Connections (NYT game)

Home Forums Serious Business Connections (NYT game)
gut

Senior Member

23,583 posts
Oct 15, 2025 10:41 AM

Straight up evil today.  At least 2, if not 3, fake outs.  Solving today is definitely luck.


Connections
Puzzle #857
🟨🟦🟩🟪
🟦🟦🟨🟦
🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟩

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 15, 2025 12:40 PM

Connections

Puzzle #857

🟨🟦🟩🟪

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟪🟪🟪🟪

BRF

Senior Member

16,217 posts
Oct 15, 2025 1:08 PM

I was thinking “this first one is easy” and I took the bait


Connections

Puzzle #857

🟨🟦🟩🟪

🟨🟩🟨🟨

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟩🟩🟩🟩

justincredible

Honorable Admin

47,714 posts
Oct 15, 2025 1:09 PM

Nonsense.


Connections

Puzzle #857

🟨🟦🟩🟪

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟪🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟪🟪🟪

Ironman92

Administrator

69,559 posts
Oct 15, 2025 10:21 PM

Not close…wasted an easy one on blue but wouldn’t have mattered 


Connections

Puzzle #857

🟦🟦🟦🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟨🟨🟩

🟨🟨🟩🟪

🟩🟪🟨🟩

gut

Senior Member

23,583 posts
Oct 16, 2025 8:57 AM

Basically a repeat of yesterday.


Connections
Puzzle #858
🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟨

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 16, 2025 10:34 AM

Connections

Puzzle #858

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟪🟪🟪🟪

BRF

Senior Member

16,217 posts
Oct 16, 2025 3:28 PM

Easy once I got started 


Connections

Puzzle #858

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟦🟦🟦🟦

justincredible

Honorable Admin

47,714 posts
Oct 16, 2025 4:24 PM

Today is hard. Yellow was easy, now I'm stuck.

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 17, 2025 6:44 AM

Connections

Puzzle #859

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

gut

Senior Member

23,583 posts
Oct 17, 2025 9:46 AM

Must be easy.  OK, but I didn't think 97% success easy


Connections
Puzzle #859
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

BRF

Senior Member

16,217 posts
Oct 17, 2025 11:37 AM

Connections

Puzzle #859

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

gut

Senior Member

23,583 posts
Oct 18, 2025 8:28 AM

Woah 55% fail rate.  Thought it was easy


Connections
Puzzle #860
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 18, 2025 9:08 AM

I let my wife help…smh

Connections

Puzzle #860

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟦🟨

🟨🟨🟦🟨

🟨🟨🟨🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟨🟦🟦🟨

BRF

Senior Member

16,217 posts
Oct 18, 2025 3:40 PM

Almost got me.  I actually figured out purple. 


Connections

Puzzle #860

🟩🟩🟦🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟨🟦🟨

🟪🟨🟨🟨

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 19, 2025 11:52 AM

Connections

Puzzle #861

🟨🟨🟦🟨

🟨🟨🟦🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟪🟪🟪🟪

BRF

Senior Member

16,217 posts
Oct 19, 2025 12:49 PM

Connections

Puzzle #861

🟨🟦🟦🟦

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟪🟪🟪


I nominate purple for stupid

BRF

Senior Member

16,217 posts
Oct 20, 2025 11:39 AM

Damn hard.  Lucked into purple and still didn’t know blue. 


Connections

Puzzle #862

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟦🟪🟪

🟦🟪🟪🟪

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟦🟦🟦🟦

gut

Senior Member

23,583 posts
Oct 20, 2025 12:16 PM

Dumb.  I got yellow and then had no clue.  Purple was kind of dumb, but blue & green both are somewhat obscure 9th grade ed I've forgotten

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 20, 2025 12:43 PM

Failed badly on this one

Fred Garvin

Senior Member

409 posts
Oct 20, 2025 3:34 PM

Connections

Puzzle #862

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟨🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

I saw purple right away, but struggled after that.


justincredible

Honorable Admin

47,714 posts
Oct 20, 2025 3:35 PM

Yeah, purple was the easiest by far.


Connections

Puzzle #862

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

Ironman92

Administrator

69,559 posts
Oct 20, 2025 10:54 PM

Could’ve had 15 misses and not got it


Connections

Puzzle #862

🟦🟨🟪🟦

🟦🟪🟦🟦

🟦🟦🟪🟦

🟦🟪🟪🟦

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

14,488 posts
Oct 21, 2025 8:13 AM

Connections

Puzzle #863

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

jmog

Senior Member

11,185 posts
Oct 21, 2025 9:43 AM

Took about a month off from these 2 games and didn't do too bad...


Connections

Puzzle #863

🟦🟦🟦🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟩🟩🟩🟩