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Keep on Connecting..

1000 replies

ThePoshUns · 17/02/2026 15:45

New thread

OP posts:
Merluzzo · 22/02/2026 12:37

Connections
Puzzle #987
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PBD

HelloMist · 22/02/2026 12:50

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Puzzle #987
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thinky · 22/02/2026 14:29

Bad luck @WinterFrogs!
PBD today.
"Average difficulty", 3/5 apparently. Hah

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Puzzle #987
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ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 22/02/2026 17:15

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Puzzle #987
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I could see the blue connection but as I used google to help me find the 4th one, I found purple!

Desdemonadryeyes · 22/02/2026 17:47

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Puzzle #987
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CobraChicken · 22/02/2026 20:11

Connections
Puzzle #987
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🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

No Googling or hints here at all. I'd rather lose my streak. I knew what the blue connection was meant to be but I only recognised two of them. Somehow managed to get purple by guesswork without having any idea what the connection was and so blue worked itself out 😃

LifeOfBriony · 22/02/2026 22:50

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Puzzle #987
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Got yellow and green, knew two of the blues but guessed and guessed and guessed wrong again.

SnowFrogJelly · 22/02/2026 23:11

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Puzzle #987
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BBD and didn’t know all purple

MardiBras · 23/02/2026 00:19

Connections
Puzzle #988
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HelloMist · 23/02/2026 00:43

Connections
Puzzle #988
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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thinky · 23/02/2026 01:11

Connections
Puzzle #988
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Merluzzo · 23/02/2026 05:50

Connections
Puzzle #988
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No default today.

WhatICallMyUsername · 23/02/2026 06:40

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Puzzle #988
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WingBingo · 23/02/2026 06:50

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Puzzle #988
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WonderfulSmith · 23/02/2026 07:10

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Puzzle #988
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I see that according to the bot 41% of people got purple first today.

CurlewKate · 23/02/2026 07:38

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Puzzle #988
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🟨🟨🟨🟨 Apparantly a reverse rainbow. Didn’t know that was a thing!

CurlewKate · 23/02/2026 07:40

One of the greens was particularly annoying……

Willow12345 · 23/02/2026 07:48

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Puzzle #988
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Another purple first 😊

Original poster
ThePoshUns · 23/02/2026 08:03

No defaults
Saw purple early on but wanted to be sure it wasn’t a red herring .
Connections
Puzzle #988
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OP posts:
Chemenger · 23/02/2026 08:54

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Puzzle #988
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one of the greens is a bit unimaginative.

CountingCrones · 23/02/2026 09:02

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Puzzle #988
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Straightforward today

goldtrap · 23/02/2026 09:15

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Thought yellow was trickiest today

sanityisamyth · 23/02/2026 09:56

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Puzzle #988
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🟪🟪🟪🟪

Desdemonadryeyes · 23/02/2026 11:51

Connections
Puzzle #988
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨

OrsolaRosso · 23/02/2026 12:23

Connections
Puzzle #988
🟪🟩🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨

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