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Connections in Spring

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LifeOfBriony · 09/04/2026 20:17

I couldn’t see a new thread and the other is nearly full.

Keep on connecting!

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WhatICallMyUsername · 18/04/2026 10:41

As you can see I hadn’t heard of one of purple 😂. I would have fallen for the red herring @CountingCrones if I had known the blue one!

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Merluzzo · 18/04/2026 11:15

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Purple first, it was very easy.

OrsolaRosso · 18/04/2026 13:19

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CountingCrones · 18/04/2026 13:30

@WhatICallMyUsername - we have a few of theirs, including Buffy.

I wonder if there's a difference between phone and laptop users today - my phone cut off letters of several of today's long words so I flailed about a bit.

WonderfulSmith · 18/04/2026 15:01

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hadn’t heard of one of the purples.

thinky · 18/04/2026 15:57

CountingCrones · 18/04/2026 13:30

@WhatICallMyUsername - we have a few of theirs, including Buffy.

I wonder if there's a difference between phone and laptop users today - my phone cut off letters of several of today's long words so I flailed about a bit.

Yes! I can't do connections on my laptop so it's always my phone. When I got the purple one correct after my first mistake, I was very surprised to see that the word I got wrong at first was much longer than I knew. Letters were missing from each end!

Shinyhappyapple · 18/04/2026 18:32

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No default today.

CobraChicken · 18/04/2026 18:33

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No default today 🙂

LifeOfBriony · 18/04/2026 21:47

Easy solve but PBD

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thinky · 19/04/2026 01:12

That was very, very hard.
I used all the tools available. Google, connections copilot, connections companion, hints. Got fed up with losing all the time! but really is no fun if you can't do it by yourself once in a while Blush

Going to actually risk losing the short streak tomorrow - currently 9.

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Chemenger · 19/04/2026 08:19

Very hard. I knew what the purple connection was but only knew three of them. Blue very much by default, no idea.
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WinterFrogs · 19/04/2026 08:46

I hear you @thinky
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Hints/tips/cheat/lucky guess combo

WingBingo · 19/04/2026 08:47

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purple bd.

CountingCrones · 19/04/2026 08:55

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That was pretty much a nightmare. I don't know anything about the blues at all, I was looking for a different connection.

CountingCrones · 19/04/2026 08:56

I'm going to have to skip a day this week because I've got a streak of 30-odd days.
You lot know I reject the tyranny of the streak!

Peridot1 · 19/04/2026 09:02

Very hard today! Even with hints I really struggled. Purple was guessing. No clue on blue.

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WinterFrogs · 19/04/2026 09:10

CountingCrones · 19/04/2026 08:56

I'm going to have to skip a day this week because I've got a streak of 30-odd days.
You lot know I reject the tyranny of the streak!

If you're anything like the rest of us unless you use all the cheats you'll lose your streak anyway! 😆

Willow12345 · 19/04/2026 09:11

No chance!

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CountingCrones · 19/04/2026 09:18

WinterFrogs · 19/04/2026 09:10

If you're anything like the rest of us unless you use all the cheats you'll lose your streak anyway! 😆

I didn't, I got it on the last guess! It was an absolute stinker, I didn't even know the category of blue was a thing!

WinterFrogs · 19/04/2026 09:20

CountingCrones · 19/04/2026 09:18

I didn't, I got it on the last guess! It was an absolute stinker, I didn't even know the category of blue was a thing!

Oh sorry, I didn't scroll up and see that you'd already done it!

HoldMyWine · 19/04/2026 09:48

Glad it wasn’t just me today!
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CobraChicken · 19/04/2026 09:50

I failed miserably too. I refuse to ever use any hints or Google, which is why I regularly get results like this...

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WonderfulSmith · 19/04/2026 12:19

I’ve got green so far and no more.

Merluzzo · 19/04/2026 12:44

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Hard today. Purple was a lucky guess and blue no clue at all.

WonderfulSmith · 19/04/2026 13:09

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hopeless.

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