@bencurthoys @lproven @stephenjjohnson
Yeah - about 20 seconds
Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
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@bencurthoys @lproven @stephenjjohnson
Yeah - about 20 seconds
Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
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@markslater @bencurthoys @lproven
Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
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That was pretty quick... But I dispute some of those ingredients!
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #721
“Olympics wrap-up”
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@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #722
“Strike a chord”
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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”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #723
“Just for reference”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #723
“Just for reference”
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Not a single false positive.
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Darn - didn’t hit the Spangram first today
Strands #724
“That's really out there!”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #724
“That's really out there!”
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@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
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The last word took me a while! (Bottom right corner.)
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #726
“It's a little much”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #726
“It's a little much”
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@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”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #727
“Dressing up”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #727
“Dressing up”
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Fairly straightforward, allowing for Americanisms...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #728
“Dressing down”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #728
“Dressing down”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #728
“Dressing down”
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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”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
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@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
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A very quick one. Well under a minute.
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Got stuck and needed a hint
Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
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@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
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@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
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@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #732
“That's it?”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #732
“That's it?”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #732
“That's it?”
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An American spelling made this really tricky for me. I never even knew y'all had changed that word...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
I’m not happy with that - there were technically two spangrams, and the first one I got was one of them.
Strands #733
“That's dedication”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Aren't they always multiple words?
Strands #733
“That's dedication”
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@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys
Don’t think so. Not always.
Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @lproven Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
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Do you know what is not in my word list? The spangram. That's not even a thing.
@lproven @bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson
Strands #735
“That time of year again”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
The spangram is wrong. It shouldn't have that extra letter on the end
Strands #735
“That time of year again”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #735
“That time of year again”
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Quite an easy one...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
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@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #737
“Hey"”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #737
“"Hey"”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #737
“"Hey"”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #738
“Survival mode”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #738
“Survival mode”
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Got stuck for the first time in _ages_...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
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@markslater @lproven @stephenjjohnson Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
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Today is the first one I have noticed where the letters in a word can be entered in two different valid orders.
@bencurthoys @markslater @lproven
Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
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@stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @markslater
Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
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Multiple unusually long red herrings there, such as DETAINEE
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #740
“Mountain band”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #740
“Mountain band”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #740
“Mountain band”
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That theme took a lot of time to find...