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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #600 on: December 14, 2024, 07:01:02 AM »
Three to the bucket, unfortunately.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #601 on: December 14, 2024, 09:43:28 AM »
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #602 on: December 15, 2024, 07:26:23 AM »
Strands #287
“Moonlighting”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #603 on: December 15, 2024, 02:37:50 PM »
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“Moonlighting”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #604 on: December 15, 2024, 04:33:42 PM »
Strands #287
“Moonlighting”
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Somewhat annoying. Got one in the hint bucket because I went West instead of North.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #605 on: December 16, 2024, 07:18:49 AM »
Strands #288
“Crossed words”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #606 on: December 16, 2024, 07:34:05 AM »
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #607 on: December 16, 2024, 12:39:33 PM »
Strands #288
“Crossed words”
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Learned two new words there. Still don't know, or care, what they mean.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #608 on: December 16, 2024, 03:16:11 PM »
Strands #288
“Crossed words”
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Why'd you use a hint up just before the end, when you already knew all the letters of the last word?
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #609 on: December 16, 2024, 04:51:01 PM »
Why'd you use a hint up just before the end, when you already knew all the letters of the last word?

My guess is he spotted a word that didn't use all the letters he had left but hadn't noticed he only needed one word.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #610 on: December 17, 2024, 05:40:39 AM »
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #611 on: December 17, 2024, 09:35:41 AM »
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #612 on: December 17, 2024, 10:19:53 AM »
Strands #289
“It's lit!”
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Being dense today
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #613 on: December 18, 2024, 07:46:10 AM »
I've got six of the seven words of 290, but can't for the life of me make sense of the remaining letters at bottom right!
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #614 on: December 18, 2024, 08:16:04 AM »
I've got six of the seven words of 290, but can't for the life of me make sense of the remaining letters at bottom right!
You picked a mighty Fonteyn to write that.

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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #615 on: December 18, 2024, 10:35:03 AM »
Strands #290
“You say you want a revolution”
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a bit of a struggle.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #616 on: December 18, 2024, 10:36:42 AM »
You picked a mighty Fonteyn to write that.

That's pretty much on pointe
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #617 on: December 18, 2024, 06:06:20 PM »
Thanks, JP and NS.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #618 on: December 19, 2024, 04:27:26 AM »
Strands #291
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #619 on: December 19, 2024, 09:03:03 AM »
Strands #291
“Roll with it”
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Can't claim reverse perfecto because I accidentally put part of the spangram into the bucket on my first go.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #620 on: December 19, 2024, 09:44:20 AM »
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #621 on: December 20, 2024, 07:48:07 AM »
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“Morning morsel”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #622 on: December 20, 2024, 08:52:38 AM »
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Heavily US biased.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #623 on: December 20, 2024, 11:39:37 AM »
Strands #292
“Morning morsel”
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Most of those I didn't know.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #624 on: December 21, 2024, 06:41:44 AM »
The bucket remained empty.
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