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Connections is better anyway.

by znkynz 8mo ago

AndrewDucker 8mo ago
It's a very different kind of game. I don't think it's at all comparable.
AnotherGoodName 8mo ago
I recommend anything at https://www.merriam-webster.com/games https://www.merriam-webster.com/games for these sorts of games. Lots of wordle variations and all add free.
- BurningFrog 8mo ago
  I find Quordle a much better game than Wordle, since there is some real strategy involved, but still not overly much.
dobladov 8mo ago
My favorite right now is https://tiledwords.com/ https://tiledwords.com/, not affiliated to it in any way, I just enjoy it.
- paulhebert 8mo ago
  Hey, thanks! I’m glad you’re enjoying it! (I’m the creator)
  - abosherid 8mo ago
    It’s become tradition in my house to play tiled words with my wife just before bed. It’s the last thing we do together before falling asleep each night! Thanks for bringing us together with a bit of joy!
    - paulhebert 8mo ago
      That’s awesome, thanks for letting me know!
Lerc 8mo ago
Connections is infuriating. Not only are they using regional specific knowledge, but they use regional relative concepts. Many people do not agree that ant rhymes with aunt. The recent Homophones of words meaning brutal. Gorey, Grimm, Grizzly, Scarry. I am guessin that Grimm is a eponym which makes it nebulous at best, eponyms take a lot of use to be regarded in objective terms rather than as invoking an arbartrary property of the name holder. Kafkaesque rises to that use. I don't think Grimm does. I have no idea if Scarry is supposed to be a homonym for scary. Which it neither sounds like nor means brutal. Perhaps there is another word that means brutal that sounds like however the person who makes connections thinks Scarry is pronounced. In which case it would be a homonym of a synonym of brutal. I also do not live in the same country as only connect, yet do not have such issues with their walls. The real problem is that while you might be wrong about an answer, once you lose faith that the puzzle setter is right, you can never be sure if your guess is wrong or they are wrong. It is no longer a puzzle and you are playing 'what have I got in my pocket?'.
- jeffgreco 8mo ago
  Isn't the point of homophones that they sound like the equivalent word, thus gory, grim, grisly, scary?
  - extra88 8mo ago
    I think the confusion is about what "Gorey, Grimm, Scarry" mean. They, along with "Silverstein" in that game, are last names of children's authors.
    - Lerc 8mo ago
      And that would be OK as a clue if Silverstein was a red herring, Grizzly was also a children's author and Scarry sounded like scary (and also meant something in the same ballpark as Gory, Grim, and Grisly)
      - quuxplusone 8mo ago
        Richard Scarry's surname is indeed pronounced "scary," rather than (as I assumed for many years) "scarr-ry." That is, it rhymes with Harry, Larry, carry, parry, tarry, and marry, rather than... uh, starry, I guess?

Connections is better anyway.

by znkynz 8mo ago

Connections is better anyway.

AndrewDucker 8mo ago

It's a very different kind of game. I don't think it's at all comparable.

AnotherGoodName 8mo ago

I recommend anything at https://www.merriam-webster.com/games https://www.merriam-webster.com/games for these sorts of games. Lots of wordle variations and all add free.

BurningFrog 8mo ago
I find Quordle a much better game than Wordle, since there is some real strategy involved, but still not overly much.

dobladov 8mo ago

My favorite right now is https://tiledwords.com/ https://tiledwords.com/, not affiliated to it in any way, I just enjoy it.

paulhebert 8mo ago
Hey, thanks! I’m glad you’re enjoying it! (I’m the creator)
- abosherid 8mo ago
  It’s become tradition in my house to play tiled words with my wife just before bed. It’s the last thing we do together before falling asleep each night! Thanks for bringing us together with a bit of joy!
  - paulhebert 8mo ago
    That’s awesome, thanks for letting me know!

Lerc 8mo ago

Connections is infuriating. Not only are they using regional specific knowledge, but they use regional relative concepts. Many people do not agree that ant rhymes with aunt. The recent Homophones of words meaning brutal. Gorey, Grimm, Grizzly, Scarry. I am guessin that Grimm is a eponym which makes it nebulous at best, eponyms take a lot of use to be regarded in objective terms rather than as invoking an arbartrary property of the name holder. Kafkaesque rises to that use. I don't think Grimm does. I have no idea if Scarry is supposed to be a homonym for scary. Which it neither sounds like nor means brutal. Perhaps there is another word that means brutal that sounds like however the person who makes connections thinks Scarry is pronounced. In which case it would be a homonym of a synonym of brutal. I also do not live in the same country as only connect, yet do not have such issues with their walls. The real problem is that while you might be wrong about an answer, once you lose faith that the puzzle setter is right, you can never be sure if your guess is wrong or they are wrong. It is no longer a puzzle and you are playing 'what have I got in my pocket?'.

jeffgreco 8mo ago
Isn't the point of homophones that they sound like the equivalent word, thus gory, grim, grisly, scary?
- extra88 8mo ago
  I think the confusion is about what "Gorey, Grimm, Scarry" mean. They, along with "Silverstein" in that game, are last names of children's authors.
  - Lerc 8mo ago
    And that would be OK as a clue if Silverstein was a red herring, Grizzly was also a children's author and Scarry sounded like scary (and also meant something in the same ballpark as Gory, Grim, and Grisly)
    - quuxplusone 8mo ago
      Richard Scarry's surname is indeed pronounced "scary," rather than (as I assumed for many years) "scarr-ry." That is, it rhymes with Harry, Larry, carry, parry, tarry, and marry, rather than... uh, starry, I guess?