NYT's Connections

[JupiterHawk]

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[Tenacious E]

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I've only been playing less than a week but there was one day where every connection I thought I saw was wrong, in the opinion of the NYT.

 

[Lindemann]

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I only have trouble finding the first 3 groups.

 

[Tenacious E]

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Puzzle #82
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[Hawkfan_08]

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Puzzle #82
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Puzzle #82
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This round can piss straight off.

 

[gohawks50]

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Puzzle #82
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[Tenacious E]

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Puzzle #82
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Wow, that’s a solid game.

 

[gohawks50]

Wow, that’s a solid game.

I got lucky and noticed the double letter words.

 

[thewop]

Spoiler alert!!!!!!! Stop reading if you haven't played.





Ok today was BS.

Coffee, pound, bishop, flute. I thought sure these were cakes/cake pans.

Then they had the gall to say a saxophone, which was most recently added to the woodwind family, was part of the woodwind family over undisputed woodwind bassoon??

Then a category of "has double letters??" It says in the rules they won't put obvious stuff like that as categories.

There. Rant over.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

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Puzzle #82
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First time participating in this thread, but have been playing Connections for about a month or so. Anybody notice that the last few days have been a little easier? Maybe I'm just wising up to the ways of the game.

 

[JupiterHawk]

This "puzzle master" is too "Harvard" if you know what I mean.

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[Tenacious E]

Spoiler alert!!!!!!! Stop reading if you haven't played.





Ok today was BS.

Coffee, pound, bishop, flute. I thought sure these were cakes/cake pans.

Then they had the gall to say a saxophone, which was most recently added to the woodwind family and the woodwind family over bassoon??

Then a category of "has double letters??" It says in the rules they won't put obvious stuff like that as categories.

There. Rant over.

Spoiler




I have heard of coffee, pound, and fricassee cakes, and thought bishop sounded like a cake. Wrong. tried another word for cake. wrong. I think I shifted direction and guessed bassoon as a woodwind but was "wrong". At that point I kind of gave up.

 

[NDallasRuss]

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[JupiterHawk]

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Puzzle #82
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[Tenacious E]

The author of this one pissed me off regarding a certain sport, but I made this harder than it should have been.

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Puzzle #83
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[JupiterHawk]

Connections
Puzzle #83
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[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #83
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[Lindemann]

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Puzzle #83
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[WDSMHAWK]

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Puzzle #83
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[Hawkfan_08]

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The third mistake was a total accident. I clicked the wrong one and my brain was already told to submit.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

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Puzzle #83
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[General Tso]

Luckily I nailed the first three because I had no idea on the last grouping.
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[NDallasRuss]

Today's worked out pretty well for me. Getting the first one put me on the right track.

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Puzzle #83
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[pablow]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express edition this AM -

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Puzzle #83
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[Hawkfan_08]

I am guessing lots of perfects for this one.

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Puzzle #84
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[pablow]

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Puzzle #84
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[SL Hawk Fan]

That was a weird one. Not necessarily hard; but weird.
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Puzzle #84
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[NDallasRuss]

Just barely...

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Puzzle #84
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[JupiterHawk]

I am guessing lots of perfects for this one.

Connections
Puzzle #84
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Connections
Puzzle #84
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[Hawkfan_08]

Connections
Puzzle #84
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[gohawks50]

Me too.

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[JupiterHawk]

If you think about t, it’s a perfect score.

 

[Lindemann]

I didn't stay at a Holiday Express last night. Yikes, this is ugly!

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Puzzle #84
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[Hawkfan_08]

If you think about t, it’s a perfect score.

You're not wrong!

 

[Tenacious E]

Connections
Puzzle #84
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[JupiterHawk]

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Puzzle #84
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[General Tso]

They mailed it in today

 

[Tenacious E]

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Puzzle #85
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[SL Hawk Fan]

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Puzzle #85
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[Lindemann]

Easy peasy.

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Puzzle #85
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