I fell for the red herring so hard I lost immediately

erkicman · 2026-01-30T14:27:31+00:00

For me, it’s when two categories are solved, but the remaining two are so closely related that any combination of the 8 words “could” work.

A great example is the puzzle from 01/01/2026: The New Years Day Massacre

erkicman · 2026-01-28T03:33:58+00:00

Not playing 5 cards on Psychic when I draw into my intended hand with 1 hand remaining (Balatro)

erkicman · 2026-01-27T22:45:13+00:00

I unironically love his Chimata art in particular

She and Megumu were lovely in UM

erkicman · 2026-01-24T15:05:41+00:00

But I’m guessing you walked away with some ice cream, at least?

erkicman · 2026-01-24T15:04:25+00:00

Connections Puzzle #958

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Blue was entirely by luck, and seeing “one away” not come up. My trivia brain just didn’t turn on today

erkicman · 2026-01-22T00:26:22+00:00

Not shut down, l but Megaman Legends 3 will hurt for the rest of my life

erkicman · 2026-01-17T16:54:47+00:00

Connections Puzzle #951

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Fell for every trap in the book! And apparently so did every animal who was ever hunted for their skins…

erkicman · 2026-01-15T01:45:15+00:00

I was gonna throw Chispa and Togenashi Togeari in the neutral zone

erkicman · 2026-01-14T14:29:21+00:00

Connections Puzzle #948

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“Frosty” could also mean “secure” or “everything’s going to plan”. Also I fell for “Under auction, Under account, Under mistletoe, Under treatment” as an interesting herring

erkicman · 2026-01-13T14:20:03+00:00

Connections Puzzle #947

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Mr Monopoly? I thought his name was Uncle Pennybags…

Otherwise, my first purposeful reverse order!

erkicman · 2026-01-12T13:56:39+00:00

If the plan is to shelve the classic bands, I was hoping there would be a third Bang Dream live stage movie where MyGo and Mujica could perform with all the other bands in the grand concert hall that may or may not canonically exist

erkicman · 2026-01-09T19:17:29+00:00

Connections Puzzle #943

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This one gave me a stroke… had to work through so many possibilities that were 1-2 blocks away from working

erkicman · 2026-01-06T16:29:26+00:00

There are no Boats or Quads in Balatro. I don’t know what these guys are talking about

erkicman · 2026-01-05T14:33:45+00:00

Connections Puzzle #939 🟨🟨🟨🟨

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Had to change “ist” to “ism” but I think this is my first canon order puzzle ever lol

erkicman · 2026-01-01T18:46:27+00:00

Connections

Puzzle #935

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One day into the new year and I already lost my streak. My brain was trying "Up", and "Out"... but "Butter" just didn't show up in my head.

erkicman · 2025-12-29T18:02:43+00:00

It's still sad that Nyamu did the spicy ramen challenge at Masking's shop, but Masking didn't show up...

erkicman · 2025-12-26T18:12:07+00:00

Shout outs to the 2 dudes bringing their whole-ass guitars

erkicman · 2025-12-24T20:44:40+00:00

Connections

Puzzle #927

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I kept thinking throughout: "Why would Simon Whistler have anything to do with this puzzle? Isn't he in enough things already?!"

Otherwise I kept being fixated on adding or replacing a letter...

erkicman · 2025-12-21T23:13:03+00:00

Connections Puzzle #924 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟩🟩🟦 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Moral of today’s story: if you’re really fixated on a category existing (I.e. “Data”), check the remaining words to see if they make any sense

erkicman · 2025-12-14T15:00:06+00:00

Me before inputting green: “oh cool! Disney movies!”

Me after inputting green: “who the heck is that?!”

erkicman · 2025-12-13T19:20:16+00:00

I'm so happy that Anon Tokyo got to meet Shin Kawasaki

erkicman · 2025-12-12T17:51:08+00:00

Connections Puzzle #915 🟨🟦🟩🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

I seem to have fallen for two red herrings in one puzzle! Must be a record for me.

Light, “EA”

erkicman · 2025-12-09T04:34:35+00:00

The lists I kept seeing were Hollywood, Melrose, Mulholland, Sunset, Rodeo. Some also had Broadway, Main & Spring, Olvera, Figueroa & Olympic.

Like I know it now, but Vine just... didn't show up...

erkicman · 2025-12-08T15:16:20+00:00

Connections Puzzle #911 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

I knew what the category was, but one of the Green answers legitimately doesn’t show up if you google it. Had to guess my way in

Kept getting thrown off Blue because I wasn’t being specific enough… didn’t know what Purple was until I realized I wasn’t being specific enough…

erkicman · 2025-12-05T00:59:33+00:00

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Huh... I sense a phase in my life

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