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Elless Sun 26-Nov-23 16:46:06

Anyone tried the new game 'Connections'

www.nytimes.com/games/connections

Oldnproud Mon 11-Mar-24 09:02:49

Connections
Puzzle #274
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨
🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩
Got fixated on the cat's but couldn't even get all four of those!

Cressida Mon 11-Mar-24 09:25:25

Connections
Puzzle #274
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Callistemon21 Mon 11-Mar-24 14:30:26

Connections
Puzzle #274
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Still πŸ€”

Mollygo Mon 11-Mar-24 14:33:33

Connections
Puzzle #275
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Purple might be what the category claims, but I’ve only heard of one.

BlueBelle Mon 11-Mar-24 15:30:45

I ve heard of three purple but for the life of me don’t understand the last purple one !!!

Callistemon21 Mon 11-Mar-24 15:54:20

BlueBelle

I ve heard of three purple but for the life of me don’t understand the last purple one !!!

I think it's a very recent, made-up Americanism. Rubbish!

I'd never heard of 1 and 3 of the green row.

BlueBelle Mon 11-Mar-24 17:24:24

I ve heard of green number 1 but never heard of Green number 3 callistemon

BlueBelle Mon 11-Mar-24 17:24:42

I wish there was an English version

Callistemon21 Mon 11-Mar-24 17:30:06

BlueBelle

I ve heard of green number 1 but never heard of Green number 3 callistemon

I thought number 1 was ill-gotten gains!

Callistemon21 Mon 11-Mar-24 17:30:22

BlueBelle

I wish there was an English version

Yes, me too.

Mollygo Mon 11-Mar-24 18:11:12

Me three!

Oldnproud Mon 11-Mar-24 19:29:43

Are we allowed to say the actual words that we didn't get, rather than just their 'position'?
At times, I wonder if we are being shown the solution words in the same order and are talking about the same word when someone says, for instance, that they have never heard of the last purple word/expression, yet that to me is a common expression and it is the third word/expression that I have never heard of.
I am guessing that people rarely read the comments on this thread until they have played, so would it really matter if we reveal the occasional answer?

OldFrill Mon 11-Mar-24 19:50:11

I sometimes check on here when I'm doing it. To see if anyone else has/is struggling. If it's challenging me l often don't do it at once but come back later in the day, so yes naming the words would spoil it for me
When checking comments with my solution, the words match with mine.

Oldnproud Mon 11-Mar-24 20:37:29

OldFrill

I sometimes check on here when I'm doing it. To see if anyone else has/is struggling. If it's challenging me l often don't do it at once but come back later in the day, so yes naming the words would spoil it for me
When checking comments with my solution, the words match with mine.

Fair enough.

BlueBelle Mon 11-Mar-24 20:44:46

Well we could talk about it after 12 but as I ve got a memory like a sieve I d have to jot it down

OldFrill Tue 12-Mar-24 00:13:40

I'm happy enough if folk want to name words, l won't post. Democracy and all that πŸ˜€

OldFrill Tue 12-Mar-24 00:14:51

Connections
Puzzle #275
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
I couldn't guess purple.

BlueBelle Tue 12-Mar-24 05:22:25

Ok so it’s no longer Monday so can I ask what has β€˜Can’ got to do with a bum ? And what have β€˜pyjamas’ got to do with a cat
Two of yesterday’s words that I don’t get ?

BlueBelle Tue 12-Mar-24 05:30:00

Connections
Puzzle #275
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Three out of four purple ones I don’t get at all

Oldnproud Tue 12-Mar-24 08:48:59

BlueBelle

Ok so it’s no longer Monday so can I ask what has β€˜Can’ got to do with a bum ? And what have β€˜pyjamas’ got to do with a cat
Two of yesterday’s words that I don’t get ?

The cat's pyjamas is a expression that I had heard.

Like you, never heard 'can' used to mean 'bum'.

Oldnproud Tue 12-Mar-24 09:19:51

Connections
Puzzle #275
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

A lucky random guess for one of the blues.

Only heard of one of the purples - and it turned out that I wasnt thinking of the same use of that word anyway, so I was looking in vain for a slightly different connection.

Cressida Tue 12-Mar-24 10:06:08

Connections
Puzzle #275
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

I've only heard of one purple. Probably the same one as everyone else.

Mollygo Tue 12-Mar-24 11:39:43

Yes, if you’ve only heard of one, and if it’s the the one I’m thinking of, it’s probably the same one.😁

Callistemon21 Tue 12-Mar-24 11:40:41

I've only heard of one purple, too.

Think Wimbledon 😁

Connections
Puzzle #275
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Callistemon21 Tue 12-Mar-24 11:41:33

BlueBelle

Ok so it’s no longer Monday so can I ask what has β€˜Can’ got to do with a bum ? And what have β€˜pyjamas’ got to do with a cat
Two of yesterday’s words that I don’t get ?

Nothing whatsoever in my language!

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