@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!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@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.

@bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @markslater

Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡💡💡
🔵

Messed that one up

@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"”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Having a good puzzle day

Strands #738
“Survival mode”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@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.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Easy

Strands #742
“Best of all”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #742
“Best of all”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #742
“Best of all”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Quite a quick one.

@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.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Ok - I have zero clue what that was supposed to be all about ?! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Strands #745
“It follows”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵💡🔵🔵
🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #745
“It follows”
🔵💡🔵💡
🔵🔵🟡🔵
💡🔵🔵

I didn't get the pattern till the end but all the words can come after "life".

Life blood, life preserver, etc.