Connections! (and other wordle type games)

[Cole]

let's do a thing. I'm sure some/many/a lot of you played wordle when it blew up. and since then there have been dozens, hundreds of other variants. I played wordle very actively (until I randomly got it in 1 finally, and that kind of ended the fun).

but lately BigDaddy and I (and yes he'll get in here at some point) have been playing "Connections". so I'll start!

the gist is that you get 16 "things", they could be any category, and you have to group the 16 things into 4 specific categories with some joining feature. like once there were "spices beginning with the letter C" or "colors". but watch out! there are often words with multiple meanings thrown in!

Connections
Puzzle #18





you can play that here:

Connections - Group words that share a common thread

Group words that share a common thread. A new puzzle is available each day.

www.nytimes.com

share yours, and share any other wordle type games you guys play.

 

[Tommy Boy]

Connections was way harder than I thought! Total fail at my first try!

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Puzzle #18







I frequent the traditional Wordle (513 Played, 100 Win %, 95 Current Streak, 161 Max Streak) but also enjoy playing Subwaydle a lot.

Basically, each guess must a be a valid subway trip involving 3 trains using available transfers between them. You need to guess a specific set of three trains that can make the trip. Sometimes the route is unfeasible to do in reality, but still possible from a technical standpoint. They also have a version for the London Underground for the UK folk. Though this may just be a niche for train nerds.

Subwaydle - A daily subway puzzle game

A Wordle-inspired puzzle game for NYC Subway nerds

www.subwaydle.com

 

[Cole]

I had a 100% winrate for Wordle too, I think my streak hit 100 before I hit the accidental 1 word win and then kinda just fizzled ou t of playing.

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

but lately BigDaddy and I (and yes he'll get in here at some point) have been playing "Connections". so I'll start!

Does he not want to join yet because he didn't get a chance to register before me?

 

[Cole]

Does he not want to join yet because he didn't get a chance to register before me?

no I think he's been lazy and was also skeptical of this being a thing again. so we're a few others until I was like "nah, it's mostly just to escape the modern internet and have non anonynous people to chat with" then they give it a try. he'll join!

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

I told you not to play this game in my presence.

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

I told you not to play this game in my presence.

Don't worry, the thread is actually about @BigDaddy registering.

 

[Cole]

I told you not to play this game in my presence.

quiet, you

 

[BigDaddy]

Does he not want to join yet because he didn't get a chance to register before me?

If only I could have timed it so I could be two registrations behind you this time instead of ahead.

Connections
Puzzle #19





I still play Wordle, though some days I don't get around to it.

 

[Cole]

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Puzzle #19





found this one pretty easy.

 

[Tommy Boy]

Thank you, I am now addicted to this game more than Wordle.

Connections
Puzzle #20

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

This seems like a good first play of it:

Connections
Puzzle #20

 

[Cole]

damnit I missed the connections for July 1st. stupid busy day.

 

[Cole]

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Puzzle #21





this one fell together nicely.

 

[BigDaddy]

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Puzzle #21





this one fell together nicely.

I forgot to post my July 1st result, but I had my first ever incorrect guess.

 

[Cole]

I forgot to post my July 1st result, but I had my first ever incorrect guess.

that's why you didn't post it!

 

[BigDaddy]

that's why you didn't post it!

Update: I remembered I texted it to my brother.

Connections
Puzzle #20

 

[Cole]

since its the next day, does anyone remember the categories?

 

[BigDaddy]

since its the next day, does anyone remember the categories?

It was grains (Barley, Rye, Oat, Spelt), universities (Duke, Brown, Howard, Rice), royal titles (King, Earl, Baron, Prince), and best director Oscar winners (Stone, Lee, Ford, Bong). I didn't know spelt was a kind of grain, and I didn't know Bong was a director's name.

 

[Tommy Boy]

It was grains (Barley, Rye, Oat, Spelt), universities (Duke, Brown, Howard, Rice), royal titles (King, Earl, Baron, Prince), and best director Oscar winners (Stone, Lee, Ford, Bong). I didn't know spelt was a kind of grain, and I didn't know Bong was a director's name.

Yeah that threw me.

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Puzzle #21

 

[Cole]

trying to fairly analyze myself. royals would've jumped out immediately. but duke and brown would have. I feel like I would have used the universities first to narrow down the field. it would've taken me a bit to recall Howard and rice but none of the others would jump out at me.

so I'd commit. which would give me the royals straight away.

after that I think my eye would go to barley and rye. I'd probably then grab oat... then I'm actually wondering if I would've gotten one wrong here...

I don't know what spelt is, but none of the remaining words sound like they fit with grains, I think I would have 50/50d spelt and bong.

then if needed would've reversed it.

and then I would've had no clue what the last one was.

 

[BigDaddy]

Connections
Puzzle #21

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

trying to fairly analyze myself. royals would've jumped out immediately. but duke and brown would have. I feel like I would have used the universities first to narrow down the field. it would've taken me a bit to recall Howard and rice but none of the others would jump out at me.

so I'd commit. which would give me the royals straight away.

after that I think my eye would go to barley and rye. I'd probably then grab oat... then I'm actually wondering if I would've gotten one wrong here...

I don't know what spelt is, but none of the remaining words sound like they fit with grains, I think I would have 50/50d spelt and bong.

then if needed would've reversed it.

and then I would've had no clue what the last one was.

I got the flours immediately thanks to celiac lmao

 

[Cole]

I got the flours immediately thanks to celiac lmao

so you cheated by knowing some thing others didn't?

WOOOW

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

so you cheated by knowing some thing others didn't?

WOOOW

It be what it do.

 

[Cole]

Connections
Puzzle #22





I had a 50/50 here, but I talked it out, figured out another meaning of a word and figured it out.

 

[shortkut]

I haven’t played this before. Are they all as easy as this puzzle?
Connections
Puzzle #22

 

[canadaguy]

Here's one I enjoy

https://www.cinenerdle2.app/

It's similar to the one you've shown here where you link into categories, but it's specific to movies. But the other thing is that it has a fifth connection to solve "vertically" (for lack of a better word)

 

[Cole]

I haven’t played this before. Are they all as easy as this puzzle?
Connections
Puzzle #22

some are harder than others.

this one had two straight up category right off the bat. it's rare to even have one straight up category, usually every category has at least 5 options and deciphering them all can be harder. the last two categories in this one were a bigger toss up for me, but given a past career path of yours may have been easier

 

[Cole]

Here's one I enjoy

https://www.cinenerdle2.app/

It's similar to the one you've shown here where you link into categories, but it's specific to movies. But the other thing is that it has a fifth connection to solve "vertically" (for lack of a better word)

I don't know movies nearly well enough for this.

 

[Cole]

Connections
Puzzle #23





pretty easy one today

 

[shortkut]

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Puzzle #23





pretty easy one today

Easy, misclicked once but it was very straightforward

Connections
Puzzle #23

 

[BigDaddy]

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Puzzle #23





Came together pretty easily today.

 

[Cole]

Easy, misclicked once but it was very straightforward

Connections
Puzzle #23

"misclicked" whatever gets you to sleep tonight

 

[shortkut]

"misclicked" whatever gets you to sleep tonight

I just took a Power Nap on the couch so it’s working

 

[canadaguy]

Came together pretty easily today.

Glad to hear your love life is going well

 

[Cole]

Glad to hear your love life is going well

hahahahah I needed this joke only life.

 

[canadaguy]

hahahahah I needed this joke only life.

Yeah but I feel like it's wasted in this thread.

 

[BigDaddy]

Connections
Puzzle #24





A couple words gave me pause, otherwise not too tricky.

Spoiler

I didn't know of Bounty bars since they aren't in the U.S., and I was pretty sure cochlea was part of anatomy and it fully clicked when I connected the other ear parts.

 

[shortkut]

Connections
Puzzle #24





A couple words gave me pause, otherwise not too tricky.

Spoiler

I didn't know of Bounty bars since they aren't in the U.S., and I was pretty sure cochlea was part of anatomy and it fully clicked when I connected the other ear parts.

The first one in your spoiler got me too. I selected in the final group because it was the only option

Connections
Puzzle #24

 

[Cole]

MY FIRST MISS!

Connections
Puzzle #24

 

[BigDaddy]

Connections
Puzzle #25





Submitted the third one a little too quickly and made a dumb mistake.

 

[shortkut]

Connections
Puzzle #25

 

[Cole]

Connections
Puzzle #25

 

[Cole]

Connections
Puzzle #27

 

[shortkut]

Connections
Puzzle #27

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Puzzle #27





I couldn’t make the connection for the last 4 so I left it until the end. Seems so simple after the fact

 

[Cole]

I agree completely. I find myself *often* not knowing what the final 4 will be and just going for it.

this time both of the last two categories were confusing me a little bit, it seemed like so many random words. then I finally saw the blue one.

 

[BigDaddy]

Connections
Puzzle #27




It's funny how a couple of them just seem like a random collection of words, but then you figure one thing out and suddenly it all makes sense.

 

[BigDaddy]

Connections
Puzzle #30




Got this one quickly. I did half of yesterday's (7/10) and then completely forgot to finish it.

 

[shortkut]

Connections
Puzzle #30




Got this one quickly. I did half of yesterday's (7/10) and then completely forgot to finish it.

I only remember when you guys post about it

Connections
Puzzle #30