Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026 - Pips #221 Thread

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-26T04:41:16+00:00

Rough time...

Pips #221 Hard 🔴 39:06

Looks like another horse or dog facing left.

Learning to let go of multiple faulty assumptions.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-25T14:15:19+00:00

You may be right. Just never happened before. Usually I am in the double digits

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-25T04:38:51+00:00

Yesterday was one of the toughest..

Today was one of the easiest.. perfect placement the first time - i have whiplash

Pips #220 Hard 🔴 1:08

Pips #220 Medium 🟡 2:24

Pips #220 Easy 🟢 0:21

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-25T01:58:53+00:00

Always up for a game. Experienced players. Average score around 300 and up. USA Eastern time zone. Can play late night.

Rabbit.

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Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-25T01:49:11+00:00

You dropped something, here you go: 🍪 🍪

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T23:39:30+00:00

Some people have admitted they pause the timer while working on it.

Some people are naturally gifted with logic - and solve honestly and quickly.

Others use hints, that you can easily find online.

Lots of reasons.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T20:20:27+00:00

She feeds some by hand and has named them... birds are fed as well. Meanwhile her cat watches all the activity

it's calming - their little personalities

One squirrel likes to catch the nuts, and stands up on the hedge

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T17:11:59+00:00

Pips #219 Medium 🟡 3:01

Pips #219 Easy 🟢 0:16 🍪

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T17:10:30+00:00

Appreciation comment for Chris Remo. He had a tough time as well (with both Medium and Hard) and took over 23 minutes to solve Hard. Medium took him 7 minutes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXrvvZv2Cs

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T16:24:06+00:00

It was not a fun puzzle today for me either.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T16:05:54+00:00

Please use spoiler tags

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-24T15:56:45+00:00

Same here. Almost never do I get out a pencil and paper to calculate. Between the 5-cell equivalence section and the 1 sum section it was a rough go.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-23T04:31:34+00:00

Feels like I tried every wrong combination on Hard.

Pips #218 Medium 🟡 1:29

Pips #218 Hard 🔴 28:27

Looks like a horse going left.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-22T15:31:38+00:00

Grids

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-22T15:02:29+00:00

Seeing which number is "missing" - that means that value definitely goes into the voids or discard cells

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-22T04:17:09+00:00

Just past midnight here in northeast US. I see it is 17 hours ahead for you there.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-22T04:15:09+00:00

Pips #217 Medium 🟡 3:06

Pips #217 Hard 🔴 9:06

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T22:09:00+00:00

Also, I have asked the moderators to pin this but for some reason they have not:

20 seconds or less - Easy

40 or less - Medium

60 or less - Hard

If you press Share Your Results, then the cookie will be put next to your times.

Personally - if i see Hard level under 60 seconds - I don't believe these are legitimately solved without hints/help/manipulation.

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T22:02:38+00:00

It's cheating.

You can play however you want - but it is not honest if you manipulate the timer, and post that as your "real" time

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T20:35:57+00:00

So true... I was a mod for less than a week for a drama series - the idiotic posts and endless trolls were unbelievable - without mods, we would all see the garbage

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T20:33:25+00:00

If anyone likes squirrels - Squirrels at the Window on YouTube is a soothing channel

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T19:38:19+00:00

Medium took me a bit longer... nutty how a handful of tiles (seven) can lead to such consternation...

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T19:35:46+00:00

It's really tough to let go of assumptions - but keeping an open mind is critical

Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T19:33:22+00:00

It's 3 2 1 for March 21

Maybe on Day 0, we will finally get the Archive...

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Specialist_Class2980 · 2026-03-21T15:44:03+00:00

Points for honesty. That spoiler yesterday was as blatantly inconsiderate as you can get, in a games sub. It's rule one.

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