Guess we need one for this too! Connections: Group words by topic. New puzzles daily. - The New York Times
I saw this on someone’s stream and tried it. I like it cause I find it harder, at least at first, thought i might be getting it now, as I just got my first perfect!
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Puzzle #317
I was surprised when I created the one for Strands that Connections didn’t have one. It’s probably the toughest puzzle they have online. Some days it’s all hail marys all the way down.
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Funny you got the purple first - it was my last, and while i recognized it at that point by the label, there’s no way i wouldve made the connection beforehand. That might be one fault in the game though, that the fourth category is an ‘automatic’ - maybe there should be 2-4 extra words that have no connection…
Man, there’s nothing like a James Burke documentary series! (I just hope they haven’t been too invalidated by archeological or scientific advances.)
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This was one of the more solve-able ones for me. I have done other Connections that left me baffled. :)
Sometimes they’re downright infuriating. Prone to what can only be described as deliberate trolling sometimes.
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This seemed straightforward, but it’s the first one I’ve played…
Likewise
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The first two were easy, the third i took a bit of a swing at, and the fourth probably would have eluded me entirely were it not the only choice
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Struggled a bit on the middle two, had 3 out of 4 on each and had to guess.
Not into country, and hadn’t heard of poodle skirts
Thank goodness for micro fashion trends mentioned in 50s and 60s pop songs.
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Puzzle #318
Yeah, that was harder.
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This is a better game than stupid Strands :)
Hey now… Strands is cool.
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Puzzle #319
I either get it pretty quickly or have no clue and lose. The in-between times exist but are rare!
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Funny, i had purple figured out languages but i couldn’t figure out the fourth match. So that caused me to look over what remained and i clued into the spreadsheet connection and take the win that way. However, i’m still a little perplexed: is love language a reference to the language of love?, cause if so, i feel that’s a bit of a reach. Meaning that while the phrase certainly exists, it’s never used in the manner portrayed, ie: love language
It is a phrase I’ve heard, but generally only in US contexts - looking it up, it originally came from a book in the 90s, ‘The 5 Love Languages’ which became a huge bestseller.
It’s a therapy thing (mostly for couples and such) that’s been pretty popular the last 5 years or so. Of course, it’s more of a self-help thing, and there’s no real science behind it - it’s kind of a fad, but really everywhere if you go to certain circles.