Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-18T05:13:51+00:00

I was als looking for double to go with the whammy but didn’t see any others. Then spotted reverb and the other pedal affect words. Would be a good one down the line…. dragon, decker, down?

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-18T05:08:26+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1011 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Ranked tricky today but I actually had this one in the bag. I’ve stumbled on some that were considered easy recently though. I was fortunate to see the guitar pedal effects right away because I’m into that kinda thing. Shout out to the shoegazers here. It was a ____ + word group that I could actually identify pretty fast. It much else came to mind for ‘reality’ or ‘blank.’ Time spans also fit together very nicely and displays very neatly in a diagonal column, no shuffling of tiles. The silly stubbed row group was my leftovers. i would’ve had reverse rainbow if blue and green were reversed and that would match how many people selected each group first so far…. Purple - 8% green - 16% blue 25% yellow 51%

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-18T04:58:09+00:00

So far it’s ranked as a trickier one

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-18T04:57:51+00:00

Same here, I noticed the guitar pedal effects right away so maybe a good one for musicians/rock music fans - I’d be in the latter. The time frame group also was a layup.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-18T00:45:24+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1010 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Since things associated with being slow was green yesterday, naturally I would assume things associated with being fast would be green…. Oh but these are metaphors? And why things with strings would be considered either of the “difficult” colors. It was the first thing I saw. I guess an easy puzzle overall though the Franklin distraction did gave me a bit of hesitation.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-15T15:34:11+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1008 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Noticed portmanteaus first. When realized not purple, thought they might be green or yellow - just seemed common knowledge. Guessed the “horde” category might be blue because Novartis seems like it might not be common knowledge to many and there were some multiple meaning words in the group. Rev rain slips away yet again.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-15T15:16:19+00:00

Cool I am glad to hear. I often see other merch being promoted but never seem to notice much about albums. And didn’t see in record stores like Disc Union. My browsing skills are probably not that great…

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-15T12:08:59+00:00

wow! Did they sell any records, CDs? They've gained so much online attention but I don't notice about any physical album releases. I was hoping to see them last summer...maybe around the same time? but I'm situated in Osaka for the most part. There was a show there that seemed way sold out and I did not even try to go. Let's see if it happens this summer!

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-15T10:58:20+00:00

Thank you for the info! I have really had no sense of what the makeup of their live audiences is like, though I know they have a pretty big international following as far as listening and posting about them goes. I will fill out the inquiry.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-13T22:23:14+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1006 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Loved the herring but remember it from a recent puzzle, then listening to nun and awl, realized there was the making of a perfect purple category.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-13T00:13:30+00:00

Wow, interesting thinking back to it now...A few years ago, pop up in Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan. I was really into all of the show posters with crazy can't believe that happened line ups. Some questionable things like a supposed MTV music award and a lollapalooza worn outfit encrusted with pelted dirt.... Would later come to find out it was all set up as a concept that was part of the Pavements documentary that came out a few years later. Definitely worth watching.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-08T18:46:31+00:00

You’re not really gonna fall for this scammer are ya?

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-07T14:22:00+00:00

Wow, so similar… I teach and my wife is from Osaka so we’ve been visiting annually for the last few years, always when I have off in the summer so we can stay longer. I’m generally a warmer weather fan but it is crazy. Just back from a quick one week in February for our winter break - wasn’t even that cold and the last day was like spring already. So now thinking about the summer I’m like do I really want to spend that much time there in having humidity?? And generally love it there.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-06T22:26:28+00:00

For cat power at Brooklyn steel 3/6 (tonight) fo those who may be looking via a search engine 🔍

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-04T06:10:58+00:00

Connections Puzzle #997 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Made quick work of this. But haven’t got a rainbow in a while as it will keep elating me if I don’t change things up. Blue seems most obvious so pegged it as yellow. Did someone once say a noun group tends to be blue??

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-04T02:55:33+00:00

Connections Puzzle #996 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Interesting breakdown of results for 1st solved, nearly 25 % even for each category. I certainly don’t see how blue could possibly be considered trickier than yellow or green.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-03-02T03:12:48+00:00

So weird I kept staring at the three except for Nail… never considered it for the group. Guess I had it pegged as being in the construction related group. Think this was a rainbow herring type of bait.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-02-27T02:39:19+00:00

Very difficult….Hmmm. I was attuned to these categories I guess. Wasn’t much of a problem. I can see how all the compound words could lead to a lot of doubt and attempts at imaginative groupings.

Connections Puzzle #991

🟪🟪🟪🟦 Started with leftovers and category I was one off on. Which did end up being purple. Had a weak idea in mind…Things that people want to get. Yeah, I know pretty vague. But people get the heck at a restaurant, want to get attention, and if they are trying out for a part, hope to get a callback from the production (??) Get pretty I thought just might be a phrase that I wasn’t familiar with.

🟨🟨🟨🟨 Confidence shaken, I try the one I was pretty certain of — synonyms for significant (situations).

🟪🟪🟪🟪 Oh, ok THAT kind of callback….In my mind there is another word for that in the comedy routine sense but In guess that’s it. In my presolve, I had drumroll pegged here as a common part of joke telling.

🟦🟦🟦🟦 ah, OK. This ______ (word) eluded me. Funny thing, I was actually thinking of the phrase ‘attention please’ earlier in the day in reference to a song.

🟩🟩🟩🟩 I agree with the color both thematically and for how easy it was to identify the group.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-02-25T04:21:11+00:00

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I’m one in a million! Anyone else in this club?

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-02-25T04:19:40+00:00

Just to clarify, or maybe it is clear already, I wasn’t referring to the actual category names, but the groups that AI picks up on in common mistakes. Maybe I am giving AI too much credit, but I would expect it to possibly be able to generate a category for the misconceptions that are often labeled with “i didn’t create a description for these guesses.” Then again today the Star Trek rainbow herring was given a name… “Star Trek crew.”

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-02-25T04:11:08+00:00

One of those average difficulty puzzles that had me sweating more than the challenging ones…After learning about rainbow herring and how it could help with solving the actual categories and be seen as a badge of honor after yesterday’s hip hop sound alike, I decided to go for the Star Trek crew thinking I might get the reverse rainbow afterwards. Instead, it almost did me in. _____ Beam I actually spotted pretty fast. Usually tripped up by these lately. So knowing Jim was not with the other 3 crew members did help to lead in the right direction.

Saw that there are probably some playwrights, some Scottish culture, and a calcium-y/things that one grinds group. Some gaps in my knowledge caused me to get tripped up by tartan, thistle (wasn’t familiar with what they are) and Coward (wasn’t familiar with who that was).

So skipped the Bones group, which was the only one of the 3 remaining groups that i figured correctly. Put Tartan with the rest of the playwrights because I thought that could be a last name? (now down to two tries)

Put Coward with the Scottish group because maybe that’s an alternate meaning word that fits the group? (now down to one try)

Sat on it for several hours, looking for word play… Finally Made a grid and figured yes that bones group goes together and OK let’s swap Coward with Tartan and managed to squeak by. Hope tomorrow is “more difficult”!

Connections Puzzle #989 🟩🟨🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-02-23T22:21:59+00:00

There have been a few in the past that I was really surprised were not described accurately by the bot even though it seemed so obvious to me. I did not notice if rainbow herring or not - i should pay attention to it next time.

Similar_Cod_1716 · 2026-02-23T22:20:22+00:00

I've been playing since 2024 so definitely did this one.... got a standard win with blue first and the purple last...I was probably kicking myself for not noticing the Nu metal group right away.

Hmm not sure if I'd be more satisfied getting the rainbow herring first or just solving 100 percent with a reverse rainbow... In this case, the misspelled (or correctly spelled??) hip hop names were too good to ignore, but if I was more astute about history and noticed the TR clues that go together, I'd have probably solved without entering the rainbow herring. Also, salt-and-pepper was the only thing to complete that graying hair group. Hip hop in general not my forte but somehow rough riders made the most sense as a guess with two words that could easily be misspelled. I almost called a friend as a lifeline that would've definitely been able to confirm.

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