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NYT Connections

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Stokey · 13/11/2023 11:57

Hi, on the Wordle thread a few folk said they do Connections so thought I'd start a thread.

And I did manage to get a perfect score today so it was a good day to start....

Connections
Puzzle #155
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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JaneJeffer · 19/02/2024 22:11

ThePoshUns · 19/02/2024 16:40

Welcome @Hepzibar
We are a small and often frustrated little tribe

Sums it up perfectly Grin

JaneJeffer · 20/02/2024 00:09

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

MadisonAvenue · 20/02/2024 00:14

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

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MardiBras · 20/02/2024 00:20

Connections
Puzzle #254
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🟪🟨🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟪🟨
Tonight I am frustrated with this puzzle

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 20/02/2024 05:56

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟪🟪🟨
🟪🟨🟪🟨
🟨🟨🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟪🟨

Fail again!

PurplePositivity · 20/02/2024 06:09

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟦🟨🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟪🟨🟪
🟨🟪🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Gingernaut · 20/02/2024 06:10

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟨🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

AutumnNymph · 20/02/2024 06:57

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

ThePoshUns · 20/02/2024 07:58

Could not be bothered trying with today's nonsense

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟦🟨🟪
🟨🟦🟦🟪
🟪🟨🟦🟦
🟨🟦🟦🟦

Original poster
Stokey · 20/02/2024 09:27

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Hepzibar · 20/02/2024 11:25

Had to come back to this - just couldn't see the remaining 3

Connections
Puzzle #254
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🟪🟦🟦🟪
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟦🟨🟦🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

HelloMist · 20/02/2024 13:32

Connections
Puzzle #254
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟦🟦

MardiBras · 21/02/2024 00:18

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

JaneJeffer · 21/02/2024 00:21

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Don't understand the blues Confused

MadisonAvenue · 21/02/2024 00:46

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Blue didn’t make sense to me either

AutumnNymph · 21/02/2024 05:56

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟩🟪
🟪🟦🟩🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Hepzibar · 21/02/2024 07:27

Still not sure what the last group have got in common

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Zonder · 21/02/2024 07:30

Hepzibar · 21/02/2024 07:27

Still not sure what the last group have got in common

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

On my version it tells you once you've guessed it. Doest yours?

Hepzibar · 21/02/2024 07:34

@Zonder oh yes lol.

Heard of two of them - the other 2 🤷‍♀️

WhatICallMyUsername · 21/02/2024 07:37

By the skin of my teeth. I definitely start too early and don't concentrate, always better if I come back to it

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟪🟦🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Zonder · 21/02/2024 07:39

Hepzibar · 21/02/2024 07:34

@Zonder oh yes lol.

Heard of two of them - the other 2 🤷‍♀️

Sometimes a category is pretty American and then I often don't get it except by default - all that's left at the end.

Hepzibar · 21/02/2024 07:40

@Zonder
Definitely by default- no skill was involved 😂

ThePoshUns · 21/02/2024 07:57

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Haven't heard of one of the greens so a lucky guess.
Fortunately the blues were all I had left.

Passepartoute · 21/02/2024 09:06

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

I don't understand what on earth two of the words in the blue group have to do with the purported theme.

Willow12345 · 21/02/2024 09:32

Connections
Puzzle #255
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟪🟪🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Don't understand the blues either

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