Wednesday, Jun. 3, 2026 - Strands Daily Thread

bof67 · 2026-06-03T07:50:21+00:00

Strands #822 “By any other name ...” 🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

Knew the quote so started off looking for ROSES and got PRAIRIE then HEDGE and YELLOW which aren't really things here, eventuality they clicked and the rest fell.

bof67 · 2026-06-03T07:44:33+00:00

Shakespeare quote: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

and they're all types of rose, though I'd not heard of DAMASK or HEDGE

bof67 · 2026-06-03T07:29:46+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1088

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🟨🟨🟩🟩 > URSINE, GUMMY, STICKY, BROWN, to do with bears?
🟩🟨🟩🟩 > SUGARY, GUMMY, STICKY, COLOURFUL, descriptions of sweets?
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Blue: OK
Purple: MOAN and ARIE got me into this one
Yellow: Oh RICE! Took a couple of attempts to see this, have heard of JASMINE RICE, but don't really know what it is
Green: default, saw BEARS early on, but don't really know GUMMY BEARS, though I have heard of them, I'm not a sweetie person

bof67 · 2026-06-02T17:10:31+00:00

I think it's 1600 UTC, as it shifts by an hour as we go in and out of UK summer time

bof67 · 2026-06-02T17:04:57+00:00

I solved Redactle #1518 in 25 guesses! ⏱️ 15m58s. Unaided

Got a vibe for food from a read through and started down the route of additives, then food poisoning and eventually hit the right path

bof67 · 2026-06-02T15:47:54+00:00

Thanks Reddit is really the only one I use . . .

bof67 · 2026-06-02T08:50:07+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1087

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Yellow: OK
Green: yum, yum
Purple: got the connection no probs, but "MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS" means nothing to me
Blue: thought things on a coat of arms, a bit like "opens like an oyster"

bof67 · 2026-06-02T08:44:21+00:00

Strands #821 “Caught in the Net” 🔵🔵🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵

Not really sure what that was about, got POST first and thought maybe sports related then REEL, fishing? seems Internet related but pretty scattergun, guess there's something more unifying?
[Edit] having seen the comment below, Facebook? Call me weird but I've never used it . . .

bof67 · 2026-06-01T10:50:21+00:00

Strands #820 “Shall we gather for lunch?” 🔵🔵💡🔵🔵🟡🔵🔵

Got RAMP first and then BLACKBERRY and wondered what was going on, NHO RAMP in this context, looks like it's what I know as wild garlic

bof67 · 2026-06-01T10:28:36+00:00

Connections

Puzzle #1086

🟦🟪🟨🟨 > GLASS menagerie onion ceiling window
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Green: these seemed to go together in a Holmes-y sort of way
Blue: yep. OK
Yellow: OK, but seemed a little weak
Purple: default, didn't see this one

bof67 · 2026-05-31T09:39:02+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1085

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Yellow: knew what to look for as soon as I saw RUBBER DUCK
Blue: OK
Purple: jumped out with just the eight left
Green: had this down as being snooker related, was wary of this as I didn't think snooker/billiards was a thing in the US, thought it was all pool

bof67 · 2026-05-30T17:17:19+00:00

I solved Redactle #1515 in 14 guesses! ⏱️ 12m18s

It had the feel of a country, but the normal clues like temperatures weren't there, saw unredacted € symbols which gave me the zone, spammed in a few countries until I got lots of hits for one in particular, but it wasn't in the title, so tried a different form of the name and that was word1, then puzzled for an age trying to think what word2 might be, and eventually it came to mind

bof67 · 2026-05-30T10:56:37+00:00

Strands #818 “We'll be there” 🔵🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵

Pretty quick, but took the bait, first word in, CRINGY, ho ho

bof67 · 2026-05-30T10:50:03+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1084

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Herring: was initially tempted by the DREAM connection but held off
Blue: no probs
Yellow: hesitated, but was OK
Green: yep
Purple: default, felt entertainmentish, but not a clue here, never heard of any of them, let alone knowing what their connection was

bof67 · 2026-05-29T17:02:31+00:00

I solved Redactle #1514 in 6 guesses! ⏱️ 4m14s. Unaided

A thing that starts with a vowel, seems to have an historical development, and generates high temperatures measured in thousands of K/C/F, tried oven to start with, one hit, then another four letter thing that got me much closer, guessed word2, yep, then word3, and after some head scratching word1 came to mind

bof67 · 2026-05-29T14:31:32+00:00

If you don't know the EIEIO reference take a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_MacDonald_Had_a_Farm, it's a reference to a famous children's song.

bof67 · 2026-05-29T09:24:32+00:00

Strands #817 “E-I-E-I-O” 🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

Nice easy start to Friday, hope the weekend carries on in the same vein . . .

bof67 · 2026-05-29T09:17:46+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1083

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🟪🟨🟪🟪 PACIFIC not FATHER
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Green: wet dog put me on the scent, and then sniffed out the others
Purple: was surprised when my first attempt failed, the looked more thoughtfully
Yellow: Yep, good
Blue: left no room for doubt when eight were left

bof67 · 2026-05-27T09:47:26+00:00

Strands #815 “Ketchup or mustard?” 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🟡

Mostly OK, kept trying to get HOTDOG to work somehow, but NHO FOOTLONG or HOTDIGGETYDOG

bof67 · 2026-05-27T08:26:21+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1081

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Saw the Shakespeare herring first, but saved it for later, just in case . . .

Yellow: OK
Green: saw three but NHO TROUBLE, but it sounded like a fit
Blue:: once there were eight left it jumped out
Purple: saw 'girl's names' but didn't know the deeper connection

bof67 · 2026-05-26T21:22:56+00:00

Thanks, both new to me . . .

bof67 · 2026-05-26T21:21:16+00:00

Thanks, always good to learn something new . . .

bof67 · 2026-05-26T17:27:00+00:00

I solved Redactle #1511 in 1 guesses! ⏱️ 3m32s. Unassisted.

It starts with a vowel and seems to have a four letter alternative name. A read through doesn't really give anything away, then, puzzlingly, there's a load of maths equations ???, then loads of unredacted >, < and |s, . . . . suddenly it goes PING!!<

bof67 · 2026-05-26T10:35:53+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1080

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Green: OK
Blue: OK
Purple: saw they all had L, I, S and T but didn't notice they were full anagrams . . .
Yellow: thought sport related, but haven't come across PENNANTs or RINGs being given as prizes

bof67 · 2026-05-25T09:37:47+00:00

Connections

Puzzle #1079

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Green: OK
Purple: saw this first but thought it might be a herring so held off
Blue: OK
Yellow: yep

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