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brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Jan 6, 2026 9:04 AM

Connections

Puzzle #940

🟦🟪🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟩🟦

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟩

🟪🟪🟩🟩


Two failures in a row. 

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Jan 6, 2026 9:34 AM

Connections

Puzzle #940

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟩🟩🟩🟩

gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Jan 6, 2026 2:39 PM

wow 65% fail rate.  Geeez


Connections
Puzzle #940
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟩
🟪🟩🟪🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Jan 6, 2026 4:01 PM

Miserable fail


Connections

Puzzle #940

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟪🟩🟩

🟦🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟪🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟩🟦

Ironman92

Administrator

56,729 posts
Jan 6, 2026 10:55 PM

Could’ve had 15 misses and still failed


Connections

Puzzle #940

🟩🟦🟨🟦

🟨🟦🟨🟨

🟨🟦🟨🟨

🟨🟦🟪🟨

brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Jan 7, 2026 10:17 AM

Connections

Puzzle #941

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟦🟩🟩

🟪🟪🟪🟪

🟩🟩🟦🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Jan 7, 2026 10:27 AM

Connections

Puzzle #941

🟩🟨🟪🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟪🟪🟪🟪

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Jan 7, 2026 10:27 AM
justincredible wrote:

Connections

Puzzle #941

🟩🟨🟪🟦

They got me

gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Jan 7, 2026 10:51 AM

With a 12% fail rate this is one of the easiest puzzles I've seen


Connections
Puzzle #941
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Jan 7, 2026 11:03 AM
justincredible wrote:

They got me

We need a name for that. It’s happened to me a couple times. 


So far we have:


Golden Sombrero - out after first 4 guesses

Perfecto - solved with 4 guesses in color order



brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Jan 7, 2026 11:04 AM
BRF wrote:

We need a name for that. It’s happened to me a couple times. 


So far we have:


Golden Sombrero - out after first 4 guesses

Perfecto - solved with 4 guesses in color order



A sucker's guess

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Jan 7, 2026 11:05 AM

GIF

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

9,465 posts
Jan 7, 2026 12:35 PM

lol apparently I’m stupid bc I failed. I’ll blame it on sleep deprivation. 

BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Jan 7, 2026 1:35 PM

I did it, too, on my first guess.  I’m going to call it a 4 Base Error. 


Connections

Puzzle #941

🟩🟨🟪🟦

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟪🟦🟪🟦

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟪🟪🟪🟪


p.s. - I thought this was a difficult one. 

Ironman92

Administrator

56,729 posts
Jan 7, 2026 10:23 PM

Hard at first then became easy


Connections

Puzzle #941

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

iclfan2

Reppin' the 330/216/843

9,465 posts
Jan 8, 2026 7:25 AM

Connections

Puzzle #942

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

brutus161

The Navy Guy

1,688 posts
Jan 8, 2026 9:17 AM

Connections

Puzzle #942

🟨🟩🟪🟦

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟪🟦

🟦🟦🟪🟦

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Jan 8, 2026 9:41 AM

Connections

Puzzle #942

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪

gut

Senior Member

18,369 posts
Jan 8, 2026 9:57 AM

Yeah, 5 in a row.  Don't think I've gotten to double digits in forever


Connections
Puzzle #942
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Jan 8, 2026 12:00 PM

Congratulations to gut and justincredible for the back to back posted Perfectos!


brutus161 gets a 4 base error

BRF

Senior Member

11,621 posts
Jan 8, 2026 12:01 PM

Connections

Puzzle #942

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪


Purple by default (Aero?)

justincredible

Honorable Admin

37,969 posts
Jan 8, 2026 12:07 PM
BRF wrote:

Connections

Puzzle #942

🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨

🟦🟦🟦🟦

🟪🟪🟪🟪


Purple by default (Aero?)

Yeah, I never would have got that one. Never heard of it.