Sunday’s crosswords are released earlier on Saturday evening. I believe it’s 6 pm EST. You won’t see Monday until 10 pm Sunday night. I solved the 1/12/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 2:14!
You were given a chance to redeem yourself in True or False and almost nailed it. It still amazes me how easy you recognize some patterns, especially in connections where sometimes you state that people shouldn't have problems with that game that day and maybe i only get 1 category correct, because i have almost always blind spots. Othertimes I am surprised with your lack of knowledge in other areas, the other day you missed some True or Falses that i knew and today also in the MiniCrossWord I was hoping you would know my greeting, which is written "olá" btw, similar to spanish "hola". BigData is also a very famous word right now, so i was surprised you didnt hear it. You probably have Yogamats at the gym also.
I had an Atari ST, can name loads of games (Starquake, Marble Madness, Wizball, Buggy Boy, Black Lamp....) but I've never heard of Centipede, Defender or Breakout. Only Asteroids. Were those ones only on American Ataris (or do I know them by another name?) Defender suggests a Land Rover to me! Sonic was a real red herring because of that.
Only 32% solve rate on that Connections so far, lowest I remember ever seeing. I got it alright one mistake. I thought book genres at first before I saw invention for a fabrication. Asteroids and Breakout were obvious for classic games but wasn't sure on the others. I actually thought for a moment coin toss was an arcade game where you throw coins and make them fall or something until I understood it like heads or tails. Also got tripped up for a moment on that snarl vs snare, bit of a trick for a mini.
Well done, Art! Wordle 1,303 3/6* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜TRACE 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨TAINT 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩TOTAL Connections Puzzle #581 🟩🟩🟩🟩TRY TO ATTRACT 🟦🟦🟦🟦CLASSIC ATARI GAMES 🟨🟨🟨🟨SOMETHING MADE UP 🟪🟪🟪🟪THINGS WITH TAILS Fortunately my husband plays video games (because I don't). 🙂
I solved the 1/11/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 2:14! Wordle 1,303 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛grade 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛aspic ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩natal 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Total Connections Puzzle #581 🟦🟪🟦🟦too many vid games 🟩🟩🟩🟩woo 🟨🟨🟨🟨made up 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟦🟪🟦 not a gamer 🤷♂️
Wordle 1,303 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 had a bit of weekend brain & briefly forgot to eliminate the n, which cost a guess Connections Puzzle #581 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟪 tricky one today, even yellow & green had a red herring (book genres) to catch out beginners didn't take on the video games with enough granularity & thus got final smashed
Hedgehogs don't have tails! Well they do but you don't see them. (Doug says Tails is Sonic's sidekick). Connections Puzzle #581 🟨🟨🟨🟨 made-up story, 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩 entice, 1 🟪🟦🟪🟦 ) 🟪🟪🟦🟦 ) Random guesses about Sonic-related 🟪🟦🟦🟪 ) things 🟦🟪🟪🟦 ) 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 2 2025 averages Jan 6.7
CHORE SOLID TONAL TOTAL Octal is on the list and has not been an answer. Connections Puzzle #581 🟩🟩🟩🟩Encourage, entice 🟨🟨🟨🟨Not true 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪Things associated with tails 🟦🟦🟦🟦Classic video games My solve was 1 in a million. Sunday's Mini comes out earlier.
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Didnt know the games in detail so had Sonic in the games category until i used all my guesses up
Looks like tomorrow is Worlde 1000 for you Art!
Connections
GGGG - Woo
YYYY - Imagination
Then a bunch of random guesses resulting in a fail :(
Sunday’s crosswords are released earlier on Saturday evening. I believe it’s 6 pm EST.
You won’t see Monday until 10 pm Sunday night.
I solved the 1/12/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 2:14!
You were given a chance to redeem yourself in True or False and almost nailed it. It still amazes me how easy you recognize some patterns, especially in connections where sometimes you state that people shouldn't have problems with that game that day and maybe i only get 1 category correct, because i have almost always blind spots. Othertimes I am surprised with your lack of knowledge in other areas, the other day you missed some True or Falses that i knew and today also in the MiniCrossWord I was hoping you would know my greeting, which is written "olá" btw, similar to spanish "hola". BigData is also a very famous word right now, so i was surprised you didnt hear it. You probably have Yogamats at the gym also.
I have lots of knowledge gaps! Glad you enjoy the solves, nonetheless.
I had an Atari ST, can name loads of games (Starquake, Marble Madness, Wizball, Buggy Boy, Black Lamp....) but I've never heard of Centipede, Defender or Breakout. Only Asteroids. Were those ones only on American Ataris (or do I know them by another name?) Defender suggests a Land Rover to me! Sonic was a real red herring because of that.
Scoredle 3/6
14,855
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ SATIN (51)
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ROULE (4)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOTAL
My first two guesses lined up for me today.
Only 32% solve rate on that Connections so far, lowest I remember ever seeing. I got it alright one mistake. I thought book genres at first before I saw invention for a fabrication. Asteroids and Breakout were obvious for classic games but wasn't sure on the others. I actually thought for a moment coin toss was an arcade game where you throw coins and make them fall or something until I understood it like heads or tails.
Also got tripped up for a moment on that snarl vs snare, bit of a trick for a mini.
GRADE BASIC TOTAL
Chase-aloud-loath-total.
Well done, Art!
Wordle 1,303 3/6*
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜TRACE
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨TAINT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩TOTAL
Connections
Puzzle #581
🟩🟩🟩🟩TRY TO ATTRACT
🟦🟦🟦🟦CLASSIC ATARI GAMES
🟨🟨🟨🟨SOMETHING MADE UP
🟪🟪🟪🟪THINGS WITH TAILS
Fortunately my husband plays video games (because I don't). 🙂
Defender was originally by Williams, but was ported to Atari to extend sales.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_(1981_video_game)
Wordle 1,303 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜GRADE
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜TALON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩TOTAL
In Wordle, I chose one of the alternative words before finishing in 4.
Wordle 1,303 4/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ GRADE
⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ SATIN
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ APTLY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I solved the 1/11/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 2:14!
Wordle 1,303 4/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛grade
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛aspic
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩natal
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Total
Connections
Puzzle #581
🟦🟪🟦🟦too many vid games
🟩🟩🟩🟩woo
🟨🟨🟨🟨made up
🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟪🟦🟪🟦 not a gamer 🤷♂️
Wordle 1,303 4/6*
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
had a bit of weekend brain & briefly forgot to eliminate the n, which cost a guess
Connections
Puzzle #581
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟪🟦🟦🟪
tricky one today, even yellow & green had a red herring (book genres) to catch out beginners
didn't take on the video games with enough granularity & thus got final smashed
ART-3. TIE- 8. DOUG- 1
Wordle 1,303 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Very nice pattern.
@@ellensassaniArtistic 👍
Wordle 1,303 4/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ grade
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ patch
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ titan
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 total
Hedgehogs don't have tails! Well they do but
you don't see them. (Doug says Tails is Sonic's sidekick).
Connections
Puzzle #581
🟨🟨🟨🟨 made-up story, 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩 entice, 1
🟪🟦🟪🟦 )
🟪🟪🟦🟦 ) Random guesses about Sonic-related
🟪🟦🟦🟪 ) things
🟦🟪🟪🟦 )
2 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 2
2025 averages
Jan
6.7
CHORE SOLID TONAL TOTAL
Octal is on the list and has not been an answer.
Connections
Puzzle #581
🟩🟩🟩🟩Encourage, entice
🟨🟨🟨🟨Not true
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪Things associated with tails
🟦🟦🟦🟦Classic video games
My solve was 1 in a million.
Sunday's Mini comes out earlier.
Strands #315
“Wait what?”
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