Léon Planken
oliphaunt.bsky.social
Léon Planken
@oliphaunt.bsky.social
Certified algorithmician, research software engineer @ TU Delft
Wow, today's puzzle was really tough!

#Nmbr14 487
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🟧🟧🟧🟧🟦
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nmbr14.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hooray! I've graduated to a 🐱 streak of 30 :)

squareword.org 1406: 7 guesses

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1406
#WQers
Squareword
A two-dimensional word game
squareword.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tough puzzle today!

Suggestion @referdle.bsky.social: add "donut" to the 'yellow' dictionary. I've encountered this before when wanting to play a 'minesweeper' word.

daily #referdle1108: 16/25

🟩3️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣3️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thirdle - Daily Word Game
thirdle.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
squareword.org 1405: 8 guesses

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🟨🟨🟩🟨🟩
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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1405
#WQers
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
daily #referdle1107: 11/25

🟩2️⃣
3️⃣1️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Not sure I understand the coloured squares below, perhaps I'll share images next time.

#thirdle #thirdle1339

🏆 3 / 6 🔥 streak 1

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🟩⬛ 🟧🟪 🟩🟩
🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩

thirdle.org

#thirdle #bonusthirdle401

🏆 3 / 6 🔥 streak 1

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🟪⬛ 🟩🟪 🟩🟩
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thirdle.org

#WQers
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Took me three guesses this time before I could deduce the grid. I'm sure 7 would still have been possible, but I didn't manage to find it.

squareword.org 1404: 8 guesses

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🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩
🟨🟩🟩🟨🟨
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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1404
#WQers
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
daily #referdle1106: 12/25

🟩2️⃣
4️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Léon Planken
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Léon Planken
Next. Level.
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Again managed to fill in the grid based on two guesses. Then tried to optimise for minimum yellow squares 🟨 below 👇

squareword.org 1403: 7 guesses

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1403
#WQers
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Tapped enter instead of backspace on a word in the first box... Would have scored 11 therwise.

daily #referdle1105: 13/25

🟩5️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Léon Planken
Today an 11yo came up to me to tell me, unprompted, "I'm not illegal."
The kids are scared.
Comer incorrectly refers to Minnesota's Somali community as "illegals"
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Managed to work out the grid after two guesses... Unfortunately, one of the columns being still empty at that point, 7 was the best possible result.

squareword.org 1402: 7 guesses

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🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨
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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1402
#WQers
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by Léon Planken
Around 90% of Somalis in Minnesota are US citizens. Republicans call them "illegals" because they aren't white.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Fun puzzle today :)

daily #referdle1104: 11/25

🟩1️⃣
4️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Léon Planken
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
6 may still have been possible after my first two moves, but if so, it would have involved some pretty obscure words and after a while I gave up.

squareword.org 1401: 7 guesses

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🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
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🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1401
#WQers
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
daily #referdle1103: 12/25

🟩3️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reposted by Léon Planken
Enkele zojuist verschenen adviezen uit het Burgerberaad Klimaat:
-Minder voedselverspilling
-Stimuleren duurzame landbouw
-Een verplichte garantie van 6 jaar voor apparaten
-Hogere belasting op kerosine
-Stimuleren fietsgebruik
Lees het gehele advies hier: burgerberaadklimaat.nl/advies/defau...
Advies - Burgerberaad klimaat
Advies
burgerberaadklimaat.nl
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Léon Planken
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
squareword.org 1400: 6 guesses

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1400
#WQers
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
daily #referdle1102: 12/25

🟩2️⃣
4️⃣1️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣

referdle.com #referdle
b: @referdle.bsky.social
#WQers
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Léon Planken
Wisten jullie dit? Als je je WhatsApp account verwijdert, krijgen mensen die jou appen als reactie dat je een nieuw account hebt. Op dat zgn. nieuwe account krijgen ze natuurlijk nooit antwoord.
WhatsApp zou gewoon moeten zeggen dat account niet meer bestaat! Ik ben verbaasd dat dit is toegestaan.
Dochter heeft mij net een WhatsApp gestuurd. Dan krijgt ze een melding dat telefoonnummer is gekoppeld aan nieuw account. Als ze dan drukt op groene tekst, kan ze een bericht sturen.

Maar dat wordt vervolgens nooit geopend. De verzender ziet niet dat account is opgeheven.
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM