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How AI won our November newsletter competition, and the implications Part two of a four-part series of blogs
Our November newsletter competition asked you to create a system to construct word chains - this blog shows how our winner used Claude to create an impressive solution How AI won our November newsletter competition, and the implications Showcasing the solution to the problem (this blog) How to run the system How the system was created in Claude, and the lessons it holds for us

How AI won our November newsletter competition, and the implications

Part two of a four-part series of blogs

Our November newsletter competition asked you to create a system to construct word chains - this blog shows how our winner used Claude to create an impressive solution

How AI won our November newsletter competition, and the implications
Showcasing the solution to the problem (this blog)
How to run the system
How the system was created in Claude, and the lessons it holds for us

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 November 2025

Before looking at how the solution works, let's see what it looks like. The website page is pretty impressive:

Claude Code has even added a Wise Owl icon next to the website title!

You can use the drop-down to choose which words you want to try to connect:

I'm going to see if I can turn my PHONE into a BRICK.

I'll then start the ball rolling:

You can click on the button shown to see if a chain exists.

The website then plays an animation visually constructing the links in front of your eyes:

You can see the system trying out each of the next links in the chain one by one.

Eventually you'll see the chain constructed, if one has been found:

Just follow the purple brick road ...

At the bottom of the page is a summary of the solution:

A "prine" is English dialect for the bar-tailed godwit. What, you didn't know that?

It's all very impressive - but even more so when you know that Jon didn't write a single line of code.

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How AI won our November newsletter competition, and the implications Showcasing the solution to the problem (this blog) How to run the system How the system was created in Claude, and the lessons it holds for us