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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #700 on: January 16, 2025, 09:00:26 AM »
Strands #319
“Bar association”
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Put two into the hint bucket before I spotted the first correct one. After that, it was easy.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #701 on: January 16, 2025, 10:40:29 AM »
Not a subject I'm familiar with - hence the two hints.
Strands #319
“Bar association”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #702 on: January 17, 2025, 11:26:16 AM »
Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #703 on: January 18, 2025, 07:37:22 AM »
Strands #321
“O ___! My ___!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #704 on: January 18, 2025, 10:51:33 AM »
Strands #321
“O ___! My ___!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #705 on: January 18, 2025, 11:12:09 AM »
Strands #321
“O ___! My ___!”
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I still don't understand the clue.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #706 on: January 18, 2025, 11:25:39 AM »
Strands #321
“O ___! My ___!”
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I still don't understand the clue.


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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #707 on: January 19, 2025, 06:40:47 AM »
Strands #322
“I get the message”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #708 on: January 19, 2025, 10:31:06 AM »
Strands #322
“I get the message”
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I didn't get the message without a hint
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #709 on: January 20, 2025, 10:06:29 AM »
Strands #323
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #710 on: January 20, 2025, 10:24:23 AM »
Strands #323
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #711 on: January 20, 2025, 05:18:40 PM »
Strands #323
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #712 on: January 21, 2025, 10:18:04 AM »
Started doing today's. Used a hint. the result was only three highlighted letters, which could not be made into a word. "Fuck this for a game of soldiers", I thought, and gave up.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #713 on: January 22, 2025, 09:15:47 AM »
Looked at the clue today - "Pixar this" - not bothering.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #714 on: January 22, 2025, 09:22:47 AM »
I've got six of the seven words, but cannot make anything of the remaining letters, at bottom right.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #715 on: January 23, 2025, 08:07:29 AM »
Nothing to the bucket!
Strands #326
“Udderly delicious”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #716 on: January 23, 2025, 08:36:59 AM »
Strands #326
“Udderly delicious”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #717 on: January 24, 2025, 06:19:20 AM »
Sent half the spangram to the bucket, unfortunately.
Strands #327
“Get smart”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #718 on: January 24, 2025, 10:04:00 AM »
Strands #327
“Get smart”
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Accidentally sent a word that was almost appropriate to the bucket. Otherwise very easy.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #719 on: January 24, 2025, 10:19:41 AM »
Strands #327
“Get smart”
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Also sent half to the bucket in the same way.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #720 on: January 24, 2025, 12:48:04 PM »
Strands #327
“Get smart”
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Also sent half to the bucket in the same way.
So did a few people on Facebook.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #721 on: January 25, 2025, 07:28:59 AM »
Strands #328
“Seeing double”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #722 on: January 25, 2025, 08:03:54 AM »
Strands #328
“Seeing double”
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #723 on: January 25, 2025, 10:59:52 AM »
Strands #328
“Seeing double”
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To get the last one I cheated with an anagram solver.
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Re: Strands - another new word game.
« Reply #724 on: January 26, 2025, 07:28:05 AM »
Easy. The bucket remained empty.
Strands #329
“Ore so they say”
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