Board 8 > NYT Connections Part 2

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Underleveled 07/11/25 6:48:24 AM #453:	Connections Puzzle #761 GREENS BLUES Yeesh, I REALLY thought today was going to be a day where I only got purple. Once yellow clicked, the rest fell into place. I saw greens from the start but was missing ~~Yahoo~~. --- darkx <cite>Underleveled posted [p:985732501] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761GREENSBLUESYeesh, I REALLY thought today was going to be a day where I only got purple. Once yellow clicked, the rest fell into place. I saw greens from the start but was missing Yahoo.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rwlh 07/11/25 7:37:14 AM #454:	Connections Puzzle #761 lmao purples came easily and I had absolutely no clue on the rest ~~Photoshop is not a company.~~ <cite>rwlh posted [p:985732684] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761lmao purples came easily and I had absolutely no clue on the restPhotoshop is not a company.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 07/11/25 7:46:41 AM #455:	NYT knows something we don't. --- God has heard my soul. <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:985732716] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>NYT knows something we don't.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wallmasterz 07/11/25 8:04:00 AM #456:	My ~~favorite company is Connections~~ --- I need to update my signature. <cite>wallmasterz posted [p:985732801] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>My favorite company is Connections</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 07/11/25 12:03:57 PM #457:	Connections Puzzle #761 (Greens) (Yellows) Yeah bad puzzle today --- "You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry." <cite>Kenri posted [p:985734681] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761(Greens) (Yellows) Yeah bad puzzle today</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rwlh 07/11/25 12:42:33 PM #458:	NYT changed the one category today, wow. Go back and look at ~~yellow~~ again if you've already done the puzzle. <cite>rwlh posted [p:985735087] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>NYT changed the one category today, wow. Go back and look at yellow again if you've already done the puzzle.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xuxon 07/11/25 12:43:28 PM #459:	Connections Puzzle #761 the category doesn't say companies it says trademarks. the only issue i had with it was uber as a verb. if that is happening at all, it certainly isn't as ubiquitous as the other 3. though the only other separator for those 5 i could think of pointed in the same direction, which was that maybe yahoo wasn't an app and the category was just popular apps. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif <cite>Xuxon posted [p:985735103] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761the category doesn't say companies it says trademarks. the only issue i had with it was uber as a verb. if that is happening at all, it certainly isn't as ubiquitous as the other 3. though the only other separator for those 5 i could think of pointed in the same direction, which was that maybe yahoo wasn't an app and the category was just popular apps.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 07/11/25 12:44:10 PM #460:	this revisionism cannot stand --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:985735114] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>this revisionism cannot stand</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rwlh 07/11/25 12:51:29 PM #461:	Xuxon posted... the category doesn't say companies it says trademarks. the only issue i had with it was uber as a verb. if that is happening at all, it certainly isn't as ubiquitous as the other 3. though the only other separator for those 5 i could think of pointed in the same direction, which was that maybe yahoo wasn't an app and the category was just popular apps. ~~This is a recent change. Earlier today it said "companies."~~ <cite>rwlh posted [p:985735204] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Xuxon posted... </cite><quote>the category doesn't say companies it says trademarks. the only issue i had with it was uber as a verb. if that is happening at all, it certainly isn't as ubiquitous as the other 3. though the only other separator for those 5 i could think of pointed in the same direction, which was that maybe yahoo wasn't an app and the category was just popular apps.</quote>This is a recent change. Earlier today it said "companies."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xuxon 07/11/25 12:54:41 PM #462:	i mean whatever they call it it doesn't change the validity of the category. they've had categories that made perfect sense before but were mislabeled. since no one else challenged uber as a verb i'm going to just assume that it is actually valid. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif <cite>Xuxon posted [p:985735247] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>i mean whatever they call it it doesn't change the validity of the category. they've had categories that made perfect sense before but were mislabeled. since no one else challenged uber as a verb i'm going to just assume that it is actually valid.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/11/25 2:07:04 PM #463:	Connections Puzzle #761 I usually do bad at the hard ones, so yay. It helped that I thought yahoo might go with goof and dodo, making it easier to leave that out of what I thought was an apps category. And fowl didn't really fit in with the other birds, so I didn't try that. I don't normally zero in on homophone ones, but fowl and offal really stuck out to me this time. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985735844] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761I usually do bad at the hard ones, so yay.It helped that I thought yahoo might go with goof and dodo, making it easier to leave that out of what I thought was an apps category. And fowl didn't really fit in with the other birds, so I didn't try that. I don't normally zero in on homophone ones, but fowl and offal really stuck out to me this time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n 07/11/25 2:11:02 PM #464:	Connections Puzzle #761 purps I thought greens were ~~words with 2 Os~~ lol --- _foolmo_ he says listen to my story this maybe are last chance <cite>foolm0r0n posted [p:985735878] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761purpsI thought greens were words with 2 Os lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xuxon 07/11/25 2:14:22 PM #465:	foolm0r0n posted... ~~I thought greens were words with 2 Os lol~~ oh yeah i thought the same thing --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif <cite>Xuxon posted [p:985735907] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>foolm0r0n posted... </cite><quote>I thought greens were words with 2 Os lol</quote>oh yeah i thought the same thing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 07/11/25 2:15:20 PM #466:	Xuxon posted... i mean whatever they call it it doesn't change the validity of the category. they've had categories that made perfect sense before but were mislabeled. since no one else challenged uber as a verb i'm going to just assume that it is actually valid. ~~bruh photoshop is not a company it totally changes the validity of the category. case in point: my wrong guesses~~ --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:985735917] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Xuxon posted... </cite><quote>i mean whatever they call it it doesn't change the validity of the category. they've had categories that made perfect sense before but were mislabeled. since no one else challenged uber as a verb i'm going to just assume that it is actually valid.</quote>bruh photoshop is not a company it totally changes the validity of the category. case in point: my wrong guesses</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xuxon 07/11/25 2:27:25 PM #467:	Chaeix posted... ~~bruh photoshop is not a company it totally changes the validity of the category. case in point: my wrong guesses~~ the association is the same regardless of how it's labeled. it's 4 app names being used as verbs, 3 of which also happen to be the company's name. it's not like you were given a hint that it's specifically company-related. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif <cite>Xuxon posted [p:985736030] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Chaeix posted... </cite><quote>bruh photoshop is not a company it totally changes the validity of the category. case in point: my wrong guesses</quote>the association is the same regardless of how it's labeled. it's 4 app names being used as verbs, 3 of which also happen to be the company's name. it's not like you were given a hint that it's specifically company-related.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 07/11/25 2:28:17 PM #468:	Xuxon posted... the association is the same regardless of how it's labeled. it's 4 app names being used as verbs, 3 of which also happen to be the company's name. it's not like you were given a hint that it's specifically company-related. ~~i thought to myself 'oh photoshop isn't a tech company i'll guess yahoo instead' for my first wrong guess~~ --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:985736046] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Xuxon posted... </cite><quote>the association is the same regardless of how it's labeled. it's 4 app names being used as verbs, 3 of which also happen to be the company's name. it's not like you were given a hint that it's specifically company-related.</quote>i thought to myself 'oh photoshop isn't a tech company i'll guess yahoo instead' for my first wrong guess</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/11/25 2:30:18 PM #469:	That just makes it a typical trap answer like many other days. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985736064] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>That just makes it a typical trap answer like many other days.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wallmasterz 07/11/25 3:04:34 PM #470:	Traps can have varying degrees of fairness to the player imo --- I need to update my signature. <cite>wallmasterz posted [p:985736498] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Traps can have varying degrees of fairness to the player imo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/11/25 3:05:21 PM #471:	Oh yeah, some traps are bullshit for real. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985736506] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Oh yeah, some traps are bullshit for real.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 07/11/25 3:13:27 PM #472:	There were a lot of ~~words with two os~~ today and I also spent some time trying to work out a way that some of them would go together, but I just couldnt come up with any way to do it without at least 5. --- darkx <cite>Underleveled posted [p:985736589] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>There were a lot of words with two os today and I also spent some time trying to work out a way that some of them would go together, but I just couldnt come up with any way to do it without at least 5.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bitto 07/11/25 5:40:44 PM #473:	~~Mein is pronounced mean? I can see mine or main but mean?~~ --- https://i.imgur.com/9sOWQAf.jpeg <cite>Bitto posted [p:985738239] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Mein is pronounced mean? I can see mine or main but mean?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/11/25 6:07:17 PM #474:	Bitto posted... ~~Mein is pronounced mean? I can see mine or main but mean?~~ ~~Mien, not mein.~~ --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985738490] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Bitto posted... </cite><quote>Mein is pronounced mean? I can see mine or main but mean?</quote>Mien, not mein.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fiop 07/11/25 9:07:52 PM #475:	Connections Puzzle #761 ~~I've heard and used Uber as a verb a lot. The one I haven't heard as much as a verb is Zoom.~~ --- "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" - 2 Corinthians 5:21 <cite>Fiop posted [p:985740191] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #761I've heard and used Uber as a verb a lot. The one I haven't heard as much as a verb is Zoom.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 07/11/25 10:08:30 PM #476:	Connections Puzzle #762 --- God has heard my soul. <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:985740829] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AdmittedFelon 07/12/25 12:45:35 AM #477:	Connections Puzzle #762 ~~I tried "echo", for endorse, because it fits. Also felt dumb when I finally saw the purples, since I use them daily...~~ --- Draven 2013 Undertale 2015 <cite>AdmittedFelon posted [p:985741771] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762I tried "echo", for endorse, because it fits. Also felt dumb when I finally saw the purples, since I use them daily...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 07/12/25 12:51:05 AM #478:	I thought there was a chance that today's purple were the trap. --- God has heard my soul. <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:985741794] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>I thought there was a chance that today's purple were the trap.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/12/25 3:10:13 AM #479:	Connections Puzzle #762 --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985742438] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 07/12/25 3:52:15 AM #480:	Connections Puzzle #762 yellows purples --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:985742540] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762yellowspurples</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wallmasterz 07/12/25 6:02:35 AM #481:	Connections Puzzle #762 blues purples --- I need to update my signature. <cite>wallmasterz posted [p:985742880] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762bluespurples</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rwlh 07/12/25 9:22:55 AM #482:	Connections Puzzle #762 <cite>rwlh posted [p:985743611] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KommunistKoala 07/12/25 10:34:56 AM #483:	Connections Puzzle #762 blue --- does anyone even read this <cite>KommunistKoala posted [p:985744019] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762blue</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fiop 07/12/25 10:35:41 AM #484:	Connections Puzzle #762 ~~I think I remember NATO alphabet being a blue category once awhile ago.~~ --- "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" - 2 Corinthians 5:21 <cite>Fiop posted [p:985744025] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762I think I remember NATO alphabet being a blue category once awhile ago.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 07/12/25 11:11:44 AM #485:	Connections Puzzle #762 I love it when this happens. Wasn't even trying for it. --- Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered! RIP Bob Barker (1923 - 2023) - and thanks for all the memories. <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:985744311] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762I love it when this happens. Wasn't even trying for it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 07/12/25 11:19:10 AM #486:	Connections Puzzle #762 I usually do this at breakfast but only got green and yellow today and when I came back at lunch I IMMEDIATELY saw purple and couldnt believe I didnt see it earlier. --- darkx <cite>Underleveled posted [p:985744383] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762I usually do this at breakfast but only got green and yellow today and when I came back at lunch I IMMEDIATELY saw purple and couldnt believe I didnt see it earlier.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 07/12/25 1:39:16 PM #487:	Connections Puzzle #762 (Purples) Five terms fit for yellow so it took me a couple guesses --- "You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry." <cite>Kenri posted [p:985745626] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762(Purples) Five terms fit for yellow so it took me a couple guesses</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xuxon 07/12/25 4:37:49 PM #488:	Connections Puzzle #762 this one took me a long time --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif <cite>Xuxon posted [p:985747698] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #762this one took me a long time</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/12/25 4:42:22 PM #489:	I'm lucky I didn't see the yellows until after the purples. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985747743] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>I'm lucky I didn't see the yellows until after the purples.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 07/13/25 4:15:12 AM #490:	Connections Puzzle #763 purples blues ~~ive never heard anyone say zin for zinfandel, that was a hard one. i also was convinced mag and zine couldnt be in the same category. reverse trap?~~ --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:985753534] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763purplesbluesive never heard anyone say zin for zinfandel, that was a hard one. i also was convinced mag and zine couldnt be in the same category. reverse trap?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnk 07/13/25 4:22:43 AM #491:	Connections Puzzle #763 I saw rag, mag, and zine early on, but I didn't know what a fourth slang term for magazines could be. When I got down to those and purples, I just took a guess that glossy would be it since it describes the cover page. Had no idea whatsoever on the purples. ~~I don't like wine.~~ --- Change is weird. <cite>mnk posted [p:985753564] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763I saw rag, mag, and zine early on, but I didn't know what a fourth slang term for magazines could be. When I got down to those and purples, I just took a guess that glossy would be it since it describes the cover page. Had no idea whatsoever on the purples. I don't like wine.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 07/13/25 4:27:01 AM #492:	Connections Puzzle #763 --- God has heard my soul. <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:985753574] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rwlh 07/13/25 4:48:18 AM #493:	Connections Puzzle #763 <cite>rwlh posted [p:985753644] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xuxon 07/13/25 5:47:49 AM #494:	Connections Puzzle #763 when i saw z words weren't a category i pretty much just gave up, because zin and zine are nonsense to me. it didn't help that 5 words fit yellow. my final guess was actually on the right track somehow. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif <cite>Xuxon posted [p:985753812] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763when i saw z words weren't a category i pretty much just gave up, because zin and zine are nonsense to me. it didn't help that 5 words fit yellow. my final guess was actually on the right track somehow.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 07/13/25 7:45:32 AM #495:	Connections Puzzle #763 GREEN (~~said rag instead of knock and it definitely fits~~) YELLOW Yeah I was never gonna get those last two. --- darkx <cite>Underleveled posted [p:985754178] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763GREEN (said rag instead of knock and it definitely fits)YELLOWYeah I was never gonna get those last two.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wallmasterz 07/13/25 8:24:46 AM #496:	Dumb mistake, I used ~~rag for insult instead of zing~~ Connections Puzzle #763 --- I need to update my signature. <cite>wallmasterz posted [p:985754373] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>Dumb mistake, I used rag for insult instead of zing ConnectionsPuzzle #763</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AdmittedFelon 07/13/25 10:38:11 AM #497:	Connections Puzzle #763 BLUES Yellow had 5 answers, so was just a matter of getting lucky. Purples I saw early, but it didn't feel right, because it was 3 specific wines shortened, and then "bubbly", so I held off in case it was a trap. --- Draven 2013 Undertale 2015 <cite>AdmittedFelon posted [p:985755091] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763BLUESYellow had 5 answers, so was just a matter of getting lucky. Purples I saw early, but it didn't feel right, because it was 3 specific wines shortened, and then "bubbly", so I held off in case it was a trap.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n 07/13/25 11:05:56 AM #498:	Connections Puzzle #763 Greens Blues What does it say that purples were my easiest? Also yellow definitely had 5, that should be invalid --- _foolmo_ he says listen to my story this maybe are last chance <cite>foolm0r0n posted [p:985755319] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763GreensBluesWhat does it say that purples were my easiest? Also yellow definitely had 5, that should be invalid</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FFDragon 07/13/25 11:08:52 AM #499:	Connections Puzzle #763 lol fell for trap first --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? #theresafreakingghostafterus <cite>FFDragon posted [p:985755335] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>ConnectionsPuzzle #763lol fell for trap first</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 07/13/25 11:19:34 AM #500:	re: yellow ~~i feel like rag is more of a verb than a noun? like you rag on someone as opposed to being like sick rag yo~~ --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:985755405] in NYT Connec... [t:80993836]...</cite> <quote>re: yellow i feel like rag is more of a verb than a noun? like you rag on someone as opposed to being like sick rag yo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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