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NYT Connections - some more tenuous than others

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ThePoshUns · 26/02/2024 13:29

New thread to vent our frustration

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WingBingo · 05/03/2024 12:39

Strands #2
“She’ll have a ball”
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enjoyed that!

JaneJeffer · 05/03/2024 17:05

Strands #2
“She’ll have a ball”
🔵🔵💡🔵
🔵🔵🔵🟡
I didn't really know what I was doing and thought I had to use the hint Grin

JaneJeffer · 05/03/2024 17:06

Thanks @Stowickthevast I was pleased after my complete Wordle failure!

HelloMist · 05/03/2024 19:49

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JoanThursday · 05/03/2024 20:20

Hello, can I play?

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That was hard! Couldn't see it for ages.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 05/03/2024 23:39

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Puzzle #268
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ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 05/03/2024 23:59

Stowickthevast · 05/03/2024 08:05

My daughter shared yet another NYT game today

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

It's easier than Connections!

I've done OK on connections and wordle today - but I'm not getting this at all .

Gingernaut · 06/03/2024 00:03

Connections
Puzzle #269
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Gingernaut · 06/03/2024 00:09

Stowickthevast · 05/03/2024 08:05

My daughter shared yet another NYT game today

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

It's easier than Connections!

Addictive

Strands #3
“I gotta dip!”
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Original poster
ThePoshUns · 06/03/2024 00:13

Feck

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Puzzle #269
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MardiBras · 06/03/2024 00:19

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Puzzle #269
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bad luck @ThePoshUns

JaneJeffer · 06/03/2024 00:31

Connections
Puzzle #269
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AutumnNymph · 06/03/2024 00:48

Connections
Puzzle #269
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FiveShelties · 06/03/2024 01:15

Connections
Puzzle #269
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TriceratopsRocks · 06/03/2024 03:19

Connections
Puzzle #269
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Always find it funny when it's the purple one you get first. Sometimes, even knowing what the purple connection is at the end, I still don't understand it!

BarbaricPeach · 06/03/2024 06:33

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Also got the purple one first today! Would never have got the blue one

Hepzibar · 06/03/2024 06:35

Similar line one for a lot of us today.

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WingBingo · 06/03/2024 06:55

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Puzzle #269
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WingBingo · 06/03/2024 07:03

Strands #3
“I gotta dip!”
🟡🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

CrushingOnRubies · 06/03/2024 07:12

Strands #3
“I gotta dip!”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡💡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

Connections
Puzzle #269
🟨🟨🟨🟨
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Stowickthevast · 06/03/2024 07:50

Annoying yellows!

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Puzzle #269
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Stowickthevast · 06/03/2024 07:56

Strands #3
“I gotta dip!”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

random123456 · 06/03/2024 08:16

Bloody windsock ruined it for me!

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Puzzle #269
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Theydontknowaboutus · 06/03/2024 08:29

Connections
Puzzle #269
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Satisfying. That blue connection though , v obscure!

Xmasfairy86 · 06/03/2024 08:32

Strands #3
“I gotta dip!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Connections
Puzzle #269
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