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

Anyone tried the new game 'Connections'

www.nytimes.com/games/connections

OldFrill Mon 19-Feb-24 00:09:02

Connections
Puzzle #253
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Parsley3 Sun 18-Feb-24 14:28:10

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Mollygo Sun 18-Feb-24 11:38:18

Connections
Puzzle #253
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
I don’t get why purple was considered difficult here.

Callistemon21 Sun 18-Feb-24 11:23:55

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Cressida Sun 18-Feb-24 10:11:39

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Oldnproud Sun 18-Feb-24 08:45:42

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

BlueBelle Sun 18-Feb-24 03:54:04

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

No idea what purples about but nothing else left

OldFrill Sun 18-Feb-24 00:27:34

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Cressida Sat 17-Feb-24 10:21:04

Connections
Puzzle #251
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦

OldFrill Sat 17-Feb-24 10:14:42

Connections
Puzzle #251
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Mollygo Sat 17-Feb-24 10:11:36

Connections
Puzzle #252
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
All things I’ve heard of!

Callistemon21 Sat 17-Feb-24 10:07:59

Connections
Puzzle #251
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

I only got purple because that was all that was left!

Oldnproud Sat 17-Feb-24 08:17:53

Connections
Puzzle #251
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Like Mollygo yesterday, I only got blue because that's all that was left.

Parsley3 Sat 17-Feb-24 07:38:35

Connections
Puzzle #251
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

BlueBelle Sat 17-Feb-24 04:08:16

Connections
Puzzle #251
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
Shakes head AGAIN

Mollygo Fri 16-Feb-24 10:43:54

Connections
Puzzle #251
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Only really got blue because that’s all that was left.

Cressida Fri 16-Feb-24 10:19:40

Connections
Puzzle #250
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Callistemon21 Fri 16-Feb-24 09:45:06

Connections
Puzzle #250
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦πŸŸͺ

There were several options
The purple squares were πŸ€”

OldFrill Fri 16-Feb-24 09:08:16

Connections
Puzzle #250
🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟦
🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟦
Fail

Oldnproud Fri 16-Feb-24 08:30:46

Connections
Puzzle #250
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟦
🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩

BUT I admit to having cheated to get the blue line - I recognised the theme of two of the words, so used google to identify the other two. No way would I have got them otherwise, so it was a fail really. blush

BlueBelle Fri 16-Feb-24 05:58:15

Connections
Puzzle #250
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦πŸŸͺ🟩🟦
πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟦
🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟦
Failed again

Parsley3 Thu 15-Feb-24 15:06:54

Connections
Puzzle #249
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Callistemon21 Thu 15-Feb-24 10:21:01

Connections
Puzzle #249
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦

I did it!

Cressida Thu 15-Feb-24 10:15:32

Connections
Puzzle #249
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟨🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Abitbarmy Thu 15-Feb-24 08:33:48

Connections
Puzzle #249
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
The first time I’ve managed it all with no mistakes! I just had to show off as it’s very unlikely to happen again!

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