A Conversation for Ask h2g2

Puzzles, quizzes

Post 21

Baron Grim

Yeah, I think we had a wheelbarrow in our set too, but I can't be too sure because if it wasn't the doggie or the racecar I didn't want to play with it.


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Post 22

SashaQ - happysad

Funny how we have Monopoly favourites - the dog was my sister's, and mine was the top hat smiley - laugh

Today's NYT Connections was hard - homophones are difficult, because there are so many differences between accents...

I like Strands - a bit of a challenge, but not too much that it takes me ages. Very clever how the words are entwined.


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Post 23

Baron Grim

I don't know if it was today's or yesterday's, but I had no idea what a "sample sale" was since I don't live in, according to wikipedia "Los Angeles, New York, or other prominent places". smiley - laugh


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Post 24

SashaQ - happysad

Aha! I noticed that one, too! Reassuring that it is not just a UK/US difference smiley - ok


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Post 25

You can call me TC

Strands is a beta version, according to the page. I think they could do one more tweak, and that would be to reduce the available hints to one only. I find I am still just jabbing out words and when I've got three I just let the game do the work.

The Spangram yesterday was "yardwork". That sounds to me like a job that convicts have to do (picking up stones/sweeping the exercise yard). Apparently it means "gardening". Now I know which word I think sounds nicer....

Then I remembered a discussion somewhere on the web recently about the American use of the word "yard". It got quite heated. I came away having realised that Americans might have a garden in their yard, while a Brit might have a yard in their garden.


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Post 26

SashaQ - happysad

Strands is good - you can use as many clues as you can get, but it gives you a score accordingly - if you don't use any clues, you get 'Perfect!' It's like Connections - if you get it without using up spare guesses then that gives you 'Perfect!' too, so that's the challenge smiley - ok


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Post 27

You can call me TC

Ah, that's the point of it!??

I never wait to look at the scores. I just do the puzzles for the sake of them. Probably the wrong attitude.

I haven't signed up to any of them.


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Post 28

SashaQ - happysad

smiley - hug Yes, better to slow down a little bit and try to do the puzzle rather than just going straight for the 'cheat mode' smiley - goodluck

I like the little fanfare that you get when completing the mini crossword! A bit disappointing that we don't get the same fanfare on all the NYT puzzles, but at least we get the gradings, and the animations are good smiley - ok


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Post 29

You can call me TC

If you solve one of their sudokus there's a little piano flourish to celebrate.


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Post 30

SashaQ - happysad

smiley - ok

I did well on today's Strands, because the theme was Maths smiley - cool Great fun smiley - biggrin


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Post 31

You can call me TC

So exciting! Today two of the geography games had the same country as their answer!


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Post 32

SashaQ - happysad

Haha! That is good. I find similar watching gameshows on TV - on iPlayer I'm watching series from 2018, 2023 and 2024 and sometimes the same answer comes up in two of those on the same day smiley - cool


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Post 33

Deb

I've found this on University Challenge & Mastermind where a random question pops up on one that has just been on the other.

Deb smiley - cheerup


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Post 34

You can call me TC

Another coincidence today! Globle and Worldle both had the same country as their answer (France).


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Post 35

SashaQ - happysad

smiley - magic


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Post 36

Deb

I play Thrice, and a couple of weeks ago one of the questions was Which country has Suva as it's capital. Whilst playing I was Whatsapping with my best friend, who was at that time in Fiji smiley - island

Deb smiley - cheerup


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Post 37

SashaQ - happysad

smiley - magic


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