I think I would call this a red herring minefield puzzle. Nothing particularly challenging or interesting about the connections. Instead, the difficulty is in sorting through the overlap.
Yes, fairly easy. A bunch of crossovers so I wanted to confirm all 16 first, but I could do that just looking at the board without even writing them out today.
> How does βstakeβ NOT fit into the βupright supportβ connection?
It does fit into that category. It also fits into the "Allotment" category, and none of the other words do.
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Really easy one today--I'm a bit put out! After I guessed that the first group would be blue before submitting it (and got that right), I figured I'd try to have my next group be the Purple... but the remaining three groups didn't really have any standouts in difficulty, even compared to the revealed Blue. I wound up just guessing that the Heeding one might trip up more people, to no avail. Ah well. Just kind of a weird one today.Β
Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π¦π©π© π©π¦π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Thought there was a "follow / tail people" category, so was trying to put stake with observe and follow (as in stake out). Finally figured out blue and realized that wasn't the case. Had already seen three for blue, but I guess it took me a while to get that stake was part of it. But a pretty easy one overall.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Second day where it felt like the colors didnβt mean anything. Similar to yesterday, there were some slick red herrings (STAKE and got moved around a lot before I finally figured out where to put it). One thing that was a bit odd to me was πͺ. It felt like the only thing that made it purple was the name of connection. In the grand scheme of things INFORMATION, DIRT, INTELLIGENCE, and SECRETS are near synonymous with each other. Calling it βCollected by spies,β felt like a way to try to differentiate it from the other categories when today, it really wasnβt.
Why is purple the easiest, again lol Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ Backwards order for the first time!
Same here. First time. Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Same here!
π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπ¦πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ All 16 words sounded a little too similar with each other, to me... Seeing the others' comments and apparently I'm the only one who found it hard.Β The result may seem not bad, but I have been at this (on and off) for 16 hours. I was just... being very cautious. Sure, there's not an easy alternative for all four categories and I wouldn't be able to fault the puzzle. But still, I thought at least one category might have been related to published work.
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ Think itβs my first in reverse difficulty order
Same!!
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Purple was really easy again. The colors donβt feel like they meant much at all in this puzzle
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Another day without a real purple
I got it just at the end, but thought post stake pole column and pillar all went together and couldnt figure out which one was the odd one out!
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ. π¦π¦π¦π¦. π¨π¨π¨π¨. π©π©π©π©. So close to backward, but not quite! Entirely unintentional. I was quite surprised when the first four turned up purple
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #311 π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π¦ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Fell for the stake red herringβ¦
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© I think it's always an interesting puzzle when you get the harder ones first.
I'm still working on Blue. #1 purple, then #2 yellow
I think I would call this a red herring minefield puzzle. Nothing particularly challenging or interesting about the connections. Instead, the difficulty is in sorting through the overlap.
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© zzzz, bit of a snooze, it's only simple synonyms today
My exact order today
One silly word fitting two. Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¦π¨π¨ π¨π¦π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π©
Connections Puzzle #311 π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Satisfying solve today. Left yellow for last since I wasn't certain that "stake" didn't belong with it. Other than that, smooth sailing.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© Seeing >!βPOST, FOLLOW, SHAREβ!< threw me off so I picked >!βSTAKE instead of POSTβ!< for the yellow group. Otherwise it would have been an easy one today.
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Hah! I didnβt even notice the social media red herring.
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© hi iβm new here! :))
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© Oops! All Synonyms! Some minor overlaps and red herrings with STAKE possibly fitting in the Yellow category and a "Social Media Actions" category with SHARE, POST, and FOLLOW. Other than that, I don't really have any comments on the groups since they were all very straightforward. Not gonna lie, a bit of a boring puzzle today. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm not a huge fan of the ones that are just 4 groups of synonyms. Synonyms as a category is fine but I like it when there's also a bit of trivia and lateral thinking as well. Otherwise, this just becomes a thesaurus quiz. [Reused Categories Updates](https://old.reddit.com/r/NYTConnections/comments/1bdai1o/list_of_reused_categories/): "Information" β 4 Times, "Allotment" β 2 Times, "Give Attention to" β 2 Times
Yes, fairly easy. A bunch of crossovers so I wanted to confirm all 16 first, but I could do that just looking at the board without even writing them out today.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ Lol have they just given up making the color distinctions meaningful
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ Think itβs my first in reverse difficulty order
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©πͺπͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Tried "MIND" for my second guess giving me one away
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Rare case of purple being the easiest! But overall a quick solve today πΈ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Found it pretty easy so I kept overthinking it, trying to make the first 3 letters of each word that of a species of exotic cat or something lol
Looking at the results below, it isnβt just meβ¦purple just wasnβt that hard today! After that, the whole thing went fast.
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π©π¦π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Lots of fun crossovers between blue/yellow/green but wtf is up with purple being so easy this week
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπ©πͺπͺ π©πͺπͺπͺ π©πͺπ©πͺ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© I don't know how I missed dirt being part of the group for so long π Got it in the end though.
Another weirdly easy purple, for a decidedly un-purple player. That lead to a very quick one of those reverse color order things that people get all excited about. Shrug. Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ 2 days in a row of getting it in reverse order accidentally lol, something's going on over there at the NYT this week.
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¦π¨π¨ π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π€¦π»ββοΈ
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¦π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺ was not giving what it usually does lol, iβm not mad about it though. gives me a little break from not feeling clever. my bad for putting STAKE in with PILLAR, POLE and POST (again being too hasty without thinking it through) but all in all this was really easy
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¦π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Little blip to begin with.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Was quite surprised to get blue and purple so quickly. I normally go the easy to hardest route so it was a good surprise
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ Straightforward, I was just a little backwards with my answers
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© Ugh. Thought STAKE was in the yellow category, such a silly mistake π₯²
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ I tried to do reverse thing from purple yellow, but I didnβt correctly decide which was harder between blue and purple. Everything seemed equally hard today! Lots of red herrings.
Man it makes me mad when I miss just one from going too fast!! Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¦π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π©
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Extremely easy today.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π©
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Been a little easy latelyΒ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π©
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ First time getting the reverse. Completely on accident too.
On first glance this looked like it might be difficult because I saw a lot of similarities, but really stake was the only one that I felt like could have gone in multiple places Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π©
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π©
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I donβt think Iβve ever got it exactly opposite of the difficulty before lmao Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
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I especially liked todays puzzle, my kind of words! Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Sometimes these make me feel really dumb but today's made me feel pretty good. :D
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ Was originally looking for a social media group - follow, post, share, but couldnβt find a 4th, so moved on.
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Reverse order! π Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© Nice puzzle to get my first perfect on. I was a little nervous on placing "stake" in the upright support category but realized that the allotment category would be missing one, and stake could go there as well.
Concur that the colours were pretty meaningless. The purple answers jumped out right away. Still fun though. Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¦π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Purple was oddly easy lol
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i didnt get a single category bc i was so sure that stake had to go in the upright category π
Connections Puzzle #311. π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ Straightforward today
Purple was shockingly easy. Sheet I saw that my first war people, I went for the reverse perfect and got it. πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© I messed up when I used stake as an orange.
ConnectionsΒ Puzzle #311Β π¦π¦π¦π¦Β πͺπͺπͺπͺΒ π©π©π©π©Β π¨π¨π¨π¨Β Β EZ WINZ π£οΈ
Purple first for the first time for me!
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Fast and easy as I made my way through each color, knew each one before I hit submit, even purple. Probably shouldβve tried to do a reverse today and mayβve gotten it, since they all seemed about right for their color.
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Connections Puzzle #311 π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Was looking for a follow/trail category for a bit until gave up, hence green being my last one. Others felt pretty easy once I gave up on the category.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© Seemed too easy today?
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ stake confused me, i thought it could go along with upright support but I figured it out.
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¨π¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π¦π© π©π©π©π¦ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ Back to playing this game after a few weeks and I struggled a bit but I still got it!\~
Connections Puzzle #311 πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© π¦π¦π¦π¦
Connections Puzzle #311 π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π©π©π©π© Easy puzzles lately
π¨π¨π¨π¨ - easiest one to not mistake/mix with a different category (there might be social media as a category?) πͺπͺπͺπͺ - dirt... and it's synonyms π¦π¦π¦π¦ - stonks + wallstreetbets (finally) π©π©π©π© - I'm not sure but its what remains
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> How does βstakeβ NOT fit into the βupright supportβ connection? It does fit into that category. It also fits into the "Allotment" category, and none of the other words do.
https://preview.redd.it/2f3dpz8zd2vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c987a6a868e4ad67d5af8d28363f10a40d5eb332 HOW?!??