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Strands - another new word game.
« on: May 28, 2024, 04:40:50 PM »
I found it a bit frustrating at first, but once I fully understood what I had to do, after reading the instructions again, I found it quite amusing.
https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands
My result for today:
Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2024, 05:04:31 PM »
Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2024, 09:48:05 PM »
Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2024, 10:20:52 PM »
Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2024, 06:47:16 AM »
Much harder than yesterday's.
Strands #87
“A good workout”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2024, 08:07:07 AM »
Strands #87
“A good workout”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2024, 10:22:12 AM »
Strands #87
“A good workout”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2024, 06:28:53 AM »
Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2024, 07:32:55 AM »
Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2024, 09:46:54 AM »
Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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I got there in the end, but the original clue did not help me at all. Even when I realised what the category was I didn't do well  :(
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2024, 09:52:22 AM »
Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2024, 09:53:29 AM »
Quote from: Aruntraveller on May 30, 2024, 09:46:54 AM
Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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I got there in the end, but the original clue did not help me at all. Even when I realised what the category was I didn't do well  :(
I wasted quite a lot of time looking for words in a completely different category, based on the clue "pump it up".
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2024, 09:55:19 AM »
Quote from: SteveH on May 30, 2024, 09:53:29 AM
I wasted quite a lot of time looking for words in a completely different category, based on the clue "pump it up".
The first two I found with a different category in mind.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2024, 05:30:29 AM »
Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2024, 07:37:51 AM »
Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2024, 08:59:37 AM »
Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2024, 09:03:54 AM »
Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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A clear clue, and this being a bit of a specialist subject of mine made that easy. I once did a management training course where each group had to do an entertaining presentation  about what they had learned. We did The Wizard of Oz at my behest, in part because I have a management theory about what managers are like based on it. The people running the course said they had had The Wizard of Oz as a theme before but not in in anything like the amount of detail.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2024, 05:39:05 AM »
Easy.
Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2024, 07:42:14 AM »
Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2024, 09:41:41 AM »
Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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All getting the spangram first so far
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2024, 09:57:36 AM »
Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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Yep. One really odd one in there, for me, though.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2024, 10:34:28 AM »
Quote from: Outrider on June 01, 2024, 09:57:36 AM
Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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Yep. One really odd one in there, for me, though.
For me too - must be an American thing (assuming we mean the same word).
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2024, 10:36:33 AM »
Quote from: SteveH on June 01, 2024, 10:34:28 AM
For me too - must be an American thing (assuming we mean the same word).

Yes, I noticed it as well. Again, assuming we mean the same word.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2024, 06:33:57 AM »
Not a subject I'm familiar with, so I had to do a lot of guessing, and it took me ages. I spent a long time thinking the subject was something else, even after finding my first word, which didn't help.
Strands #91
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« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2024, 07:45:41 AM »
Strands #91
“Nailed it!”
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I think I was three or four words in before I realised I'd misunderstood the theme!
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