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NYT Connections - purples by default!

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ThePoshUns · 17/05/2024 04:02

New thread

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Stowickthevast · 18/05/2024 09:20

Thanks for the new thread @ThePoshUns

Never heard of one of the blues in that context.

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Chrysanthemum5 · 18/05/2024 09:24

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

Chrysanthemum5 · 18/05/2024 09:27

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

Xmasfairy86 · 18/05/2024 09:44

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blue… 🤔🤔🤔

LaChatte · 18/05/2024 09:54

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😎

CountingCrones · 18/05/2024 09:58

Chrysanthemum5 · 18/05/2024 09:24

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

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.

Caerulea · 18/05/2024 10:05

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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!

CurlewKate · 18/05/2024 11:02

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...

Caerulea · 18/05/2024 11:06

@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?

Hepzibar · 18/05/2024 11:25

CurlewKate · 18/05/2024 11:02

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...

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

CurlewKate · 18/05/2024 11:36

@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......

JaneJeffer · 18/05/2024 11:40

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

Caerulea · 18/05/2024 12:07

@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?!

CurlewKate · 18/05/2024 13:22

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

Chemenger · 18/05/2024 13:57

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

yikesanotherbooboo · 18/05/2024 14:01

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' .

CurlewKate · 18/05/2024 14:10

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

TriceratopsRocks · 18/05/2024 18:21

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That was touch and go...

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 18/05/2024 20:43

@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 .

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 18/05/2024 20:43

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

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 18/05/2024 20:47

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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.

JaneJeffer · 19/05/2024 00:15

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MardiBras · 19/05/2024 00:15

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CountingCrones · 19/05/2024 00:23

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