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

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I’m presuming (now) that it’s meant to be the words “smug” and “struggle” manipulated to play off of “smegle” (which, as it happens, I have also just realised I pronounce like Gollum’s alter-ego which is clearly wrong!).  

Like, are you smug (about getting it first time) or did you struggle? 

I think I just assumed it was a Harry Potter reference that I didn’t get and moved on without thinking about it any further. 

[Podey]

Did you also think it was Stroogull?

I did! That lack of a second G did me dirty.

[Dave]

[cwickham]

[Flap Jack]

I’m presuming (now) that it’s meant to be the words “smug” and “struggle” manipulated to play off of “smegle”

You’re correct.

[Ben Saunders]

“-dle” is used as a suffix for daily games such as Wordle and Scrandle. Smegle is smeg-le, rather than smeg-dle. That’s how I see it.

After typing that out, I realise that’s not what you’re all talking about, and I don’t get it either. What the hell does smugle mean?

[Dave]

What the hell does smugle mean?

It’s being smug that you got the Smegle.

[Podey]

Sorry, we’re 237 pages into this thread and only now is it coming up that basically none of us really understood its title?!

[Dave]

I understood it! I’m surprised everyone else was confused.

[Turk Thrust]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 07/09/2026 

Terrorform, Meltdown, Emohawk

[Unrumble]

08/09/2026 

Back to Reality, Camille, DNA

[clem]

08/09/2026 

Terrorform, Rimmerworld

[Dave]

08/09/2026 

Beyond a Joke, Camille. 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/09/2026 

Kryten

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[Ben Saunders]

Sorry, we’re 237 pages into this thread and only now is it coming up that basically none of us really understood its title?!

I’ve been saying “smoogle or stroogle” for 237 pages

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/09/2026 

Emohawk

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/09/2026 

Terrorform

[Turk Thrust]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/09/2026 

[Unrumble]

09/09/2026 

C&P, Tikka, Polymorph, Thanks for the Memory 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/09/2026 

Polymorph (astounded it wasn’t), DNA, Back to Reality

7

[clem]

09/09/2026 

Future Echoes, Polymorph

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/09/2026 

Polymorph, Inquisitor, BtR

[Dave]

09/09/2026 

[FutureEchoes]

09/09/2026 

🟨🟨🟩

Back to Reality, The Inquisitor 

On hols and forgot to play for a couple of days, so back to Day 1

[clem]

10/09/2026 

BOP, The End

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/09/2026 

[Dave]

10/09/2026 

[Podey]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/09/2026 

C&P

[Unrumble]

10/09/2026 

BTL

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/09/2026 

8

[Turk Thrust]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/09/2026 

Confidence and Paranoia

[FutureEchoes]

10/09/2026 

⬛🟨🟨🟩

Parallel Universe, Confidence & Paranoia, Future Echoes 

Current Streak – 2 days 

[Unrumble]

11/09/2026 

Officer Rimmer, Skipper

[clem]

11/09/2026 

TPL, G&T, Mechocracy

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 11/09/2026 

G&T, Mechocracy, Siliconia, Timewave

9

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 11/09/2026 

G&T, TPL, Samsara

[Dave]

 11/09/2026 

Give & Take, The Promised Land, Entangled, Siliconia.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 11/09/2026 

G&T

[Turk Thrust]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 11/09/2026 

Give & Take

[FutureEchoes]

11/09/2026 

🟩

4 days

[Unrumble]

12/09/2026 

Queen, Ouroboros, Epideme 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/09/2026 

Epideme

[Dave]

12/09/2026 

Kryten, Beyond A Joke, Epideme.

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/09/2026 

Balance of Power, Dimension Jump, Psirens

10

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/09/2026 

SLTSMAC

[Turk Thrust]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/09/2026 

Stoke Me a Clipper, Beyond a Joke

[FutureEchoes]

12/09/2026 

⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩

Quarantine, Psirens, Epideme, Duct Soup 

[clem]

12/09/2026 

DNA, Epideme

[FutureEchoes]

13/09/2026 

⬛⬛🟨🟩

The Inquisitor, OOT, Camille 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 13/09/2026 

Terrorform

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