Connections today: fucken "buzzy things" now, is it?
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 09:46 (four weeks ago) link
Ha I got that one
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 10:59 (four weeks ago) link
Connections feels kinda arbitrary and half-assed.. Like, in the instructions, they show easy at the top and purple at the bottom. Why not put the rows in order spatially, once you've solved them? If you solve purple it should appear at the bottom.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:02 (four weeks ago) link
so you can see that you guessed purple first, and bossed it.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:03 (four weeks ago) link
Yeah but I don’t remember what the colours are.. yellow? Green? Huh?
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:05 (four weeks ago) link
I don’t think showing the rows in the order you solved them is arbitrary. You’d also get the cognitive dissonance of having a blue or green row breaking up the playing field if you solve them out of order rather than keeping all of the words still in play together.
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:05 (four weeks ago) link
Hmm yes
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:06 (four weeks ago) link
yesterday's had steal, deal, buy, value but, unless it's another AmE thing, they're not all synonyms just more or less words in the same area.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:07 (four weeks ago) link
those all mean “bargain”
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:10 (four weeks ago) link
i would say "that's a steal / deal" but not "that's a value" - maybe mario would - i'd say "that's good value" but it's not a noun on its own. as for buy, i've never heard it used anything like that.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:14 (four weeks ago) link
It's more of a semantic field thing, I guess.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:16 (four weeks ago) link
yeah it’s true value doesn’t work the same way grammaticallythis is what i mean by half assedbut i have heard “that’s a great buy” plenty of times
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:23 (four weeks ago) link
though even then you need to put "great" or "good" in front of it for it to work the same way
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 11:25 (four weeks ago) link
i have never heard of "gossip" being described in such a way. stupid group, that one (had them left at the end)
― kinder, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:02 (four weeks ago) link
Connections definitely makes me appreciate the art of Only Connect walls
― kinder, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:03 (four weeks ago) link
WordAll today was one of the hardest I've seen. Took me 20 mins according to the page (though I obviously wasn't staring at it that entire time)
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:04 (four weeks ago) link
I did today's WordAll in 3m27 - it wasn't easy though
― ailsa, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:58 (four weeks ago) link
kinder have you never seen Jesus Christ Superstar?
the broader point is solid though ("buy" definitely a pretty wack stretch). I think of Connections as a kind of training ground for the half-assedness of crossword clues. maybe mentally append a "sometimes" or "in a way" or "?" after all their categories
― rob, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:24 (four weeks ago) link
Had to chuckle today at the name of the yellow category in connections. For purple I had 8 things left and just picked the ones that looked kinda random and that worked.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:41 (four weeks ago) link
Xps the wall was always the one I struggled with on only connect and connections has massively helped my game improve
― nxd, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:58 (four weeks ago) link
I'd forgotten to do the Wordall today! yes it was a headscratcher.
― kinder, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 17:09 (four weeks ago) link
I just learned about Wordall thanks to this thread today, what a fun game
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 18:40 (four weeks ago) link
Tried Wordall but the inability to backspace using the keyboard is a non-starter for me.
― Bottom Cruise (Leee), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:10 (four weeks ago) link
managed to shave 1 sec off my best Wordall time today. even with a mistake.
― kinder, Thursday, 23 May 2024 12:48 (four weeks ago) link
yesterday I had never heard of Ovula; today on the Wordall another word I've never seen and one I was iffy about.
― kinder, Sunday, 26 May 2024 08:03 (three weeks ago) link
Anyone's Connections not working today? The other games seem OK
― kinder, Thursday, 30 May 2024 09:02 (three weeks ago) link
Works for me, got it with no errors.
― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Thursday, 30 May 2024 09:16 (three weeks ago) link
Wordle seems like it's down to just words with two of the same letter now.
― nashwan, Thursday, 30 May 2024 09:18 (three weeks ago) link
Connections came back for me, got it no errors woohoo
― kinder, Thursday, 30 May 2024 09:42 (three weeks ago) link
today's wordle sucked
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 May 2024 10:23 (three weeks ago) link
My 16 year old son beat me at Wordle today (him 4 me 5) - a disgusting development
― Cognosc in Tyrol (emsworth), Thursday, 30 May 2024 11:10 (three weeks ago) link
3 for me today, I don't see the problem. :) I've also been enjoying Order Up lately.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 30 May 2024 17:43 (three weeks ago) link
if you get a hit on the “wrong” greens first there could be like 20 different possibilities
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 May 2024 17:45 (three weeks ago) link
so plan two steps ahead and pick a word that maximally reduces the number of possible words?
― flopson, Thursday, 30 May 2024 18:20 (three weeks ago) link
wordle ate my streak between yesterday and today for some reason
― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 May 2024 18:23 (three weeks ago) link
Today’s connections was v ilx-y
― sarahell, Friday, 31 May 2024 13:40 (three weeks ago) link
yes!
xp I think I had two of my lowest-ever wordle luck scores yesterday and the day before (18/99 and 19/99)
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2024 22:30 (three weeks ago) link
for Connections, today's was the first of those I've done where there was definitely a group of four that neatly fit into a category but which wasn't an answer: Fuji, Canon, Polaroid and Olympus are all brands of cameras
― silverfish, Saturday, 1 June 2024 01:55 (two weeks ago) link
yeah that was my first guess as well, i was not pleased
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 1 June 2024 01:57 (two weeks ago) link
I made that mistake too, it was annoying. Anyway, 'shake it like a polaroid' is a very outdated term referring to the past with Fuji peel-apart films, today's polaroids are integral films with the film development occurring between protective layers, and with much more painterly results, and there is no shaking, just initially shielding from light
― Dan S, Saturday, 1 June 2024 02:13 (two weeks ago) link
the Fuji peel-apart films in decades past were referred to as polaroids, but only because the Polaroid company (and its very different process) became synonymous with instant film
― Dan S, Saturday, 1 June 2024 02:32 (two weeks ago) link
The US-centric nature of Connections continues to be the most infuriating thing about it. 'stat' meaning 'don't delay' isn't something I've heard of .
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 1 June 2024 08:20 (two weeks ago) link
what do they say in UK hospitals?
― jaymc, Saturday, 1 June 2024 08:26 (two weeks ago) link
also, it's Latin: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/statim
― jaymc, Saturday, 1 June 2024 08:28 (two weeks ago) link
I've never heard it used so not sure what it's equivalent to.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 1 June 2024 08:54 (two weeks ago) link
if i was a real head i’d come up with a name for when you solve the hardest tier first and then get the rest in descending order of difficulty but actually i don’t give a shit
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 1 June 2024 08:59 (two weeks ago) link
I'm British and I've heard of it so I got that line, however I had never heard of any on the blue line so crashed out.
― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Saturday, 1 June 2024 09:07 (two weeks ago) link
I did that camera thing too. very Only-Connecty
― kinder, Saturday, 1 June 2024 09:32 (two weeks ago) link
I’ve only heard “stat” used in hospitals and TV shows like ER.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 1 June 2024 15:31 (two weeks ago) link
Yeah it’s hospital jargon, not commonplace US speech
Only everyone of a certain age in the US knows it because of ER
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Saturday, 1 June 2024 20:19 (two weeks ago) link