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Connections - new thread!

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ThePoshUns · 24/12/2025 17:24

Hopefully we will find each other? I didn’t notice the old thread filling up.
Happy Christmas to you all and thanks for your company through the year!

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HelloMist · 07/02/2026 19:16

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ArmySurplusHamster · 08/02/2026 00:06

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HelloMist · 08/02/2026 00:31

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thinky · 08/02/2026 00:50

Commiserations @Merluzzo for long streak loss yesterday Flowers

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sanityisamyth · 08/02/2026 07:41

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Peridot1 · 08/02/2026 07:41

Yes commiserations @Merluzzo. That was a great streak. Even with use of hints and Google at times my streaks are never very long. Am lucky if I get to double figures!

No hints or Google or picture used today! BBD. Had a loose connection but was wrong.

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WhatICallMyUsername · 08/02/2026 08:07

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goldtrap · 08/02/2026 09:10

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My blue was slightly different to theirs, but again I'll take it.

Willow12345 · 08/02/2026 09:16

I thought blue was something else.

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WingBingo · 08/02/2026 09:37

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Chemenger · 08/02/2026 10:12

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a long time figuring out purple, BBD

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ThePoshUns · 08/02/2026 11:06

Chemenger · 07/02/2026 17:43

The Connections Companion (the lightbulb symbol at the top of the puzzle) has a picture at the top which gives a hint to at least one of the connections. There are also hints in there that give you one of each category. There’s a link on there to the chat which I sometimes look at after I’ve solved it to enjoy the non-American anguish.

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Thank you , I had no idea!
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Merluzzo · 08/02/2026 14:12

Thanks @thinky @Peridot1. Much easier today.

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OrsolaRosso · 08/02/2026 14:33

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CountingCrones · 08/02/2026 17:44

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I nearly forgot today!

CobraChicken · 08/02/2026 18:11

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No default today and blue jumped out at me first 🙂

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 08/02/2026 18:26

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Didn’t quite guess the blue connection.

WinterFrogs · 08/02/2026 19:48

Nearly forgot!
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Pleased with this, straight off the bat today

HelloMist · 09/02/2026 01:21

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sanityisamyth · 09/02/2026 05:45

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ThePoshUns · 09/02/2026 06:24

No defaults so must be an easy one today
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WhatICallMyUsername · 09/02/2026 06:39

No default today

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WinterFrogs · 09/02/2026 06:43

I overcomplicated a simple one today 😳 Also pbd 🙈
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Peridot1 · 09/02/2026 07:20

PBD here too. Obvious once revealed though.

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CountingCrones · 09/02/2026 08:04

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