Smugle or Strugle? – Dispatches From Smegle

[Flap Jack]

Howdy doodly do, folks! As we’ve now had 2 weeks of the Difficult Daily, I thought it might be prudent to move discussions of the day’s puzzle and our scores to a dedicated thread, so we’re not just bloating the comments of the “Reintroducing Smegle” post all the time. Let that be for more general feedback (or bug reports).

And of course, if you get any share-worthy frames in Casual Continuous, feel free to post those here too!

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To start us off,

01/05/2022

5/6

Somewhat tricky, but once I’d got the right series I felt confident I could narrow it down enough not to fail.

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Also, what do you think: should this thread be spoiler-free, or not? I’m leaning towards not – because I generally prefer to do the Difficult Daily myself before hearing about others’ scores anyway, and it would be cool to speak openly without having to wait until the next day – but only if there’s consensus on it.

Topic

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 16/01/2026 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 17/01/2026 

[Dave]

17/01/2026 

White Hole, DNA.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 17/01/2026 

Beyond a Joke, Justice

[clem]

17/01/2026 

BTL, Gunmen

[Unrumble]

18/01/2026 

[FutureEchoes]

18/01/2026 

I’m not smugle tonight…

[RunawayTrain]

18/01/2026 

1

Oh, managed to miss a day again without even realising.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 18/01/2026 

I got it but I’m still not sure what I’m looking at. Is that two frames overlapping?

[Dave]

18/01/2026 

Balance of Power, Pete Part Two, Demons and Angels.

[Unrumble]

I got it but I’m still not sure what I’m looking at. Is that two frames overlapping?

It’s when they go looking for Kryten (“the meteor shower was another illusion”) after he’s been cubed. Rimmer’s battery runs out in the following shot, and then they get lured by the vending machine. 

[clem]

18/01/2026 

Gunmen

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I got it but I’m still not sure what I’m looking at. Is that two frames overlapping?

It’s when they go looking for Kryten (“the meteor shower was another illusion”) after he’s been cubed. Rimmer’s battery runs out in the following shot, and then they get lured by the vending machine. 

I was convinced the left hand side of the frame was a fade form the previous shot and included Kryten’s head. Seeing it like this though and I’ve no idea what I was thinking. 

[RunawayTrain]

19/01/2026 

2

[FutureEchoes]

 19/01/2026 

 Waiting for God, Future Echoes, The End, Balance of Power 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/01/2026 

Better Than Life, Waiting for God

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/01/2026 

Fuck, I can’t see anything. Green? There’s grey everywhere with green in the middle frame? Fuck it, it might be Rimmer on Starbug in Marooned.

No? WAIT SHIT I KNOW THAT WALL

[Dave]

19/01/2026 

[Moonlight]

What do you want, a medal? Cunt.

[Unrumble]

 19/01/2026 

Backwards, Waiting for God 

[Dave]

What do you want, a medal? Cunt.

I will now hear this in my mind every time I get a Smegle in 1.

[Unrumble]

[JEMesis]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/01/2026 

Future Echoes

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/01/2026 

The End, Future Echoes

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/01/2026 

⬛🟨🟩

Camille, Me2

3

[Moonlight]

Dave has become my SMEGLE rival. Now, like all rivals (in Pokémon), I get to name him. What’s the most obscene thing I can fit into 7 characters?

[clem]

19/01/2026 

Thanks for the Memory

[Dave]

Dave has become my SMEGLE rival. Now, like all rivals (in Pokémon), I get to name him. What’s the most obscene thing I can fit into 7 characters?

SXYDTLS

[Unrumble]

20/01/2026 

[Meteo]

#RedDwarf #Smegle

🟩

Got Timeslides in 1 guess; – figuring it out in 0.075 seconds!!!

Try for yourself: https://smegle.ganymede.tv/casual/a6688cffd94dc71e66d07fd882995bc0

[FutureEchoes]

20/01/2026 

Cured, The Beginning 

[Meteo]

#RedDwarf #Smegle

🟩

Cured! Also got this one in one go!

Try for yourself: https://smegle.ganymede.tv/casual/ca630738cffc7f6363103ad27e03c1b4

[Meteo]

#RedDwarf #Smegle

🟩

3 for 3!!!

The Promised Land (a rather bland shot of two guest chars in dimly-lit reddish room.

Try for yourself: https://smegle.ganymede.tv/casual/183b41cdff143a7c27d68bb7c062e41e

[Flap Jack]

Well Meteo, I took your advice and tried all 3 Casual Continuouses myself – I also got them first try! 😲 Bet you’re impressed by my impeccable short term memory.

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/01/2026 

4

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/01/2026 

[RunawayTrain]

20/01/2026 

3

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/01/2026 

[Dave]

20/01/2026 

Fuck, I visualised the exact shot but my stupid mind thought it was from Can of Worms.

[Unrumble]

Fuck, I visualised the exact shot but my stupid mind thought it was from Can of Worms.

That’s where my mind went for a second when I first looked at it. The two Dave episodes featuring Cat in bed.

[Dave]

The Beginning, AKA The One Where Cat’s In Bed But Not With Two Women Half His Age.

TOWCIBBNWTWHHA

[clem]

20/01/2026 

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/01/2026 

[Moonlight]

Fuck, I visualised the exact shot but my stupid mind thought it was from Can of Worms.

Good, that means I’m winning this entirely one-sided rivalry.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

The Beginning, AKA The One Where Cat’s In Bed But Not With Two Women Half His Age.

TOWCIBBNWTWHHA

Not even in bed, just asleep in a corridor

TOWCIB(NEIBJAIAC)BNWTWHHA

[Moonlight]

But he did hang some curtains.

TOWCIB(NEIBJAIAC(BHDHSC))BNWTWHHA

[FutureEchoes]

21/01/2026 

Blew it!

Beyond a Joke, Rimmerworld, Emohawk, Psirens 

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/01/2026 

Thought the revealed square was tree bark, plus the blue blob in the middle made me think it was Rimmer in the woods in Rimmerworld. Blind guess on the correct answer.

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 21/01/2026 

⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨

DNA, D&A, Psirens, Emohawk, Gunmen

[Dave]

21/01/2026 

Rimmerworld, Gunmen.

[Author]

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