#ows704 🔎 4/5 (01:34) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 16 🏆 #owselite onewordsearch.com

#stack319 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 2m 10s 🔥 streak: 16 🏆 #stackdownelite puzzlist.com/stackdown

#ows703 🔎 4/5 (01:08) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 15 🏆 #owselite onewordsearch.com

#stack318 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 2m 56s 🔥 streak: 15 🏆 #stackdownelite puzzlist.com/stackdown

#ows702 🔎 4/5 (01:24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 14 🏆 #owselite onewordsearch.com

#stack317 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 39s 🔥 streak: 14 🏆 #stackdownelite puzzlist.com/stackdown

Strands #688 “Sneak-ing around” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #954 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

#ows700 🔎 4/5 (01:28) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 12 🏆 #owselite onewordsearch.com

#stack315 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 3m 49s 🔥 streak: 12 🏆 #stackdownelite puzzlist.com/stackdown

#ows699 🔎 5/5 (00:53) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 11 🏆 #owselite onewordsearch.com

#stack314 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 43s 🔥 streak: 11 🏆 #stackdownelite puzzlist.com/stackdown

#ows697 🔎 4/5 (01:16) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 9 onewordsearch.com

#stack312 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 5m 15s 🔥 streak: 9 puzzlist.com/stackdown

Minute Cryptic - 16 January, 2026 "Display by exotic bird has swallows beginning to notice" (8) ⚪️⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 2 hints – 1 under the community par (68,285 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

A solid third of that time was on the last word! 🤦 #ows696 🔎 4/5 (01:02) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 8 onewordsearch.com

#stack311 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 55s 🔥 streak: 8 puzzlist.com/stackdown

Strands #684 “DC crusader” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #950 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

#ows695 🔎 4/5 (01:01) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 7 onewordsearch.com

#stack310 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 5m 2s 🔥 streak: 7 puzzlist.com/stackdown

Strands #683 “The ears have it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #949 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

#stack309 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 2m 56s 🔥 streak: 6 puzzlist.com/stackdown

#ows694 🔎 5/5 (00:50) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 6 onewordsearch.com

Strands #682 “"Oh boy!"” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #948 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Minute Cryptic - 13 January, 2026 "Mark really lost everything after end of relationship" (4) ⚪️⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🤝 2 hints – matched the community par (70,973 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

#ows693 🔎 4/5 (01:20) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 5 onewordsearch.com

#stack308 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 59s 🔥 streak: 5 puzzlist.com/stackdown

Strands #681 “You need to chill” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #947 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

I may have done better if I’d written this down Minute Cryptic - 12 January, 2026 "7-Eleven uniform among ugliest uniforms" (5,4) ⚪️⚪️🟡🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 4 hints – 1 under the community par (57,905 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

#ows692 🔎 4/5 (01:06) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 4 onewordsearch.com

#stack307 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 53s 🔥 streak: 4 puzzlist.com/stackdown

Strands #680 “Appeal to a hire power” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #946 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

#ows691 🔎 5/5 (00:51) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 3 onewordsearch.com

#stack306 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 4m 11s 🔥 streak: 3 puzzlist.com/stackdown

#ows690 🔎 5/5 (00:54) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 2 onewordsearch.com

#stack305 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 28s 🔥 streak: 2 puzzlist.com/stackdown

I liked this one! Minute Cryptic - 9 January, 2026 "Alert ears flipped directions" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (88,088 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

#ows689 🔎 4/5 (01:04) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 1 onewordsearch.com

COR BLIMEY GUV’NOR #stack304 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⏱️ 1m 24s 🔥 streak: 1 puzzlist.com/stackdown Streak reset because I missed a day 😩

I got so caught up thinking this was American Sportz related that I missed the obvious 🤦‍♂️ Strands #677 “For cubs fans” 🟡💡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

This wasn’t an actual mistake, I just fat thumbed it! Connections Puzzle #943 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

#ows687 🔎 5/5 (01:00) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 6 onewordsearch.com

#stack302 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏱️ 2m 28s 🔥 streak: 6 puzzlist.com/stackdown

Strands #675 “Open wide” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #941 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩