NYT's Connections

[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #85
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Connections
Puzzle #85
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Ugh. Better at this than Wordle for sure.

 

[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #85
🟪🟪🟪🟨
🟪🟪🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

Connections
Puzzle #85
🟪🟪🟪🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

 

[NDallasRuss]

Not bad

Connections
Puzzle #85
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[Tenacious E]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[JupiterHawk]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

This is a weird game. I kept crashing and burning so I took a break for a few days. I come back and see the first three sets automatically - maybe my brain just needed a break. That fourth set though - I would never guess that in a thousand years.

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[WDSMHAWK]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[gohawks50]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[Hawkfan_08]

I thought they were trying to be cute.

Connections
Puzzle #86
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🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
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🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[FAUlty Gator]

I think the key to this is to bail out totally once you get one wrong and try a different category. Because there’s always that one they get you with.

Connections
Puzzle #86
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🟦🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[General Tso]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

My first perfect score

 

[NDallasRuss]

I had no idea what that 4th category was, so they were just the 4 leftovers.

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
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🟪🟪🟪🟪

I had no idea what that 4th category was, so they were just the 4 leftovers.

Connections
Puzzle #86
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I think the last category is songs

 

[pablow]

I think the key to this is to bail out totally once you get one wrong and try a different category. Because there’s always that one they get you with.

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

The key is to get lucky with your first row.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪


I think the last category is songs

At the time I didn't make that connection at all. There still are a couple that I'm not familiar with the song. Apparently one of them is a Lil Nas X song, which I wouldn't know.

 

[Lindemann]

Last group by default.

Wouldn't have gotten it otherwise.

Connections
Puzzle #86
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

 

[Tenacious E]

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

I misplaced dragon and retreated to another category…

Connections
Puzzle #87
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🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

A small consolation after whiffing on Wordle.

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

 

[NDallasRuss]

I'm enjoying Connections - especially when I don't rush the first guess and actually give it some thought.

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

 

[Lindemann]

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

I'm enjoying Connections - especially when I don't rush the first guess and actually give it some thought.

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Agree. After playing consistently for the past month or so, I feel like I'm developing a sense for how the puzzle makers are structuring the boards. e.g. Three relatively similar words with one that could have multiple “uses” or otherwise unrelated words that share a common adjacent word.

In any event, it's good for keeping the mind sharp and doesn't require the same time commitment as sudoku (usually 😉).

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[pablow]

Connections
Puzzle #87
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[pablow]

I felt the heat this morning after seeing all the perfect scores.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

I call bullshit. A dragon is also a folk lore creature!
Connections
Puzzle #87
🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

I call bullshit. A dragon is also a folk lore creature!
Connections
Puzzle #87
🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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This is how they get you. Always that one extra that seems as if it should fit, but that is the only other choice to finish a totally different set.

Insidious NY Times bastards.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Literally took 30 seconds.
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Puzzle #88
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[JupiterHawk]

Literally took 30 seconds.
Connections
Puzzle #88
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Probably will be known as the easiest one ever

Connections
Puzzle #88
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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[FAUlty Gator]

Probably will be known as the easiest one ever

Connections
Puzzle #88
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I also bet Green will be the most common first one.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

Yeah that was kinda silly.
Connections
Puzzle #88
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🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

I also bet Green will be the most common first one.

Green was the first combo I saw, it was lined up diagonally on my board. But then I went through and put all four groups together in my head before starting to actually play. And then I started with a different set.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

Connections
Puzzle #88
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

If this follows the Wordle pattern then tomorrow is going to be a ball buster.

 

[Tenacious E]

Connections
Puzzle #88
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

 

[WDSMHAWK]

I really over thought my first attempt. Didn't think it would be as obvious as it was.

Connections
Puzzle #88
🟦🟩🟪🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

 

[pablow]

I thought it was a trick. Nope.

Connections
Puzzle #88
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦