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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110263Unread post pondgardener
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:24 am

I certainly did...

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110304Unread post PlainJane
Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:15 am

โ€œSolidโ€ huh โ€ฆ

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110307Unread post karstopography
Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:37 am

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110321Unread post pondgardener
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:04 am

Had to shuffle the words a few times to get started...

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110326Unread post OmarLittle
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:02 am

They haven't been to hard for me lately, which means I jinxed it and it'll be super hard for me tomorrow

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110388Unread post karstopography
Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:47 am

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110389Unread post PlainJane
Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:13 am

One boo-boo.

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110412Unread post Mark_Thompson
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:12 am

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Puzzle #162
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
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This is the first one where my order is the same as someone elseโ€™s. I was beginning to get self consciousโ€ฆ
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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110414Unread post pondgardener
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:54 am

@PlainJane I hit submit a bit early too...

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110420Unread post OmarLittle
Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:32 am

I was about 80% sure on the green category.

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110470Unread post karstopography
Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:52 am

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110479Unread post OmarLittle
Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:40 am

What's maddening is I knew what the blue and green categories were.

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110485Unread post pondgardener
Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:37 am

The last category would have tripped me up...


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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110548Unread post karstopography
Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:59 am

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110553Unread post PlainJane
Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:39 am

Forgot to play yesterday but remembered today.

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110562Unread post OmarLittle
Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:39 am

No way anyone got that purple category before last.

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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110583Unread post Mark_Thompson
Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:02 pm

Ahem..

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Puzzle #164
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๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ


Eta: I had no idea what the purple category was, they were just the four left when I had mentally figured out the others :D
Silly category thatโ€ฆ
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Re: NYT Connections

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Post: # 110584Unread post OmarLittle
Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:12 pm

Mark_Thompson wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:02 pm Ahem..

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๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
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I stand corrected. Were you really thinking how NYT was thinking?

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Post: # 110585Unread post Mark_Thompson
Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:16 pm

@OmarLittle Not at all, I edited my post to clarify. I wouldnโ€™t have guessed that in a million years
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Post: # 110592Unread post pondgardener
Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:24 pm

โ€œOnce you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.โ€ - Sherlock Homesโ€

โ€• Arthur Conan Doyle

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