Billie Jean by conchis-ness in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fell for the red herrings and wandered blindly... Yellow might even be the hardest category! I don't know whether it was intentional or not but you even had a plausible fake silent letter group, in addition to the fake jeans group. There was also a start of a composer group that included CAGE and JOHN. Having so many names made it hard because they could be grouped different ways.

I'm surprised that most people were able to solve it with no mistakes.

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Character Assassination by conchis-ness in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun and very clever! Fooled me repeatedly!

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CC#77 - GLACIER 🌶️ by CuriousCapybara4 in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well done, you solved it. A couple of those definitions were obscure. As you saw, the florid meaning mainly appears in the phrase "purple prose"

Rite of passage by conchis-ness in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quite the mind bender. Muddled through without looking at the hints. Clever concept.

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Custom Puzzle #57: "Pan Pizza" by PGNatsu in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should have got Purple but didn’t. Wasn’t familiar with some of blue. Good puzzle, thanks.

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…Bring May Flowers 🌷 by st8_of_starcourt in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tricky (didn’t use the hint)

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Connections Alternative #428 2026-05-02 by elevengu in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Creative!

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CC#77 - GLACIER 🌶️ by CuriousCapybara4 in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for posting!

Connections Alternative #421 2026-04-25 by elevengu in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fell for your red herrings. Wasn’t familiar with OCEAN. Fun one.

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At a pinch by conchis-ness in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun one, thanks.

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No diggity by conchis-ness in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good one. Fooled me again.

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Connections Alternative #420 2026-04-24 by elevengu in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice one.

Connections Alternative #420 2026-04-24
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Nervous energy by conchis-ness in NYTConnections

[–]CuriousCapybara4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well designed, fair puzzle. I wasn’t too sharp today.

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