NYT's Connections

[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #536
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[lonestar50]

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Puzzle #536
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[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #536
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[NDallasRuss]

I'm not familiar with one of the blue ones.

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Puzzle #536
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[fredjr82]

Connections
Puzzle #536
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[tarheelbybirth]

30% solve rate​

Exceptionally tricky

I did not find it so…

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Puzzle #537
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[VodkaSam]

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Puzzle #537
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[fredjr82]

Connections
Puzzle #537
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[hawkeyetraveler]

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Puzzle #537
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[ericram]

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Puzzle #537
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Screw you NYT traps!

 

[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #537
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[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #537
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[NDallasRuss]

Man, i had to start and stop this one the different times before I could figure anything out.

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Puzzle #537
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[SL Hawk Fan]

Connections
Puzzle #537
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[tarheelbybirth]

I couldn’t pull the trigger on one of those yellows.

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Puzzle #538
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​

58% SOLVE RATE​

NUMBER OF MISTAKES TODAY​

None 18%
One 16%
Two 13%
Three 11%
Four 42% DNF

 

[ericram]

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Puzzle #538
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Statistics
153
Completed
97
Win %
6
Current Streak
48
Max Streak
90
Perfect Puzzles
MISTAKE DISTRIBUTION
0 - 90
1 - 40
2 - 13
3 - 5
4 - 5

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

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Puzzle #538
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[fredjr82]

Connections
Puzzle #538
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[VodkaSam]

Connections
Puzzle #538
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[hawkeyetraveler]

The rare one where I thought the purple category was so easy it would be yellow. And I’m nowhere close to an aficionado.

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Puzzle #538
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[tarheelbybirth]

The rare one where I thought the purple category was so easy it would be yellow. And I’m nowhere close to an aficionado.

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Puzzle #538
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And fewer than 60% got all four rows. A lot of impatient and/or dumb people play this game.

 

[gohawks50]

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Puzzle #538
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[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #538
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[NDallasRuss]

Connections
Puzzle #538
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[tarheelbybirth]

Pretty easy today

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Puzzle #539
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[hawkeyetraveler]

Pretty easy today

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Puzzle #539
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I stumbled right in the most obvious trap, and the irony is I saw the purples first but thought they were the trap.

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Puzzle #539
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[ericram]

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Puzzle #539
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They got me with thinking the hard knowledge matches vs. Those can't be them as that would be too easy.

 

[lonestar50]

Purple appeared to me right away. Like 3 seconds.

Spoiler

I saw fallin' and my mind said free. Then I saw willy and knew that was it

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Puzzle #539
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[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #539
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[fredjr82]

Connections
Puzzle #539
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[SL Hawk Fan]

Connections
Puzzle #539
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[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #539
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

 

[VodkaSam]

Connections
Puzzle #539
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[NDallasRuss]

Connections
Puzzle #539
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[hawkeyetraveler]

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Puzzle #540
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[tarheelbybirth]

Brain fart right off the bat.

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Puzzle #540
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[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #540
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Spoiler

It didn't register to me that both alligator and crocodile were choices. I kept picking alligator for Izod when it should have been crocodile.

 

[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #540
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[NDallasRuss]

Connections
Puzzle #540
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Spoiler

I, too, thought the logo was an alligator, and not a crocodile. They're pretty much the same animal!

 

[fredjr82]

Got me today

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