Confidential to whomever is running #quartiles at Apple...
"Stims" is so a word!
As is "lo."
That is all.
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Puzzle spelling out “dicks”
The world is burning, but whomever made today’s apple quartiles puzzle has a fantastic sense of humor. #humor #puzzle #quartiles
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I finally got a perfect score on #Quartiles!
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Screenshot of the Apple News+ Quartiles puzzle for Saturday, January 3, 2026. The puzzle grid is a 5x5 blue board with letter segments in each square, including “pun,” “il,” “ct,” “ed,” “nin,” “ual,” “ne,” “ity,” “sto,” “co,” “zer,” “apo,” “bl,” “tra,” “mpo,” “ner,” “log,” “cor,” “iz,” and “op.” A white check mark on a blue circle highlights the “co” tile in the center. Below the puzzle, the Scoreboard shows: Current Streak: 573 days Longest Streak: 573 days Total Expert: 600 puzzles Expert Rate: 100% The background is black, and the interface indicates the player is on Expert level.
Happy 600th #Quartiles completion to me!
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Thank goodness I play #Quartiles daily, so I can learn useful new terms like “hornswoggle”.
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Screenshot of the Apple News+ Emoji Game for Tuesday, July 29, 2025. The puzzle section shows various emoji combinations on a yellow background, with a large white checkmark indicating completion. Text states "Solved in 6 moves." Below is the scoreboard with the following stats: Current Streak - 46 days, Longest Streak - 46 days, Solve Rate - 100%, Total Solved - 57 puzzles, Best Score - 6, and Average Score - 6.6. The interface has a dark background with navigation options for Today, News, Sports, and Puzzles at the top. The battery icon shows 79% charge.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Quartiles puzzle for Tuesday, July 29, 2025. The puzzle grid contains 20 blue tiles with letter groups: "eli," "liv," "vin," "re," "pla," "hoo," "iiliz," "al," "ed," "ob," "sk," "fi," "exo," "ds," "imm," "ele," "ci," "pro," "ces," and "ton." A large checkmark indicates the puzzle is solved. Below, the scoreboard shows: Current Streak – 415 days, Longest Streak – 415 days, Total Expert – 442 puzzles, and Expert Rate – 100%. The top navigation bar features "Today," "News+," "Sports," and "Puzzles," with a notification badge showing 7 new items under "News+."
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Crossword Mini app showing recently completed puzzles. The latest puzzles are for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 (solved in 54 seconds), Monday, July 28, 2025 (solved in 1 minute 31 seconds), and Sunday, July 27, 2025 (solved in 1 minute 17 seconds), all created by David Steinberg. Each puzzle has an orange grid with a checkmark indicating completion. Below, the scoreboard displays the user’s time of 54 seconds, ranking #1 out of 2 friends, ahead of "ProfessERR" by 1 minute 16 seconds. Stats include a current and longest streak of 46 days, 104 total puzzles solved, and a 95% solve rate.
Glad to see my Emoji score average creeping down. I do think they are making the game a little bit easier as more people start to play it.
#MorningPuzzles
#Apple
#News
#Quartiles
#CrosswordMini
#EmojiGame
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Screenshot of the Apple News+ Emoji Game interface for Friday, July 25, 2025. The puzzle section shows various emojis grouped together, with a large checkmark indicating the puzzle was solved in 6 moves. Below is the scoreboard displaying stats: Current Streak of 42 days, Longest Streak of 42 days, Total Solved 53 puzzles, Solve Rate 100%, Best Score 6, and Average Score 6.7. The top navigation bar includes tabs for Today, News+, Sports, and Puzzles, with the Puzzles tab highlighted. The battery icon shows 100% charge.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Quartiles puzzle interface dated Friday, July 25, 2025. The puzzle grid displays 20 blue tiles with letter combinations, such as "erk," "ca," "sau," "red," "ter," "ita," "apo," "by," "sit," "utr," "ry," "the," "lth," "st," "ble," "ie," "wea," "disc," "ra," and "ba." A large white checkmark inside a blue circle overlays the grid, indicating a completed selection. Below the puzzle, the scoreboard shows a current streak of 411 days, the longest streak also at 411 days, a total of 438 expert puzzles solved, and an expert rate of 100%. The interface has a dark background with navigation tabs for Today, News+, Sports, and Puzzles at the top. The battery icon in the top right corner indicates 100% charge, and the time displayed is 3:59 AM.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Crossword Mini app showing recent puzzle completions and a scoreboard. The latest puzzles are displayed at the top: 1. **Friday, July 25, 2025** - Solved in 1 minute 25 seconds 2. **Thursday, July 24, 2025** - Solved in 3 minutes 21 seconds 3. **Wednesday, July 23, 2025** - Solved in 1 minute 56 seconds 4. **Tuesday, July 22, 2025** - Solved in 1 minute 3 seconds (partially visible) Each puzzle is marked with a large checkmark, indicating completion. Below the puzzles, the **Scoreboard** section shows: - **Current Streak:** 42 days - **Longest Streak:** 42 days - **Total Solved:** 100 puzzles - **Solve Rate:** 95% - **Fastest Time:** 24 seconds - **Average Time:** 1 minute 51 seconds The app interface has dark mode enabled, with bold white text on a black background. The "Puzzles" tab at the top is highlighted in red.
#MorningPuzzles
#Apple
#News
#Quartiles
#CrosswordMini
#EmojiGame
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Screenshot of the Apple News+ Quartiles puzzle for Thursday, July 24, 2025. The puzzle grid contains 20 blue tiles with letter groups: "nt," "eb," "siv," "ed," "all," "na," "ey," "per," "omi," "len," "ava" (with a checkmark), "den," "ess," "lin," "ely," "sai," "se," "tor," "wi," "gth." The scoreboard shows the user with 107 points, ranked #1 out of 2 friends, ahead of "Cyborgsusan" by 94 points. Stats display a 410-day current and longest streak, 437 total expert puzzles, and a 100% expert rate.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Crossword Mini app showing the "Latest Puzzles" section. Four completed crossword puzzles are displayed, each with an orange grid and a white checkmark indicating completion. The puzzles are dated Thursday, July 24, 2025 (solved in 3m 21s), Wednesday, July 23, 2025 (solved in 1m 56s), Tuesday, July 22, 2025 (solved in 10m 20s), and Monday, July 21, 2025 (solved in 1m 14s). The author of each puzzle is Amie Walker. The app interface has a dark background with navigation tabs for "Today," "News+," "Sports," and "Puzzles" at the top. The device shows it is 3:54 AM with 100% battery.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Emoji Game puzzle for Thursday, July 24, 2025. The puzzle is shown as solved in 6 moves with a large checkmark in the center. Below is the scoreboard displaying: Current Streak - 41 days, Longest Streak - 41 days, Solve Rate - 100%, Total Solved - 52 puzzles, Best Score - 6, and Average Score - 6.7. The interface has a dark background with yellow and white text, and navigation tabs for Today, News+, Sports, and Puzzles at the top.
#MorningPuzzles
#Apple
#News
#Quartiles
#CrosswordMini
#EmojiGame
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The speed and effectiveness of doing these kinds of puzzles depends entirely on my headspace, which in turn depends on time of day and avaibility of coffee in abundance.
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Screenshot of an Apple News+ Quartiles puzzle dated Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Expert mode. The puzzle grid contains 20 blue tiles with letter groups: "ropr," "hor," "li," "ze," "sh," "dup," "ted," "chi," "ca," "ni," "ym," "ext," "act," "oe," "ned," "ali," "es," "pho," "or," and "ern." A large blue checkmark indicates puzzle completion. Below, the scoreboard shows a current and longest streak of 408 days, total expert puzzles solved as 435, and a 100% expert rate. The archive section displays past puzzles.
Screenshot of a puzzle completion screen with the heading "Brilliant Work! You solved the puzzle." Below, it shows the date "Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025" and the name "Amie Walker." The puzzle was solved in "10m 20s," and the current streak is "39 days." There’s a "Leaderboard" button, an orange "Done" button, and two brown buttons labeled "More" and a share icon. The time at the top left corner is 4:04 AM, and the battery is at 100%.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ Emoji Game for Tuesday, July 22, 2025. The puzzle is marked as solved with a checkmark, completed in 6 moves. The scoreboard below shows: Current Streak - 39 days, Longest Streak - 39 days, Solve Rate - 100%, Total Solved - 50 puzzles, Best Score - 6, and Average Score - 6.7. The interface has a dark background with yellow and white highlights.
My morning coffee routine puzzles were rather easy this morning. If I were a superstitious man, I would say that it's a good omen that something is going to go wrong today.
#Apple
#News
#Quartiles
#CrosswordMini
#EmojiGame
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Enjoy #quartiles on Apple News but infuriatingly inconsistent in its rules. “Rota” (chiefly British but my experience is that it is used in the States) not a word. “Loch” (Scots, full on and not “chiefly”) is accepted. Both are Scrabble-legal. Sigh.
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Screenshot of the Apple News+ Emoji Game from June 21, 2025. The puzzle is marked as solved in 6 moves with a large checkmark. The sidebar menu shows sections like Today, News+, Sports, Puzzles (highlighted), and Food. The scoreboard below displays: Current Streak - 8 days, Longest Streak - 8 days, Total Solved - 19 puzzles, Solve Rate - 100%, Best Score - 6 moves, and Average Score - 7.5 moves. The battery is at 92%, with the time shown as 5:36 AM.
Screenshot of the Apple News+ "Quartiles" puzzle from June 21, 2025, on an iPad. The puzzle grid features blue tiles with letter combinations like "ks," "tom," "au," "piz," "ato," "opp," and more. A large checkmark appears over the "ato" and "opp" tiles, indicating a correct selection. On the left sidebar, options include "Search," "Today," "News+," "Sports," "Puzzles" (highlighted), and "Food." Below is the "Library" with sections like "Saved Recipes," "Shared with You," and "Saved Stories." The scoreboard below the puzzle shows: - User's score: 107 points, ranked #1 out of 2 friends. - Friend "Cyborgsusan" is tied with the same score. - Current streak: 377 days. - Longest streak: 377 days. - Badges for "Total Expert" and "Expert Rate" achievements. Battery icon at the top right shows 92% charge. The time at the top left reads 5:37 AM.
#Apple is doing a pretty insidious job of making themselves a permament part of my morning rituals.
#Quartiles #EmojiGame #News+
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A group of four people, two men and one woman in the foreground and another man slightly behind, walk down a stark, white hallway with serious expressions. They are dressed in business attire with ID badges hanging from blue lanyards around their necks. The setting has a sterile, corporate atmosphere, and the scene gives a sense of mystery and formality. The image appears to be a still from the television series Severance, which features a dystopian workplace narrative.
Really, today’s #Quartiles? Did you think we wouldn’t notice?
#Apple #puzzles #crosspromotional #patterns
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A screenshot of a game completion screen from Apple News+ Quartiles. A gold badge at the top displays ‘130 Perfect.’ Below it, the text reads ‘Incredible! You found all the words.’ The date shown is ‘Monday, Feb 3, 2025.’ The stats indicate ‘Words Found: 27’ and ‘Current Streak: 239 days.’ Below these stats, there is a ‘Leaderboard’ button. Two buttons at the bottom are labeled ‘Done’ in bright blue and ‘More’ in dark blue. The background of the screen is dark, with parts of a Mac desktop visible, including icons in the menu bar and an open file navigation sidebar.
Well now, haven’t had one of these in awhile. #Quartiles #Apple
#WhatsYourScore
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Damnit, #Apple #Quartiles, “stele” is too a word.
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📣 We have a fully-funded #PhDopportunity, part of the #QUARTILES doctoral landscape award, focussing on spatial variation in natural tree regeneration in grazed UK uplands.
Combine fieldwork, GIS & modelling to tackle #biodiversity challenges 🍃
Apply now: bit.ly/4hrwXAq
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I managed to find a four tile word in Quartiles that is not one of the words we need to find and I think that means I win the game for all time? #Quartiles
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The fun part about playing #quartiles is that there are words that aren’t words but really should be…
Todays:
Collegick- That university that reeks of “ick”
Snity- She is just so…snity. (just can’t figure out why she bothers you.)
Scripper-person who writes “scripts” for adult films 🎥
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