🟦🟦🟩

@mart_brooks @stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Wordle 1,608 3/6*

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

"Impressive". I should be in bed though.

@lproven @mart_brooks @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Wordle 1,609 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@markslater @lproven @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Wordle 1,609 6/6

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›
πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@markslater @lproven @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Wordle 1,610 4/6

πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@mart_brooks @stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #888
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@markslater @mart_brooks @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #888
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Needed quite a lot of thought, that one.

@lproven @mart_brooks @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #889
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨

@markslater @lproven @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #889
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #889
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks @bencurthoys

Strands #623
β€œAround it goes”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅

Got stuck there.

@mart_brooks @lproven @markslater @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #890
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @mart_brooks @markslater @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #891
🟦🟦🟦🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩

I did not know green. I knew purple but not enough of them and guessing didn't work.

@mart_brooks @lproven @markslater @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #891
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟩🟦🟩🟩
🟩🟦🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @mart_brooks @lproven @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #891
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩

@markslater @mart_brooks @lproven @bencurthoys

Connections
Puzzle #892
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦πŸŸͺ
🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦
🟦πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks

Liam, was your "scared now" a comment on the perceived difficulty or the answer?

Connections
Puzzle #892
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks

Strands #626
β€œDivinely inspired”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘

I needed a hint. Jana helped a lot with this one.

@bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks

Connections
Puzzle #892
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Once I got going that was quite easy, but I'd never have got purple except by a process of elimination.

@lproven @bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @mart_brooks

Connections
Puzzle #893
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟨🟩🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

That's more like it. Genuinely got purple, too.

Connections
Puzzle #893
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Connections
Puzzle #893
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟨🟩🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟨🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨

That pooch was either very nearly unhappy, or happy, depending on how you look at it.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Got there in the end.

Connections
Puzzle #894
🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

I didn't

Connections
Puzzle #894
🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦🟩🟩
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #628
β€œHeard at the board meeting”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

Really hard. But I did it with no hints. Once I got the spangram the rest was easy, though.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #631
β€œHorsing around”
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #631
β€œHorsing around”
πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

Spangram first, no hints. πŸ˜…

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #632
β€œTip top”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅

@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #632
β€œTip top”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅

No hints.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #633
β€œAll aboard!”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

I haven't played this in ages. Took a while to remember how it works.

Strands #633
β€œAll aboard!”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘
πŸ”΅

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #633
β€œAll aboard!”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘

Only one hint to get me started. I have had a couple of beers...

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #634
β€œWith gratitude”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #634
β€œWith gratitude”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #635
β€œIf all else fails ...”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #635
β€œIf all else fails ...”
πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘
πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

Baffled by this one. I can't see a theme. I got "fountain" first and sat here looking mystified. Still am.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #636
β€œWhat a piece of work!”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #636
β€œWhat a piece of work!”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #636
β€œWhat a piece of work!”
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

That was quite a quick one. My usual tactic of just trying to find as many words as possible worked quite well when I got to WHEEL.

Yesterday it failed totally when I got FOUNTAIN.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks in apprehension how like a god?

@bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks "Humper dumper dido! I'm the son of Man! Humper doo!"

(The cultural reference may be a little obscure and it's been 30 years so I might have it slightly wrong...)

@lproven @bencurthoys @markslater @mart_brooks

Strands #637
β€œGroup membership”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

@stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @markslater @mart_brooks

Strands #637
β€œGroup membership”
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅

Took me a while to work out the Spangram, then it was very easy. Odd how I was stuck for ages...

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

I failed, too.

Connections
Puzzle #894
🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟦
🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Connections
Puzzle #895
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Connections
Puzzle #895
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Purple didn't make much sense to me but after googling what "chayote" is, the rest were fairly obvious.

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Connections
Puzzle #896
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩