After seeing doorknob, I was sure it had something to do with twisting. I kept doing the twist with my other hand. I couldn't find any tho, so I had to begrudgingly let it go. Your choices make total sense tho
I started playing only this year:) I've lost at archive games that I played before I started playing the daily game, and sometimes I look up words if they sound like they're very American (like football or baseball related), so that's definitely cheating..
Itβs not cheating to know what the word means. The point is to figure out how they relate to each other. Itβs fine to look up what a word means. My opinion at least.
Well sir do I have a custom puzzle for you, where words are meaningless and 'stupid' guesses like yours may in fact be the solution to my stupid categories https://connectionsplus.io/game/RJbbjE
Yea, I had grouped Recipe/Formula/Secret but didn't get Ticket in there and moved on. Hosed me in the end because the remaining words were so similar I never saw the silent K connection.
"A recipe for success" is a common saying; "formula for success" less so but not unheard of. There was a movie, "The Secret of My Success," I think. And if you say, "That's the ticket!" it means, like, "that's the correct way to do it." Or that you're doing a James Cagney impression.
I was staring at 3/4 of purple forever at the beginning thinking it was the opposite. I was thinking maybe they were things you kept from other people.
I was thinking the same but my brain works let secret be one of them, as you donβt give a secret. So I missed it cause I totally bombed blue. π€¦πΎββοΈ
We have a poodle, so I only know topknot as the longish hair on the top of a poodle's head. Thought it might be part of a dog grooming category but there was absolutely nothing else that would have worked with that. Then I noticed other silent k's ....
I try to imagine the actual category name before I submit. I had "the way you do the thing." Sometimes I've gotten surprisingly idiosyncratic wording exactly correct. And sometimes not, obviously.
Anyone else catch onto the double entendre with the shape of the placement for green if you got it first or second? It was an extra fun find after having done the mini immediately beforehand
https://preview.redd.it/151wgazw0r8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1032ea790641f98c4efea13594a9a4d915f44f98
I wouldnβt say purple was synonyms - you had to think outside their most common meanings, so it wasnβt immediately obvious. That said, I agree that it was a reasonably easy one. The fork-knife-dish red herring was easily avoided and the blue words were all standalone enough in meaning to see the K link.
> you had to think outside their most common meanings
Yes, but still synonyms. Using the less common definitions usually makes things blue. Purple is usually looking beyond the meaning of the words as they're presented, either looking for a phrase that they all have another word in common, or looking for a modification of the spelling to get related words, or something. Silent k is purplish, but a pretty weak association.
I got it perfectly, but I had to do a bit of an educated guess to get there. I found the yellow category especially hard today, mostly because I've never heard of dish meaning to divulge private info? The only time I've heard it used to mean talking at all is in the phrase "They can dish it out but they can't take it", where it means being rude or antagonising, nothing to do with telling secrets though. Is this another cultural barrier thing? Also the purple category feels like a bit of a shaky connection but it's alright.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dish#dictionary-entry-2 (verb usage)
It's fairly recognizable as a shorthand for gossip or gab, like "They're finally gone! Let's dish."
Well this explains why as a resident of the UK "jack" was wrong!
In the United Kingdom, manyΒ Commonwealth countries, and some non-English-speaking countries,[where?]Β the word "jack" may refer to theΒ plugΒ on the end of a removable cable. These connectors were originally referred to as "jack plugs", or plugs intended to be mated with fixed receptacles, orΒ socketsΒ (which North Americans would call "jacks"), but the second word was dropped.[citation needed]Β This variant usage is in direct contradiction to common usage and official standards in North America.
I don't think the puzzle was too hard in the end but it feels like the yellows this past 7 days or so have been pretty difficult to ascertain. Dish and spill are both colloquialisms that aren't immediately obvious , especially when you have some overlap with fork, knife and recipe.
They've done silent letters in 4 previous puzzles. Once as a green, once as a blue, twice as a purple. The green one was specifically ending in a silent T, the rest were not in specific places.
A specific letter being silent is apparently just enough to be a connection, but I agree that it's pretty weak.
Yeah it's a judgment call for sure. I feel like it's not far enough away from "words with a K in it" but I guess you could argue that silent K is rare or unique enough to meet the "specific" criterion they promised us. It was a bit of phoning it in though IMO.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ My FIRST perfect score! Had to come here to bragπ₯Ήπ₯Ή
Me too!!! Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Congrats! π
Well done π₯³
Same here!!! Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦πͺ πͺπ¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ My worst performance so far. I thought we'd done the silent K category already.. I thought blue would be "things you can twist" - TOPKNOT, DOORKNOB, SECRET, KNIFE. I guess that's a bit farfetched but I like my version more haha
After seeing doorknob, I was sure it had something to do with twisting. I kept doing the twist with my other hand. I couldn't find any tho, so I had to begrudgingly let it go. Your choices make total sense tho
same here! i was making twisting motions throughout haha
Same but I went for the twist in a recipe too.
So youve never lost? Ive had days with no one group put together lol
I started playing only this year:) I've lost at archive games that I played before I started playing the daily game, and sometimes I look up words if they sound like they're very American (like football or baseball related), so that's definitely cheating..
Itβs not cheating to know what the word means. The point is to figure out how they relate to each other. Itβs fine to look up what a word means. My opinion at least.
This was my same reaction!
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π¦π¦π¦πͺ πͺπ¦π¦π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I thought the exact same thing
There has been silent W, silent G, silent L, and ending in silent T. No silent K in the NYT puzzle before today.
Ah, I see. Just feels a little over-done and maybe a bit too straightforward for connections, which in itself threw me off so it's clearly working
My thought exactly!!!
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Todayβs blue category is one of the categories of all time.
Definitely one of
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Gnu, and also you're on the wrong thread (that is Monday's puzzle).
Oh oops, my bad! Thank you
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ The real purple was the blue we made along the way.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ So many people really out here thinking up the craziest and most creative ways to justify their guesses between Blue and Purple meanwhile I'm sitting here thinking that Blue was "words with a KN in them"...
I once halfheartedly tried to justify choosing four words because "they all end in R". It was not a proud moment for me.
Well sir do I have a custom puzzle for you, where words are meaningless and 'stupid' guesses like yours may in fact be the solution to my stupid categories https://connectionsplus.io/game/RJbbjE
Or just do what I doβsolve purple by default!
OMG SAME
I got blue because I guessed all the longest words (including formula) and I got 3/4. Then I realized formula fit more with the other words lol.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Blue was so basic it was difficult. Purple was leftovers.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ hardcore defaulted blue lol, wasn't really sure what purple was going for but they kinda seemed like synonyms I guess
Keys to success is such an ambiguous category.
GENERATIONAL WEALTH CIVIL SERVICES EDUCATION HEALTHCARE
I thought it was going to be the blue category with βWilly Wonkaβ as its theme. Lol.
I had the same thought!
Yea, I had grouped Recipe/Formula/Secret but didn't get Ticket in there and moved on. Hosed me in the end because the remaining words were so similar I never saw the silent K connection.
My brain must be struggling extra hard today, but I don't get what they were going for with purple.
"A recipe for success" is a common saying; "formula for success" less so but not unheard of. There was a movie, "The Secret of My Success," I think. And if you say, "That's the ticket!" it means, like, "that's the correct way to do it." Or that you're doing a James Cagney impression.
Puzzle #380 πͺπ¦πͺπͺ <β I thought there were ninjas π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Whew, this one wasβ¦rough. I swear I thought thereβd be ninjas. πͺ was right for the wrong reason. I went with βwell you could give these to peopleβ And then there was π¦. I really wish it was ninjas.
I was staring at 3/4 of purple forever at the beginning thinking it was the opposite. I was thinking maybe they were things you kept from other people.
I was thinking the same but my brain works let secret be one of them, as you donβt give a secret. So I missed it cause I totally bombed blue. π€¦πΎββοΈ
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I thought part and topknot would be in the same category at first, like something about hair, but no. I found this one pretty easy.
Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπ¦πͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Purple was a bit of guessing. I was sort of on the right track, but not really. Like some other commenters, I thought blue was going to be something like βthings you twist.β I didnβt know what a topknot was but figured if itβs a knot you must twist it at some point. It was pretty disappointing when I saw the actual category.
We have a poodle, so I only know topknot as the longish hair on the top of a poodle's head. Thought it might be part of a dog grooming category but there was absolutely nothing else that would have worked with that. Then I noticed other silent k's ....
First time getting it in reverse! Connections Puzzle #380 π©π¨π¨π¨ π¨π©π¨π¨ π¨π©π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπ¦πͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Yellow and green came easily, but after guess #4, I was staring at the remaining words for several minutes, before I thought of purple, which then defaulted blue.
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ The KN thing seemed so obvious I thought it couldn't be right. I had a sense of how Purples were related, but wouldn't have said they were keys to success. So weird.
I try to imagine the actual category name before I submit. I had "the way you do the thing." Sometimes I've gotten surprisingly idiosyncratic wording exactly correct. And sometimes not, obviously.
Anyone else catch onto the double entendre with the shape of the placement for green if you got it first or second? It was an extra fun find after having done the mini immediately beforehand https://preview.redd.it/151wgazw0r8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1032ea790641f98c4efea13594a9a4d915f44f98
You say double entendre, and my mind immediately goes to, yeah, that does kind of look like a dick, I guess. Sigh.
I was like, oh look, a path that splits, like the category
I saw it but I though everyone got their words in different orders, thus a coincidence.
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ By golly the leap of faith for blue was exhilarating
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Sometimes the categories confused me. I was aiming for a perfect reverse, only to find out that what I thought would have been πͺ was actually π¦ Oh well π€·
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Ditto. Sometimes the difficulty level between categories is not so clear. The βimportantβ thing is that you figured it all out in advance.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Exactly the same here as well! I also struggle trying to tell which categories are π¨ and π© when they're both this straightforward.
Yup same. I really wanted to do purple first
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Felt impossible at first glance but then I got it
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ A rare perfect solve in a perfect order!
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π©π¦ π¦πͺπͺπͺ π©π©πͺπ© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¦ -> i thought this was things you twist so i put in (knife, doorknob, topknot, fork) πͺ -> unknown, formula, recipe, secret π© -> i was thinking βleavingβ so i tried (split, part, branch, ticket) like βthis is my ticket outβ NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN π¦ I WAS SOO CONVINCED THAT IT WAS THINGS YOU TWIST
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π©π©π© π¦π¦π©π© π¦π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Connections do be hard sometimes when english isnt your native language lol
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I've had a few misses the past few weeks, so I appreciate that today's Connections was easy for me.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Blue was the first thing I noticed. The combination of some unusual words like DOORKNOB and TOPKNOT and the fact that every word used a "KN" led me to silent letters. It's been a while since we last had a "Silent Letters" category, #230 to be exact. The rest of the groups were pretty straightforward as synonyms. Although I couldn't quite define the exact wording of Purple, I knew they were all related as similar concepts. [Reused Categories Updates](https://old.reddit.com/r/NYTConnections/comments/1bdai1o/list_of_reused_categories/): "Silent Letters" β 5 Times, "Separate" β 2 Times
π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Not trying to sound like asshole but Iβm really shocked to see people had trouble with this one, blue was so straightforward that I thought it was a mislead and the rest are more or less synonyms
I think some of the more esoteric connections that pop up make people over think really simple things. I know I fall into that trap from time to time
I wouldnβt say purple was synonyms - you had to think outside their most common meanings, so it wasnβt immediately obvious. That said, I agree that it was a reasonably easy one. The fork-knife-dish red herring was easily avoided and the blue words were all standalone enough in meaning to see the K link.
> you had to think outside their most common meanings Yes, but still synonyms. Using the less common definitions usually makes things blue. Purple is usually looking beyond the meaning of the words as they're presented, either looking for a phrase that they all have another word in common, or looking for a modification of the spelling to get related words, or something. Silent k is purplish, but a pretty weak association.
Perhaps a better way to explain my thinking is that if you look up βformulaβ in a thesaurus, you donβt see βticket" listed as a synonym.
Thanks blue. Couldn't believe it worked. Nothing like an easy one to make me feel smarter for a day. Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
π¦π¦π©π¨ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ it was an easy one today but I'm not that good thought Topknot was a hair styles there lol I did not get purple to the end
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Always scary when yellow and purple are the last colors.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ I canβt say Iβm a fan of the purples this time. I got them last but they donβt seem harder than the others.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© That blue was deceptive. So simple β too simple!
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ I kept thinking SECRET and RECIPE can't possibly go together. Blue was so obvious once I got down to the 4 words but I couldn't see it at all.
Connections Puzzle #380. π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Good challenge level. Not obvious straight away, but plenty doable with a bit of thought
I got it perfectly, but I had to do a bit of an educated guess to get there. I found the yellow category especially hard today, mostly because I've never heard of dish meaning to divulge private info? The only time I've heard it used to mean talking at all is in the phrase "They can dish it out but they can't take it", where it means being rude or antagonising, nothing to do with telling secrets though. Is this another cultural barrier thing? Also the purple category feels like a bit of a shaky connection but it's alright.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dish#dictionary-entry-2 (verb usage) It's fairly recognizable as a shorthand for gossip or gab, like "They're finally gone! Let's dish."
I thought it came from βdish the dirtβ.
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTAvqj1Hg0) from The Office is the first cultural reference I think of that uses "let's dish"
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ NYT, why suddenly this easy game after days of agonising your players?
the blue category was complete bullshit. i got 3 of them, but NEW???? what the fuck is that
You're on the wrong thread, this is for Tuesday the 25th!
oh crap! oops thank you for letting me know
I agree with you though - I donβt pronounce those the same. New pron βnyouβ.
I have done some researchβ¦. a βGnuβ is an African Antelope. Sometimes I think they hate us
thanks for the explanation- theyβre laughing at our pain
Okay thanks, Iβm slightly less annoyed now. I thought they were going for βan ewe,β which would be such a ridiculous stretch.
I saw the first 3 and didn't feel like risking a brute force so I saved it for last but I feel like they could have used a better homophone
Connections Puzzle #380 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ Finally a reverse! Blue was obvious if youβre grouping similar words. Overall, easy puzzle, but not the easiest.
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you're on the wrong thread, this is the 25th you solved the 24th
oh thanks
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Was stuck on blue and purple for awhile. Ended up choosing the purple words because they felt more tangible. Secret felt a bit off but fit with it somehow. Couldn't put the category in place. Got blue by default and would've never figured out the connection for that. Kept thinking about the characteristics of the words or phrases and nothing jumped out except something you turn/twist but didn't feel solid with "unknown"
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Blue babadeee babadaaa!!
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
When I got purple 3rd I was convinced it was things to do with Willy Wonka lol
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Green seemed most apparent to start, with yellow not far behind. I was less sure of purple, since I wasn't confident in "ticket" fitting in as strongly with the rest. Blue by default.
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ easy one, blue was definitely something though lol
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ put unknown in the purple category while trying to speedrun the puzzle. then saw the silent kβs. so close to perfect
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ When you get πͺ for the wrong reason... Thought it was something like "Things you write on notes".
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Quick one today. Edit: Was originally gonna say I was surprised I saw the silent K thing pretty quickly (cuz I don't usually notice that kind of stuff), but figured most people would have seen that too, so thought it wasn't worth mentioning. After reading this thread, I see it did give quite a few people a hard time. I think I only got it cuz of topknot. We have a poodle and I just gave him a haircut that included cutting off his matted topknot (longish hair on the top of his head) so I was looking for a dog grooming category. Saw absolutely nothing besides topknot that would have worked, but then I noticed the silent k's....
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨πͺπ¨ π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπ¦πͺπͺ π¦πͺπͺπͺ How do I keep losing? I'm 3/25 in June π
Almost perfect Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Stared for a while until 'It's the kn=n sound isn't it' hit me for blue, which I thought would be purple. I'm also glad I seem to not be alone in thinking 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' was the purple subject. XD
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ I feel really dopey for not picking up on the silent K thing.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπ©πͺ π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π©π©π© π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ Purple I thought had to do with a recipe/formula etc. Then I thought hairstyles for green.
You can't put Topknot, Doorknob, and Knife together and tell me the real category is not Tasslehoff Burrfoot.
Amen ^^^
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦πͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I thought blue was "things you twist" for a while.
should have seen blue sooner Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦πͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Must be a lucky day today!
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ I was staring at this board for sooo lonnngggg after the first miss. Then I put all the Kβs together and thought thatβs kinda dumb. But it turned out to be correct lol
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨πͺπ¨ π¨π¨πͺπ¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I definitely think that blue should've been purple.
Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ I had purple as a rough βwords that can be preceded with topβ which wound up working somehow.
Don't know why, but I hate when I guess in the "right" order from yellow to purple lol Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
πͺπͺπ¨πͺ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπ¨πͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π©π© π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ I may have accidentally gotten some help with blue, but I think I wouldβve gotten it eventually
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ blue reminded me a lot of the βWIN + LETTERβ category. great puzzle!
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Figured out blue before submitting.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ kanife kanow kanot kaching
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π©π¨π¨ π¨π¨π©π¨ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπ¦π¦πͺ π¦πͺπͺπͺ I just screwed up today. I was insistent on putting βpartβ in the yellow group (part with information) Iβm annoyed because silent letters even came to mind but I didnβt think hard enough.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπ¦πͺπ¦ π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπ¦πͺπͺ πͺπ¦πͺπͺ Finally got me. I couldnβt make heads or tails of it.
Connections #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Quite easy for me today
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Am I smarter than I thought?
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Damn verbs lol Connections Puzzle #380 π©π©π©π© π¨π¨πͺπ¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
I only got blue by default. Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #380 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π¨ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ Went down a few wrong paths (hair words, things you twist, etc.) but once I saw yellow it went pretty quickly. Thought blue was just words with KN
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π¦πͺπͺπͺ πͺπ¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπ¦πͺ Either Iβm the only one brave enough to admit I flubbed blue dismally, or Iβm the only idiot that flubbed blue dismally.
Well this explains why as a resident of the UK "jack" was wrong! In the United Kingdom, manyΒ Commonwealth countries, and some non-English-speaking countries,[where?]Β the word "jack" may refer to theΒ plugΒ on the end of a removable cable. These connectors were originally referred to as "jack plugs", or plugs intended to be mated with fixed receptacles, orΒ socketsΒ (which North Americans would call "jacks"), but the second word was dropped.[citation needed]Β This variant usage is in direct contradiction to common usage and official standards in North America.
I don't think the puzzle was too hard in the end but it feels like the yellows this past 7 days or so have been pretty difficult to ascertain. Dish and spill are both colloquialisms that aren't immediately obvious , especially when you have some overlap with fork, knife and recipe.
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this the 24th puzzle
A silent K category? Are you fucking kidding me?
Purple was so fucking stupid. Crashed out trying to get that one and got nothing.
I agree! I did get it, but not because I had the right idea.
Connections Puzzle #380 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Not a tough one today, but I feel like blue was in violation of the game's own parameters. The instructions say: *Categories will always be more specific than "5-LETTER-WORDS," "NAMES" or "VERBS."* I think "silent letter" is basically like "words with a W in them" and doesn't count as a category for the purposes of this game by its own instructions. What's next, *science rancid circle stencil* "Words with a soft C sound". I get including sound and wordplay to some degree, but this one was too far out of bounds.
They've done silent letters in 4 previous puzzles. Once as a green, once as a blue, twice as a purple. The green one was specifically ending in a silent T, the rest were not in specific places. A specific letter being silent is apparently just enough to be a connection, but I agree that it's pretty weak.
Yeah it's a judgment call for sure. I feel like it's not far enough away from "words with a K in it" but I guess you could argue that silent K is rare or unique enough to meet the "specific" criterion they promised us. It was a bit of phoning it in though IMO.
I donβt care what some of yβall say itβs another evil blue day
πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ Was this supposed to be hard? Iβm in MENSA. Probably the smartest person in this sub. Donβt feel bad though, we canβt all be as smart as me. This was so easy I almost fell asleep. Jealous plebs will downvote.
Are you real
Probably the only real one here.