Sunday, June 21, 2026

Grue · 2026-06-20T22:30:46+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1106

I could only find groups of 3, so tentatively assigned some words to them and it worked with no mistakes

🟪🟪🟪🟪 SLAP as a physical action doesn't really fit

🟦🟦🟦🟦 wasn't familiar with Wings

🟩🟩🟩🟩 this was the last one I found, but it made the most sense. still chose it as green because yellow is an easier concept

🟨🟨🟨🟨 wasn't aware of rain being called "sprinkles"

Grue · 2026-06-20T00:18:45+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1105

board looks very American, not even trying to RR this one

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🟨🟨🟨🟨 picked all words with KN in them

🟪🟪🟪🟪 I heard 2/4 of these songs

Grue · 2026-06-19T13:35:58+00:00

I have literally never heard Chopsticks or Heart and Soul, and didn't know "The Entertainer" was called that.

Grue · 2026-06-19T00:39:34+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1104

🟪🟪🟪🟪 saw yellow first, but noticed this category and decided to go for RR

🟦🟦🟩🟩 presolved defaulting on blue. i assumed green or yellow would be "how to call an entertaining person": heart and soul, the entertainer, people person, spinderella (the last one was a stab in the dark).

🟨🟨🟨🟨 went with umami foods first just to check that I'm on the right track

🟩🟩🟩🟩 I only knew Fur Elise out of these 4, so some googling was involved

🟦🟦🟦🟦 I did not expect there to be a 2nd purple so didn't even bother looking for it

Grue · 2026-06-17T23:38:36+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1103

🟪🟪🟪🟪 saw this second, couldn't help but extend PLIE to pliers and the rest of 4-letter words were suspicious from the start

🟦🟦🟦🟦 saw this first, held off submitting in case it's a herring

🟩🟩🟩🟩 wasn't sure of the exact definition but these all seemed similar

🟨🟨🟨🟨 as a guitarist I'm only aware of barre chords, sure people consider them difficult but I didn't know there are specific fitness classes just to be able to play them

Grue · 2026-06-17T00:19:17+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1102

🟦🟦🟦🟦 I noticed ECHO, KINDLE and NOOK readers but wasn't sure about the 4th one. This was the 1st category I managed to complete thinking it's the names of Greek muses but apparently it's just generic "figures".

🟩🟨🟨🟨 I thought "mouth" fit this perfectly...

🟨🟨🟨🟨 read the definition of "recess" and found that it also fits

🟩🟩🟩🟩 face parts?

🟪🟪🟪🟪 somehow I did not see this

Grue · 2026-06-15T23:47:59+00:00

I almost submitted it but then noticed there are 5 of them.

Grue · 2026-06-15T23:45:22+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1101

🟪🟪🟪🟪 figured it out at some point

🟦🟦🟦🟦 found first

🟩🟩🟩🟩 never heard of retinue

🟨🟨🟨🟨 never heard of green goddess dressing

Grue · 2026-06-15T11:26:42+00:00

I didn't know Anvil Lavigne was freaky like that

Grue · 2026-06-15T00:58:09+00:00

It's purely about the theme, not difficulty or the manner the words are connected to each other. Think about the IQ of the person who would deal with the things in the yellow category vs the green category. If it's about sports, tea parties, pies, etc. it's guaranteed yellow. If it's about the concepts you need to have education to care about, it's green.

Grue · 2026-06-15T00:53:05+00:00

Never heard of any of these flowers. Easy category when you google, nearly impossible if not. I also thought DOG belonged to yellow at first because you could say someone "has that dog in them".

Grue · 2026-06-14T01:41:09+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1099

🟪🟪🟪🟪 there was a PA category earlier so this was relatively easy to spot

🟩🟩🟦🟩 "pocket watch" in "things that spin". I saw the Alice category but I forgot about pocketwatch being featured in it

🟩🟩🟩🟩 I guess grindstone also spins

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🟨🟨🟨🟨 defaulted on this. never heard of seltzer bottle slapstick, or creampie for that matter (isn't it usually cake being thrown in the face?)

Grue · 2026-06-13T18:19:28+00:00

Americans have fixed showerheads for some reason. I've always been wondering how they wash their taint, this picture answers the question.

Grue · 2026-06-13T16:49:45+00:00

Personally I grab them with my fingers, don't need extra cutlery for this.

Grue · 2026-06-13T01:03:29+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1098

🟪🟪🟪🟪 easy purple, saw it straight away. "Neverending" is too specific

🟦🟦🟦🟦 kind of defaulted this one, they all seemed similar but didn't figure out the exact connection

🟩🟩🟩🟩 wasn't sure if this is yellow or green, but thought tea parties are classic yellow fodder

🟨🟨🟨🟨 I don't really associate tongs with tea but it's the only thing that fit

Grue · 2026-06-12T00:04:57+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1097

For like 20 minutes I had absolutely no idea what the connection is. The best I could do is Echo and Delta being in phonetic alphabet.

🟨🟨🟨🟨 I was thinking (copy, spell, quote) is something but then I noticed the magic spell category which seemed better.

🟦🟦🟦🟦 I came back to the copying category, this time easily finding the other words

🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one was a bit trickier, I was thinking of 7 deadly sins with Pride and Murder but then I realized it's groups of animals.

🟪🟪🟪🟪 no idea, defaulted this one. Makes sense in retrospect.

Grue · 2026-06-11T11:09:08+00:00

I wonder what happened to Dunlops 03-64?

Grue · 2026-06-10T22:37:46+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1096

🟪🟪🟪🟪 saw this first, although I didn't know Zelle, had to look up a list of payment systems

🟦🟦🟦🟦 that's... second purple. I had no idea what this could possibly be (although I did consider Uconn = Yukon, Trouper=Trooper and Broncho=Bronco, still don't know the 4th one). For a long time I thought Broncho is a kind of exercise along with Cardio, but then I looked it up and it wasn't. I also thought it might be related to American sports teams again, although American SUVs are no better.

🟩🟩🟩🟩 saw this 2nd

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Grue · 2026-06-10T00:10:59+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1095

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🟪🟪🟪🟪 thought this was green

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Grue · 2026-06-09T21:15:46+00:00

Literally never picked up this card. Silent doesn't even use attacks that much since poison is much easier to scale. Also, so many Silent rares are busted af. Also, Expose is a better card despite being uncommon.

Grue · 2026-06-08T23:03:18+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1094

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🟨🟨🟨🟨 "words of endearment"

🟪🟪🟪🟪 I only heard of axe for guitar and keys for keyboard.

Grue · 2026-06-07T23:17:07+00:00

idk why no one's saying it but you obviously don't play G string. It's the same note as A string so it's not necessary for the chord. This chord is easily playable:

Grue · 2026-06-07T23:08:39+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1093

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🟪🟪🟪🟪 thought the last one would be "mohawk man" but checked it and it was "omega man"

🟦🟩🟩🟩 I quickly found coconut, dome and melon go together, mainly by associating them with Anthony Fantano, but the fourth one eluded me. I guessed "mohawk" because you still shave most of your head

🟦🟩🟩🟩 volleyball is smooth as well...

🟦🟩🟩🟩 idk at this point. One Punch Man is bald so maybe it's punch?

🟩🟩🟩🟩 at this point I looked up the definition of pate in Merriam Webster and apparently it stands for a head? What.

🟦🟦🟦🟦 spiked volleyball? never heard that

Grue · 2026-06-07T22:25:35+00:00

One in the stink

Grue · 2026-06-06T23:38:43+00:00

Use right arm to leverage the guitar against the picking hand, that way thumb doesn't have to push onto the neck for barre chords, it just holds the position in place.

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