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 ==== 2026-07 July ====
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+^ Date: 2026-0707 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  NAIL  |  RIVET  |  SCREW  |  STAPLE  | FASTENERS  |
+|  Green  |  BASIC  |  MID  |  PLAIN  |  VANILLA  | NONDESCRIPT  |
+|  Blue  |  GEM  |  NUGGET  |  GEM  |  WORD  | UNITS OF WISDOM  |
+|  Purple  |  BLACK  |  CHALK  |  CORK  |  WHITE  | (blank)BOARDS IN A CLASSROOM  |
+| Notes:  Kept trying to make "chalkboard features" as our school chalkboards had cork along the top. "NONDESCRIPT" is absolutely invalid to describe those.  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0728 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  CAPTAIN  |  DIRECT  |  HEAD  |  LEAD  | COMMAND  |
+|  Green  |  EMPIRE  |  FUJI  |  GALA  |  HONEYCRISP  | HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES  |
+|  Blue  |  CAMPER  |  CLARKS  |  CONVERSE  |  CROCS  | SHOE BRANDS STARTING WITH C  |
+|  Purple  |  ANNAPOLIS  |  BOBSLED  |  EVEREST  |  OTTOMAN  | STARTING WITH PALINDROMIC NAMES  |
+| Notes: Got purple first then yellow, but no others. Only knew Converse and Crocs to be shoes, and I can't eat apples ._.  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0727 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  BEAM  |  HORSE  |  RINGS  |  VAULT  | GYMNASTICS APPARATUS  |
+|  Green  |  CARROT  |  ICICLE  |  KNITTING NEEDLE  |  STALACTITE  | LONG TAPERED THINGS  |
+|  Blue  |  DOPPLER  |  GRAVEYARD  |  PARADIGM  |  STICK  | KINDS OF SHIFTS  |
+|  Purple  |  BELL  |  CART  |  HEART  |  MAGNIFYING GLASS  | ICONS ON A SHOPPING SITE  |
+| Notes: BELL does not belong on purple. Sneaky default top-row placement of cart-horse-carrot-stick  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0726 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  CRAWLING  |  ROLLING OVER  |  FIRST WORDS  |  SOLID FOOD  | BABY MILESTONES  |
+|  Green  |  BLACKBERRY  |  DISCMAN  |  DVD PLAYER  |  PLASMA TV  | OUTMODED CONSUMER TECH  |
+|  Blue  |  APRIL SHOWERS  |  LIQUID SUNSHINE  |  SCOTCH MIST  |  WET WEATHER  | EXPRESSIONS FOR RAIN  |
+|  Purple  |  CARAPACE  |  GAS STATION  |  PASTRY CRUST  |  ROWING BOAT  | WHAT "SHELL" MIGHT REFER TO  |
+| Notes: No clue what a CARAPACE is, and I didn't know PLASMA TVs were outmoded..  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0724 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  BABBLE  |  DRONE  |  RAMBLE  |  YAK  | TALK AT LENGTH  |
+|  Green  |  HOME RUN  |  SINGLE  |  STRIKEOUT  |  WALK  | OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER  |
+|  Blue  |  JOG  |  PROMPT  |  REFRESH  |  SPARK  | BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY  |
+|  Purple  |  CANTER  |  FRYER  |  LLAMA  |  NONE  | HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES  |
+| Notes: STRIKEOUT seems like it needs to be 2 words. I got these in G-Y-B-P with no errors  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0723 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  BASEBALL  |  GLOBE  |  MARBLE  |  ORANGE  | SPHERICAL THINGS  |
+|  Green  |  EXCITED  |  FEBRILE  |  FRENETIC  |  INTENSE  | IN AN ANXIOUS STATE  |
+|  Blue  |  APRON  |  HANGAR  |  RUNWAY  |  TERMINAL  | PARTS OF AN AIRPORT  |
+|  Purple  |  APPOINT  |  DEPLANE  |  FELINE  |  JANGLE  | ENDING IN GEOMETRY TERMS  |
+| Notes:  I knew JANGLE would be partial-word related. Mistakenly tried grouping DEPLANE with the airport terms  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0722 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  HIVES  |  ITCHING  |  RASH  |  REDNESS  | SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION  |
+|  Green  |  HOLE  |  PAR  |  SCORE  |  STROKES  | ON A GOLF SCORECARD  |
+|  Blue  |  PINS  |  SNAPS  |  TWEETS  |  VINES  | PLATFORM-SPECIFIC POSTS  |
+|  Purple  |  HOOVES  |  MANE  |  TAIL  |  WHITE STRIPES  | FEATURES OF A ZEBRA  |
+| Notes: My first impression on "white stripes" was zebra, but then remembered it was a band, but could only find 3 bands ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0721 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  CROP  |  HALTER  |  TANK  |  TUBE  | KINDS OF TOPS  |
+|  Green  |  APP  |  DRIVER  |  EXTENSION  |  PLUGIN  | SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS  |
+|  Blue  |  BOOK  |  LYRICS  |  MUSIC  |  ORCHESTRATION  | ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL  |
+|  Purple  |  GRAM  |  KINESIS  |  PROMPTER  |  VISION  | TELE(blank)  |
+| Notes: Got purple first. Yellow could have been purple by just changing the category to TUBE(blank)  ||||||
+^ Date: 2026-0720 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
+|  Yellow  |  BLARE  |  HERALD  |  SOUND  |  TRUMPET  | ANNOUNCE  |
+|  Green  |  BUTTON  |  ICON  |  LINK  |  MENU  | THINGS TO CLICK  |
+|  Blue  |  BUBBLE TEA  |  OYSTER  |  SWINE  |  WISDOM  | ASSOCIATED WITH PEARLS  |
+|  Purple  |  ALEXA  |  MEADOW  |  PORTOBELLO  |  SAKES  | STARTING WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES  |
+| Notes: Did not complete (got Y/G only); I knew PORTOBELLO had to be something partial-word related, but couldn't guess the link ||||||
 ^ Date: 2026-0717 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
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 |  Blue  |  CARDINAL DIRECTIONS  |  CLASSICAL ELEMENTS  |  SEASONS  |  SUITS  | FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR  |
 |  Purple  |  PLOT SPOILER  |  ROBIN HOOD  |  SATIRES  |  TREE TRUNK  | ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR  |
-| Notes: Super hard eyeroll on purple reveal. Fake category of bird-starters  |
+| Notes: Super hard eyeroll on purple reveal. Fake category of bird-starters  ||||||
 ^ Date: 2026-0716 ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^  Words  ^ Category Name ^
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 |  Blue  |  x  |  x  |  x  |  x  | x  |
 |  Purple  |  x  |  x  |  x  |  x  | x  |
+| Notes:   ||||||

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