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It's in today's NYT connections puzzle: https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

by d--b 3y ago

4ggr0 3y ago
I love the NYT Connections game, but some days it makes me feel like an absolute idiot because I can't get a single group correct and am puzzled when the solutions are revealed :D Together with globle, travle, worldle, framed and gamedle these couple of games are what I play during my morning coffe break, and I'm glad that they exist. If I feel like more I also try to solve boxofficegame and tradle, but I can't solve them often.
- dkdbejwi383 3y ago
  A lot of them need knowledge of USA culture and American English phrases. That's usually what I fail on.
  - 4ggr0 3y ago
    Yeah that's true, was an issue on todays Connections as well :/
  - NeoTar 3y ago
    Watching a lot of American television, I'm normally OK, but what got me recently in connections is that apparently Jelly Beans are associated with Easter in the USA... that was a completely new revelation to me.
- brk 3y ago
  Add Dadagrams to your list: https://dadagrams.com/ https://dadagrams.com/ No affiliation, it was posted to HN a while back and that is how I found it. The premise is fun, you're playing against the developers dad.
  - 4ggr0 3y ago
    Thanks for the tip! Just played it and was absolutely destroyed by a random dad. I'm really not good at these word-based games, my strength is Globle and Travle. But Dadagrams is fun, added it to my bookmarks ;)
timvdalen 3y ago
Are moo and new supposed to be homophones of μ and ν?
- shawabawa3 3y ago
  Apparently... I don't understand why it wouldn't be "mew" and "new" I have to say the connections this time was particularly poor. Even with the answers I don't get it What do Day-O and Jackie-O reference? Why are they linked to Daddy-O and Jell-o? Random works that end in -O sometimes in obscure situations?
  - fallinghawks 3y ago
    > Random works that end in -O Not random, but otherwise yes, end in O. But someone above said you have to be an American to get these and I generally agree. Daddy-o: a 50s hipster term Day-o: a song by Harry Belafonte Jackie O: Onassis, wife to President John F Kennedy Jell-o: a longstanding dessert mix
    - dmonitor 3y ago
      Day-o is a pretty deep cut for anyone. I realized they probably wanted Jell-O and other 'things that end in -o', but I couldn't think of the others.
      - lapetitejort 3y ago
        Beetlejuice fans will recognize it easily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4
jameshart 3y ago
Also a slickly executed theme on today’s Puzzmo crossword: https://www.puzzmo.com/today https://www.puzzmo.com/today (Zach Gage’s puzzmo is a great collection of daily puzzles if you’re a Wordle/Connections player who craves more)

It's in today's NYT connections puzzle: https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

by d--b 3y ago

It's in today's NYT connections puzzle: https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

4ggr0 3y ago

I love the NYT Connections game, but some days it makes me feel like an absolute idiot because I can't get a single group correct and am puzzled when the solutions are revealed :D Together with globle, travle, worldle, framed and gamedle these couple of games are what I play during my morning coffe break, and I'm glad that they exist. If I feel like more I also try to solve boxofficegame and tradle, but I can't solve them often.

dkdbejwi383 3y ago
A lot of them need knowledge of USA culture and American English phrases. That's usually what I fail on.
- 4ggr0 3y ago
  Yeah that's true, was an issue on todays Connections as well :/
- NeoTar 3y ago
  Watching a lot of American television, I'm normally OK, but what got me recently in connections is that apparently Jelly Beans are associated with Easter in the USA... that was a completely new revelation to me.
brk 3y ago
Add Dadagrams to your list: https://dadagrams.com/ https://dadagrams.com/ No affiliation, it was posted to HN a while back and that is how I found it. The premise is fun, you're playing against the developers dad.
- 4ggr0 3y ago
  Thanks for the tip! Just played it and was absolutely destroyed by a random dad. I'm really not good at these word-based games, my strength is Globle and Travle. But Dadagrams is fun, added it to my bookmarks ;)

timvdalen 3y ago

Are moo and new supposed to be homophones of μ and ν?

shawabawa3 3y ago
Apparently... I don't understand why it wouldn't be "mew" and "new" I have to say the connections this time was particularly poor. Even with the answers I don't get it What do Day-O and Jackie-O reference? Why are they linked to Daddy-O and Jell-o? Random works that end in -O sometimes in obscure situations?
- fallinghawks 3y ago
  > Random works that end in -O Not random, but otherwise yes, end in O. But someone above said you have to be an American to get these and I generally agree. Daddy-o: a 50s hipster term Day-o: a song by Harry Belafonte Jackie O: Onassis, wife to President John F Kennedy Jell-o: a longstanding dessert mix
  - dmonitor 3y ago
    Day-o is a pretty deep cut for anyone. I realized they probably wanted Jell-O and other 'things that end in -o', but I couldn't think of the others.
    - lapetitejort 3y ago
      Beetlejuice fans will recognize it easily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4

jameshart 3y ago

Also a slickly executed theme on today’s Puzzmo crossword: https://www.puzzmo.com/today https://www.puzzmo.com/today (Zach Gage’s puzzmo is a great collection of daily puzzles if you’re a Wordle/Connections player who craves more)