Stephen Johnson@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵
Liam Proven@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵
The last word took me a while! (Bottom right corner.)
Mark Slater@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”
🔵🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵🟡🔵
@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡
@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡
@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #732
“That's it?”
🔵💡🔵🔵
🔵🟡💡🔵
🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #732
“That's it?”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #732
“That's it?”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵
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”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Aren't they always multiple words?
Strands #733
“That's dedication”
🔵🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys
Don’t think so. Not always.
Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
Ben Curthoys@stephenjjohnson @markslater @lproven Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵💡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
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”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
The spangram is wrong. It shouldn't have that extra letter on the end
Strands #735
“That time of year again”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #735
“That time of year again”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵
Quite an easy one...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
🔵🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵
🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #737
“Hey"”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #737
“"Hey"”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #737
“"Hey"”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #738
“Survival mode”
🔵💡🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #738
“Survival mode”
🔵💡🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
Got stuck for the first time in _ages_...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @stephenjjohnson Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵
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”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @markslater
Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵
Multiple unusually long red herrings there, such as DETAINEE
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #740
“Mountain band”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #740
“Mountain band”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #740
“Mountain band”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵
That theme took a lot of time to find...
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #741
“A math teacher's favorite dessert”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #741
“A math teacher's favorite dessert”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #741
“A math teacher's favorite dessert”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
Very American themed today. Not at all obvious to me.
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #742
“Best of all”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Nope. Don’t understand that one.
Must be something U.S. centric.
Strands #743
“The Big Dance”
🔵💡🔵💡
🔵🟡🔵💡
💡🔵
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #743
“The Big Dance”
💡🔵🔵💡
🔵🟡🔵🔵
March Madness is an annual nationwide college basketball tournament. Impossible to miss if you live here (the US in general, but especially Lawrence, KS where the first coach at the University of Kansas was the inventor of the game and they have the original rules in a purpose-built museum).
I still didn't know all the terms, though!
@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys
I knew March Madness was an American sports thing, but couldn’t say for sure which American sport it was. Now I do know which sport, I’m still none the wiser as to how any of the words relate (except maybe ‘overtime’).
@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #743
“The Big Dance”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵💡💡🔵
Absolutely baffling. Cinderella? WTF?
@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys
Strands #744
“Happy Saint Patrick's Day!”
🟢☘️🟢🟢
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🟢
@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys
Strands #744
“Happy Saint Patrick's Day!”
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🟢☘️🟢🟢
🟢
@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys
Strands #744
“Happy Saint Patrick's Day!”
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🟢☘️🟢🟢
🟢
Took me ages to work out the theme there.