Connections (NYT game)

Fred Garvin

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302 posts
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 11:00 AM

Connections

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The past couple days I was apparently brain dead.

jmog

Senior Member

7,737 posts
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 11:15 AM

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brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 11:38 AM

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gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 11:44 AM

Screw this game.  5-6 words fitting one clue?


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BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 11:52 AM

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Do any of you hit the shuffle before even looking at the grid?  I always do because so many times they throw some words together in the first line to mess with you. 

Ironman92

Administrator

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Tue, Jun 24, 2025 1:33 PM
BRF wrote:

Connections

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Do any of you hit the shuffle before even looking at the grid?  I always do because so many times they throw some words together in the first line to mess with you. 

I do on occasion …about 2x for every 3 games played

Ironman92

Administrator

56,729 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 12:04 AM

Nailed yesterdays!


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iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

9,465 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 7:10 AM

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justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 8:54 AM

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gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 9:32 AM

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Fred Garvin

Senior Member

302 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 10:38 AM

Connections

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Slow start, but I got there.

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 11:10 AM
Fred Garvin wrote:

Connections

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Slow start, but I got there.

I assume we did the same thing to start. I can't remember ever having 4 very clear connections that weren't correct like that. Usually the 4th is a stretch.


Strawberry

Blueberry

Raspberry

Cranberry

gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 11:29 AM
justincredible wrote:

I assume we did the same thing to start. I can't remember ever having 4 very clear connections that weren't correct like that. Usually the 4th is a stretch.

OK, this must be why I suck at this game.  I had the same idea, but blanked on raspberry and thought "jackberry" might have been a colloquial slang.  And, no, I've never seen the game have a false group of 4 that clearly fit.  And the "_berry" convention is something used frequently.


There was also another word that could have fit blue.  So today's game contained 2 very easy mistakes.  It's too hard to work through 3 or 4 at once to avoid those mistakes.


Feels like this game must be designed but an AI now.  A few days ago they had one that was 4 words from popular Hemingway titles, while I think 3 were pretty common words.

brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 1:51 PM

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BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 1:54 PM

Today’s crash and burn:


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iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

9,465 posts
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 7:35 AM

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Puzzle #746

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gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 8:20 AM

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brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 8:35 AM

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Puzzle #746

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I immediately understood the hard category. 

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justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 9:21 AM

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Fred Garvin

Senior Member

302 posts
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 11:00 AM

Crash and burn today.


gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 11:50 AM

While apparently Lovelace was NOT made famous by a porn star, I think it's inclusion points squarely at this game being run by AI now.

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

9,465 posts
Fri, Jun 27, 2025 7:16 AM

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justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Fri, Jun 27, 2025 9:12 AM

Peasy.


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gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Fri, Jun 27, 2025 9:20 AM

Perfect two days in a row.  Definitely easier

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jmog

Senior Member

7,737 posts
Fri, Jun 27, 2025 9:22 AM

Of course I got it today, everyone else is getting it on first tries...


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