NYT Connections - purples by default!

[ThePoshUns]

New thread

Thanks for the new thread @ThePoshUns

Never heard of one of the blues in that context.

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I'm being a bit daft but how do some people seem to get more chances to guess?

Wait I've worked it out now - they get more right than me 🤣

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blue… 🤔🤔🤔

For those that play

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5077632-nyt-strands-some-hints-required

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You get a set number of wrong guesses. Once you’ve used them up, it ends.

If you have no right answers, that means you’ve made fewer guesses than someone who got two groups before their wrong guesses.

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One of the greens & two of the blues can gtf lol. Knew what the blue was going to be but only got it by default. Have just learned that zag is a scrabble word, though, so I'll be using that in future!

I've just discovered that you can get hints-do people do this? Personally, I wouldn't-if I can't get it I can't get it! I have been tempted with Wordle though so as not to break a streak but I've managed to resist so far...

@CurlewKate had no idea, I don't even Google mid-game but I'm an arse about these things & don't see why others shouldn't if they want to. Where are the hints?

I think they do if not some people are incredibly lucky or have a technique that alludes most of us (well me anyway)

@Caerulea " I don't even Google mid-game but I'm an arse about these things & don't see why others shouldn't if they want to."

Me too to both being an arse and not caring. It just surprised me, that's all. I have been known to google Spelling Bee words when it's been going on too long and I get bored, though! If I can't get connections before I'm bored I just guess and see what happens......

I'm too lazy to get hints but I'm fine with other people doing it. It's only a puzzle after all.

@CurlewKate i just tried spelling bee & my first word was 'butty' which it said wasn't real so it can sod off forever

Edit - so I did try again (I'm petty) & it told me 'tarty' is not a word either. What lunacy is this?!

@Caerulea it wouldn't let me have "invigilate" recently. It would accept "anal" though which made me giggle in a juvenile manner.

I never get hints for Connections, but having spent a significant amount of time in the US really helps😀

I like following you and usually have a go. I don't use hints but I sometimes google a question if I have got stuck eg on baseball terms or where I have an idea of the link but can't made it work! I have my own rules about when I can ' cheat' .

@Chemenger my lifelong guilty Starsky&Hutch fandom has helped me several times!

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That was touch and go...

@CurlewKate

I've never looked for hints for this game, although I do sometimes have a quick look over on this thread if I'm struggling to see if others have also found it difficult or have posted something I may find helpful .

To add - I do often google words that seem a bit odd to see if they have another meaning in the US though .

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Very pleased to have got the purples today as I would never have got the blues - haven't heard of most of them in that context.

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