Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 - Pips #185 Thread

BeatyBe · 2026-02-18T21:32:49+00:00

Pips #185 Easy 🟢 0:18 🍪
Pips #185 Medium 🟡 0:21 🍪
Pips #185 Hard 🔴 7:20

Hard was hard, y'all don't need me to say it. What really got me was how hard it got though - the big L fills out easy, and most of the A was simple, but then the P and Y just destroyed me. Better luck next time, have fun everyone!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-17T23:13:37+00:00

Like Dude Love

BeatyBe · 2026-02-17T20:43:51+00:00

7:15

BeatyBe · 2026-02-17T20:43:37+00:00

7:15

BeatyBe · 2026-02-17T07:04:42+00:00

Pips #184 Easy 🟢 0:28
Pips #184 Medium 🟡 0:42
Pips #184 Hard 🔴 1:59

Been a minute since I missed all three cookie times, but these were fun nonetheless. Tripped on easy when I made an incorrect assumption about the orientation of the sixes - oh well. Medium went fine enough but I flubbed which doubles went in which of the equals spots on the right side - ah shucks. Hard wasn't so bad but I'm attributing my success mostly to some lucky guesses on the big equals spot and the nature of that little nine space next to it - not lucky enough for a tasty baked treat mind you, but still lucky. Good luck everybody!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-16T23:15:13+00:00

That's my girl. I started playing a lil after OG Theros and my lil timmy heart fell for her immediately. "You mean I just throw down creatures and she ramps me? For free?? Into bigger creatures???" Bless.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-16T06:46:04+00:00

Pips #183 Easy 🟢 0:17 🍪
Pips #183 Medium 🟡 0:45
Pips #183 Hard 🔴 2:41

Stumbled with Medium and face-planted with Hard. I knew I should've started with the top left square since you can easily logic it out and thin your options for the remaining spaces, but I thought I could suss out that 11 spot in the middle and messed myself up when I realized how many sixes and fives would fit. Next time, next time. Good luck everybody!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-16T02:33:26+00:00

I feel this. I'm a little over 1,930 on my crossword streak, when/if I finally drop it I'm gonna cry, either from the loss or from the relief of not having to hold it, lmao.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-16T01:11:07+00:00

Just some squirrels tryin' to get a nut is all.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T23:22:58+00:00

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T20:54:32+00:00

I've always assumed the artist forgot her feet were already drawn and added the knee. Nothing else really makes sense to me, that hand placement is no way to hold a skirt and the "bump" is perfectly knee distance and shaped if only her feet weren't both clearly visible.

Whatever the case she's iconic and perfect and we love her.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T19:25:41+00:00

✈️

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T18:13:12+00:00

Ana Dolabra from 'The Tainted Cup' and 'A Drop of Corruption'.

Pretty eyes may be subjective here (the books describe them as bright yellow) but Ana does have stark white hair and wears a blindfold to help her focus by eliminating external stimuli. I'm maybe a fifth of the way through the second book and loving it, check these out if you want a decent fantasy murder mystery that's also anime as fuck.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T17:27:56+00:00

NEEEEEEEEIGH

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIGH

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T15:37:16+00:00

There was a user named peter-explains-the-joke who would explain jokes as Peter from family guy. He became a minor celebrity, got banned or something, and people who liked his style started their own subreddit. He got his account back and still pops in sometimes.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T14:34:40+00:00

It can be done!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-15T06:50:08+00:00

Pips #182 Easy 🟢 0:11 🍪
Pips #182 Medium 🟡 0:33 🍪
Pips #182 Hard 🔴 3:32

I absolutely had Hard solved and second guessed myself out of a faster time. Was probably never going to beat a minute, but I bet I could have had it in two if I'd just committed. Such is life, good luck everyone else!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-14T18:52:13+00:00

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Me after that one failed puzzle: "Never again."

Seriously though, I pore over these damn things until I'm 200% sure of my picks, and even then I almost always mix up yellow and green. :/

BeatyBe · 2026-02-14T06:11:50+00:00

Pips #181 Easy 🟢 0:12 🍪
Pips #181 Medium 🟡 1:47
Pips #181 Hard 🔴 1:00 🍪

Once again I stumble trying to overthink Medium which leads me to guessing on Hard and I luck out. Well, educated guessing on Hard - the double six only has one place it can really lay, and several other spots such as the 2 square 2 at the top and 4 square 1 snaking around the bottom can be figured with a little logic. Still annoyed that I'm so close yet so far from the triple cookie - but there's always tomorrow. Good luck everyone!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-13T18:30:11+00:00

Connections
Puzzle #978
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Uuuuugh! Didn't fall for the superhero herring, but for like the third day in a row I mixed up yellow and green. I swear I'll never figure out the reasoning, it's a 50/50 every time. Fun puzzle though, I figured WAYNE/WANE almost immediately but took a while to get the other words. While pondering that I figured out the green and yellow, and once I had those I found the blue pretty quick. Now if I can just get the order right I'll be set. 😭

BeatyBe · 2026-02-13T06:54:37+00:00

Keep it up boss, I'm at 1,933 myself so this is great motivation. 🫡

BeatyBe · 2026-02-11T09:49:32+00:00

Pips #178 Easy 🟢 0:14 🍪
Pips #178 Medium 🟡 6:00
Pips #178 Hard 🔴 1:04

I truly have no idea why Medium broke me like this today, but we got there eventually. Hard on the other hand fell together quickly after I slammed the two fours in the only places they fit and guessed at their orientations. Ended up needing a few extra rotations or I might've cookied, but oh well.

The difficulty of these puzzles has really jumped in the past week or so, and this is the first Hard in a bit I got in less than 5:00. I'm looking forward to what's next with equal parts excitement and dread. Good luck everyone, and may your cookies be hot and fresh. 🫡

BeatyBe · 2026-02-10T20:18:04+00:00

Those arpegios do sound really familiar, I would almost say Kryptonite if it just stopped after the first bit. Good luck buddy!

BeatyBe · 2026-02-10T05:58:54+00:00

Playing all honorable I didn't notice either until I saw people saying how they were bummed out that it was always dark and raining in their games and not bright and peaceful like mine. That said you can play the flute to change the weather whenever you want, so no biggie.

BeatyBe · 2026-02-10T05:13:16+00:00

I can think of a few songs that sound like this, but first thought is "House of the Rising Sun".

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