@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #717
“Cold competition”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #717
“Cold competition”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

Well that took about 15 seconds...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #718
“Here's a thought”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #718
“Here's a thought”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

Took about 30 seconds. Which for me is fast.

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys

I got the top half in no time, then I stalled.

Strands #718
“Here's a thought”
🔵🔵🔵💡
🔵🟡🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #719
“True grit”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #719
“True grit”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #719
“True grit”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Another sub-30-second one.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @markslater Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

Easy today too

@bencurthoys @lproven @stephenjjohnson

Yeah - about 20 seconds

Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@markslater @bencurthoys @lproven

Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

That was pretty quick... But I dispute some of those ingredients!

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Another quick one

Strands #721
“Olympics wrap-up”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #721
“Olympics wrap-up”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Another really quick one

Strands #722
“Strike a chord”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #722
“Strike a chord”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Took me a while to work out the theme but then it was easy...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Easy again. Think I’m on a decent streak of Spangram first.

Strands #723
“Just for reference”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #723
“Just for reference”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #723
“Just for reference”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

Not a single false positive.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Darn - didn’t hit the Spangram first today

Strands #724
“That's really out there!”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #724
“That's really out there!”
💡🔵🟡🔵
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
💡🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

The last word took me a while! (Bottom right corner.)

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #726
“It's a little much”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #726
“It's a little much”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/bcachefs_creator_ai/

Below the Spangram was much harder than above it, oddly.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #727
“Dressing up”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #727
“Dressing up”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #727
“Dressing up”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Fairly straightforward, allowing for Americanisms...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #728
“Dressing down”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #728
“Dressing down”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #728
“Dressing down”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

Found dozens of false positives, could not work out which of several possible themes. Gave up, got a hint, done in 1 minute or less.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

That theme just didn’t hang together for me

Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
🔵🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡💡
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

A very quick one. Well under a minute.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Got stuck and needed a hint

Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
🔵🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵🟡🔵