Usury was a great word to use and brush and crush was a 50/50 in my opinion so not much you can do there. Great job not failing connections, today was very failable 😂
When you guessed BRUSH, it could still have been... TRUST, CRUST, BRUSK, TRUSS, ROUST, ROUSE, REUSE... and maybe a couple of others. So you got a little lucky.
The word YEN in the sense of longing or yearning is not slang. It's a legit word. An example of its usage as a noun would be "I have a YEN for some ice cream." Or used as a verb, "I YEN for some ice cream.
I am throwing my hands up in the air with Connections and need to spend much less interaction time in these sites. I am hoping to follow through and break this unhealthy addiction interacting in these sites. I DO enjoy these games and have a few friends that only play Wordle. I plan to join a book club and do more more bowling starting in the Fall. I might consider doing volunteer work which is another means of using my spare time wisely. You may choose or not choose to send me my certificate, Art. You and others just complimenting me on my GOOD extensive comments in this site was really enough of a reward. I had a nice 4th of July and hoping that the rest of you did as well. 😊
I support you! I removed all social media from my phone months ago, and I'm spending more time with my family and reading. I still come on here, but I've made it slightly.more difficult so I have to put in more effort which is enough to deter me sometimes (youtube is awful on my phone browser and I will often just leave because it annoys me). I can look something up on my computer, which I'm often too lazy to do when the books are more accessible. There are a two channels I check for the weekly update on and then on my work break, I come watch Art and Kenny do these games after my attempt. Otherwise, I'm mostly social-media-free. I recommend it, and I'm rooting for you!
I will miss you, but I think that you are making a wise choice. These games can absorb a LOT of one's time. The people are great, but I plan to cut way down, as well. I have some projects that I need to finish, and I'm not getting any younger. 😄 You definitely deserve your certificate. You made your presence known, and your comments were always thoughtful, kind, and to the point. Happy times ahead!! ❤️😊
@@TsteinlaufThank you. Most of my comments were good and I question some of the unusually outstanding individuals never failing in these games.. Again, I ended up telling Art that it wasn't necessary sending the certificate and that his supporting/ complimenting me was enough. I will miss you as well and will continue to do these games. Competing against myself is best and there is also more to life than doing these NYT games. ☺️
Definitely a tougher Connections. I was able to get the POP category quickly, in fact got it first (love the music related Connections of course)! ... My issue was I was down to the "BOND"/"M"/"MONEYPENNY"/"Q". I could not think of what it would be, because the word "BOND" would be in the title and the connection and for some reason I was thinking they wouldn't do that, lol. Fun one though. Thanks
In my mind I separated out the James Bond *character* from the James Bond *movie franchise.* So that although they have the same name, they are two distinct entities, and one can be part of the other. That's just how I framed it to solve the puzzle and reconcile the naming dilemma
OK, my analysis... wordle a bit of a struggle for me, but not bad. Strands... so-so... I got it, but didn't think the spangram catergory was all that great. Connections... some tough categories. Managed to get it, but the purple I thought was really lame. Good going those of you who really got it!
JUDAS SPURT CRUSH Brush was a previous answer. Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨Wanting 🟩🟩🟩🟩Magazines 🟪🟪🟪🟪Words before "pop" (was not familiar with power) 🟦🟦🟦🟦Characters in Bond movies Strands #124 “Say something” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵
I had crush in 3. ☺️ Art, excellent job on the spangram! I had to abandon getting it first. Connections was hard!!!! It took me 15 minutes or more. I had some strong guessing skills today. I lit up all 4, but failed to name the purple. I don't know much about James Bond, but I picked out 3 and guessed right on M. Same for the magazines. I got three amd guessed nature.
You did better than I did. I do not watch the James Bond movies and I was not familiar with the alternate meaning of YEN.. Connections has always been my toughest game. I find it best to just compete against myself. Keep in mind that the people in this site are outstanding players unlike you and me. It is OK to just be an average player in these NYT games. 😊
STARE ROSIN BRUSH CRUSH Strands #124 “Say something” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵 This was fun, but some of the words were difficult to find. Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yearn 🟦🟦🟦🟦 James Bond 007 movie characters 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Magazines 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ??? I couldn't name the purple category...never heard of EURO POP or POWER POP
It's in the NYT crossword all the time though. Somehow I got this after 4 hours sleep - stayed up to 6am watching the UK election results. The Exit Poll that comes out whenever the polls have closed at 10 pm was pretty out there and yet came very close to the results at the end of the day despite having to deal with a multitude of seat winning parties.
Wordle: JUDAS LYTHE PRION BRUSH CRUSH Basically, I substituted the J for the C from my standard opening, which left the 50-50 on turn 4. :p STRANDS 123, 10 I've been in a really bad streak of super hard mode fails. I carefully found the spangram and got all the words on top ok, but I misspelled EXPRESS starting EXPE. Total solve time 2:29. CONNECTIONS 390, 7.5 Bond Characters (1) (Blue? Really? I thought MONEYPENNY was an obvious giveaway for the category) Magazines (1) Want (1) ___ Pop? (0.5) I've only heard of K-Pop. Bubblegum Pop vaguely. Never heard of Power Pop or Euro Pop.
Wordle 1,112 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 judas 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ strum ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ usury 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ rouse 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crush Strands #124 “Say something” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 A little tricky- took me a long time Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨 yearn 🟩🟩🟩🟩 magazines 🟦🟦🟦🟦 james bond characters 🟪🟪🟪🟪 _ pop music Very hard. That meaning of the word yen often comes up in the NYT crossword. I haven't heard of power pop, so that was a guess. On the Bond characters I thought they might have a stronger connection in that they all work for the British Secret Service in the movies.
@@hopechazzWell, it took me a long time, and I wasn't able to use reasoning to get to the answer. This puzzle had 3 categories that required specific cultural knowledge. There wasn't any overlap or way to debate different shades of meaning. No idiomatic phrases, just facts. Either you know Fortune is a magazine and M is a Bond character or you don't. I think that's harder than a puzzle that has 2 or 3 categories of synonyms. Throw in the word yen- a word whose meaning is so obscure it's only found in crosswords (or maybe the OED) made this a harder puzzle, in my estimation.
@@lisag8476 Thanks for responding. What you said here clarified things for me. ☺️ As always, Oranje had no difficulty solving this Connections puzzles as well. His actions continue to be predictable. 😂
Definitely a rotten day for me. Wordle in 4 JUDAS SHOUT FLUSH CRUSH Connections: Totally flunked! Only got one category and that was the "James Bond" one. I figured out both Yellow and Green categories, but couldn't figure out the fourth one in those. 1/10 Yeesh! Strands: No hints, but that's the only positive here. 7/10 Just pretty dreadful for this game. Couldn't figure out that spangram until I got some other words. I still enjoy these, even when I do as bad as I did today. Hopefully other people did way better than me. XD
Wordle 1,112 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 JUDAS 🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ SHUNT ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 BLUSH 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUSH Strands #124 “Say something” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 STARTALK was there so I thought it might be podcasts. Connections Puzzle #390 🟩🟩🟩🟩 magazines 🟨🟨🟨🟨 to want something 🟪🟪🟪🟪 types of pop music 🟦🟦🟦🟦 007 Bond characters When I was a kid my favorite of those magazines was MAD. Now that I am approaching retirement and concerned about my financial future, my favorite is MAD magazine.
Sometimes you're really frustrating, Art. You're a bright guy, but you make it so hard on yourself when you fail to recognize getting stuck on something. It took forever before you even started considering what the purple phrase would be, and then you spent like two seconds on K before returning doggedly to the yearn thing. You never spent even a second on trying to come up with bubblegum things that could have solved the puzzle for you. Sometimes your quick-thinking brain basically serves you the answer on a platter, but when it doesn't you need to work on letting an idea go and change perspective. Your brain is WAY above average when it comes to words and linguistics (you can make Wordle seem super easy even when it isn't), but you don't even try to recognize when you get stuck on something. The way you get better on Connections and Strands is realizing when you're going into a rabbit hole, stop, and force yourself NOT to just circle back to that one topic, ideally letting that go to attack from a different angle. Good luck in the future.
I thought he did a good job looking for other options. He was thinking about the yellow category when he found the magazines, and he was considering meanings for words in the purple category when he was down to those 8. I'm not saying Art never gets in his own way, but I don't think he does it any more than anyone else. He does it less than I do. I just think, despite your compliments that you've mixed in here, this is a little harsh.
Didnt get the purple category, but the rest I felt fairly obvious. Is yen used more this side of the pond? Its a meaning ive been aware of for over 40 years :) Connections Puzzle #390 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
I have never thought of this sense of "yen" as a British usage, but apparently it's a Chinese word imported during the opium trade, so it must have started over there at least. (A surprising etymology, I would have put money on it just being "yearn" passed through somebody's accent, like critter/creature)
@@MartinSteed I have some mild evidence in support of your thought about the word "yen". You know how every family has tendencies to use certain words more often than the general public? Well my family uses the word "yen". Both of my parents have (or had) family from England or Scotland.
Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨WANT 🟦🟦🟦🟦CHARACTERS IN 007 MOVIES (didn't want to say "BOND") 🟩🟩🟩🟩MAGAZINES 🟪🟪🟪🟪X ____ card ??? I thought ____ CARD was a reasonable guess. BUBBLEGUM POP is the ONLY one of those I've heard of, so that was not enough. I am familiar with YEN as a noun, not a verb. ("I have a yen for pizza!") but since DESIRE can be both, I figured maybe YEN could too. Strands #124 “Say something” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Nice Spangram for ART! 🙂 Wordle 1,112 4/6* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜TRACE 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜CRONY 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜CRISP 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRUSH Many CR words gone, but plenty still remaining.
Strands #124 “Say something” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 8 I kept trying to find "articulate." It took me an extra 5 minutes to figure out the actual ending of the Spangram. Wordle 1,112 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU - SNORT - GLYPH - CRUSH Connections Puzzle #390 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟦 MAGAZINES = 1 WANT SOMETHING = 1 💣💣💣 TOTAL: 2 I am not a huge James Bond fan. I read a few of the books, and saw a couple of the movies, but, obviously, these didn't stick. Except when I was a teen, back in the Dark Ages, my music genres are Classical, Jazz, and Musical Theater, so I never had a chance today. 🥺
10/10. Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨 WTCM “want” 🟩🟩🟩🟩 magazines 🟦🟦🟦🟦 “Bond” characters 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ____ pop RIOT: 4411. 10/10 Time: 3:12 DIFFICULTY, as reported by NYT testers: 3.2/5 Two TENS in a row. First time. I think. I was helped today by recent exposure to K-pop, bubblegum pop, AND Europop. I still would have got it without that exposure, but probably not as quickly.
We are aware of your 10's and how well you are doing in these games. Please have the common courtesy of responding to my comments, although I am not holding my breath. I am good about always responding to others because it is good manners. I did have a few responses from you awhile back and thought that you were a pleasant enough individual. Could I be wrong? 😂
@@hopechazz Oh, sorry. I always read almost all the comments here, and I frequently give thumbs up to lots of comments. So even if I don't always comment, I'm still noticing and appreciative of everyone's comments. I hope my comments don't look like bragging. I've had a string of my best results in both Connections and Strands, but that's just this week. I like to share both my good results and my not so good results. I like to read other people's results so I keep posting my own. I like that we encourage each other's good results and are supportive of each other when we get less good results. See you tomorrow. 🙂
@@UTU49 Based on what you just said, you are the pleasant person that I was hoping you would be. I am hoping to spend less interaction time in these sites. As you know, it is not healthy being too competitive with others and that you should mainly compete against yourself. The focus here is just enjoying these games and to appreciate the added knowledge that you get from them. ☺️
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆🎶😊 and a belated acknowledgement for yesterday. I am not reading all the comments on all the sites everyday now, because I found that it is taking too large a chunk of my day. I am happy when any of us succeeds at these games! 🥰
Judas shrug crush Made a great decision with the shrug which let me get today in 3 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Perfect on strands 🟨🟪🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟨🟪 🟨🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Really tough connections today I only vaguely remember the bond movies but was able to figure that category out. The rest I had to get help from my brother, which I can do now that he’s back home. Without him I probably would’ve only gotten blue
You are not good about responding to others. Unless you have an excuse, it is called bad manners. I am hoping that you appreciated the information given to you the other day about the point system . 😂
@@christiana6018 It can be really fun to work on these games as a team. My friend sometimes likes to do Wordle together, because he likes to hear what I think before he decides what words to try. We usually do games together on the phone once a week. We have a kind of casual race when we do the Spelling Bee, but last week I wanted to try working on the Spelling Bee together, which was really fun because we got it done so much faster than usual.
@@hopechazz sorry about that it’s just that I do these at or past midnight so it’s very late. Most of my mornings are busy so I don’t usually check back on the video and when I do it’s usually just to leave a like on the comment and not to reply. RUclips also just doesn’t give me a notification sometimes so I don’t know when someone responds. I do appreciate the information about the point system so thank you for that.
I appreciate your responding to me and was hoping that you had an excuse about not responding towards others. I am happy that you are enjoying these games, Christian. Dora told me earlier that people, particularly the ones not retired, have their busy lives and cannot easily respond to others in a proper fashion. She has given me other words of wisdom as well. ☺️
@@hopechazz Thanks for the mention, Charles. But I'd like to clarify, I never said anything about people responding "in a proper fashion." Those are YOUR words. I would never say anything that judgmental. Again, there could be many understandable reasons why people don't always respond, so let's be kind and give them the benefit of the doubt. Let's keep these comments friendly and not rashly accuse anyone of having "bad manners." They probably just aren't seeing your comments because they don't have the time to check them that often.
Wordle in 2. Earth, Crush Strands #124 “Say something” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵 Couldn’t get spangram. Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Got purple by default but didn’t get category. 9 points. Heard of bubblegum pop in the 60’s but not euro or power or k.
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Slang usage (YEN) and POP Culture - you couldn't ask for a better Connections to try to take me down! Share your results below!
Usury was a great word to use and brush and crush was a 50/50 in my opinion so not much you can do there. Great job not failing connections, today was very failable 😂
When you guessed BRUSH, it could still have been...
TRUST, CRUST, BRUSK, TRUSS, ROUST, ROUSE, REUSE... and maybe a couple of others.
So you got a little lucky.
Also had an absolute mare today- got Bond instantly and the other 3 categories all completely unknown to me
The word YEN in the sense of longing or yearning is not slang. It's a legit word. An example of its usage as a noun would be "I have a YEN for some ice cream." Or used as a verb, "I YEN for some ice cream.
@@doraa.7873 I had only heard it as a noun, not a verb, but that was close enough (especially since DESIRE can be both).
I am throwing my hands up in the air with Connections and need to spend much less interaction time in these sites. I am hoping to follow through and break this unhealthy addiction interacting in these sites. I DO enjoy these games and have a few friends that only play Wordle. I plan to join a book club and do more more bowling starting in the Fall. I might consider doing volunteer work which is another means of using my spare time wisely. You may choose or not choose to send me my certificate, Art. You and others just complimenting me on my GOOD extensive comments in this site was really enough of a reward. I had a nice 4th of July and hoping that the rest of you did as well. 😊
I support you! I removed all social media from my phone months ago, and I'm spending more time with my family and reading. I still come on here, but I've made it slightly.more difficult so I have to put in more effort which is enough to deter me sometimes (youtube is awful on my phone browser and I will often just leave because it annoys me). I can look something up on my computer, which I'm often too lazy to do when the books are more accessible.
There are a two channels I check for the weekly update on and then on my work break, I come watch Art and Kenny do these games after my attempt. Otherwise, I'm mostly social-media-free.
I recommend it, and I'm rooting for you!
Thank you. I have seen your comments with others, particularly towards Kenny. You are a very personable and wise/knowledgeable individual. ☺️
I will miss you, but I think that you are making a wise choice. These games can absorb a LOT of one's time. The people are great, but I plan to cut way down, as well. I have some projects that I need to finish, and I'm not getting any younger. 😄 You definitely deserve your certificate. You made your presence known, and your comments were always thoughtful, kind, and to the point. Happy times ahead!! ❤️😊
@@TsteinlaufThank you. Most of my comments were good and I question some of the unusually outstanding individuals never failing in these games.. Again, I ended up telling Art that it wasn't necessary sending the certificate and that his supporting/ complimenting me was enough. I will miss you as well and will continue to do these games. Competing against myself is best and there is also more to life than doing these NYT games. ☺️
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Chris’s Catastrophic Connections Calamity. Zero for me today.
Nice alliteration unfortunate that you couldn’t get connections. Tomorrow for sure 👍
Wooo! We tied Connections score!
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Definitely a tougher Connections. I was able to get the POP category quickly, in fact got it first (love the music related Connections of course)! ... My issue was I was down to the "BOND"/"M"/"MONEYPENNY"/"Q". I could not think of what it would be, because the word "BOND" would be in the title and the connection and for some reason I was thinking they wouldn't do that, lol. Fun one though. Thanks
In my mind I separated out the James Bond *character* from the James Bond *movie franchise.* So that although they have the same name, they are two distinct entities, and one can be part of the other. That's just how I framed it to solve the puzzle and reconcile the naming dilemma
OK, my analysis... wordle a bit of a struggle for me, but not bad. Strands... so-so... I got it, but didn't think the spangram catergory was all that great. Connections... some tough categories. Managed to get it, but the purple I thought was really lame. Good going those of you who really got it!
JUDAS SPURT CRUSH
Brush was a previous answer.
Connections
Puzzle #390
🟨🟨🟨🟨Wanting
🟩🟩🟩🟩Magazines
🟪🟪🟪🟪Words before "pop" (was not familiar with power)
🟦🟦🟦🟦Characters in Bond movies
Strands #124
“Say something”
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I had crush in 3. ☺️
Art, excellent job on the spangram! I had to abandon getting it first.
Connections was hard!!!! It took me 15 minutes or more. I had some strong guessing skills today. I lit up all 4, but failed to name the purple. I don't know much about James Bond, but I picked out 3 and guessed right on M. Same for the magazines. I got three amd guessed nature.
I failed today. Got blue and yellow but struck out after that. On vacation this week so away from my laptop…. Will try address message tomorrow
You did better than I did. I do not watch the James Bond movies and I was not familiar with the alternate meaning of YEN.. Connections has always been my toughest game. I find it best to just compete against myself. Keep in mind that the people in this site are outstanding players unlike you and me. It is OK to just be an average player in these NYT games. 😊
STARE ROSIN BRUSH CRUSH
Strands #124
“Say something”
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This was fun, but some of the words were difficult to find.
Connections
Puzzle #390
🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yearn
🟦🟦🟦🟦 James Bond 007 movie characters
🟩🟩🟩🟩 Magazines
🟪🟪🟪🟪 ???
I couldn't name the purple category...never heard of EURO POP or POWER POP
Only got yellow on connections today :( None of the other categories fell in my areas of expertise
“Yen” is too obscure of a word to include in the yellow category.
It's in the NYT crossword all the time though. Somehow I got this after 4 hours sleep - stayed up to 6am watching the UK election results. The Exit Poll that comes out whenever the polls have closed at 10 pm was pretty out there and yet came very close to the results at the end of the day despite having to deal with a multitude of seat winning parties.
I breezed through connections and had purple left over had no clue on that
TOUGH SPICE CRUSH
Chase-crush.
CONGRATS!! 👏🎶
GOLLY………🤦🏾♀️
THOSE HORRID BOND & POP CONNECTIONS
Connections
Puzzle #390
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Wordle:
JUDAS LYTHE PRION BRUSH CRUSH
Basically, I substituted the J for the C from my standard opening, which left the 50-50 on turn 4. :p
STRANDS 123, 10
I've been in a really bad streak of super hard mode fails. I carefully found the spangram and got all the words on top ok, but I misspelled EXPRESS starting EXPE. Total solve time 2:29.
CONNECTIONS 390, 7.5
Bond Characters (1) (Blue? Really? I thought MONEYPENNY was an obvious giveaway for the category)
Magazines (1)
Want (1)
___ Pop? (0.5)
I've only heard of K-Pop. Bubblegum Pop vaguely. Never heard of Power Pop or Euro Pop.
Wordle 1,112 5/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 judas
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ strum
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ usury
🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ rouse
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crush
Strands #124
“Say something”
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A little tricky- took me a long time
Connections
Puzzle #390
🟨🟨🟨🟨 yearn
🟩🟩🟩🟩 magazines
🟦🟦🟦🟦 james bond characters
🟪🟪🟪🟪 _ pop music
Very hard. That meaning of the word yen often comes up in the NYT crossword. I haven't heard of power pop, so that was a guess. On the Bond characters I thought they might have a stronger connection in that they all work for the British Secret Service in the movies.
I am confused why you found Connections difficult, Lisa. You were able to get the color order and you had no mistakes.
@@hopechazzWell, it took me a long time, and I wasn't able to use reasoning to get to the answer.
This puzzle had 3 categories that required specific cultural knowledge. There wasn't any overlap or way to debate different shades of meaning. No idiomatic phrases, just facts. Either you know Fortune is a magazine and M is a Bond character or you don't. I think that's harder than a puzzle that has 2 or 3 categories of synonyms. Throw in the word yen- a word whose meaning is so obscure it's only found in crosswords (or maybe the OED) made this a harder puzzle, in my estimation.
@@lisag8476 Thanks for responding. What you said here clarified things for me. ☺️ As always, Oranje had no difficulty solving this Connections puzzles as well. His actions continue to be predictable. 😂
JUDAS SHOUT CRUSH (lucky because also could have been BRUSH FLUSH BLUSH PLUSH USHER)
Definitely a rotten day for me.
Wordle in 4
JUDAS SHOUT FLUSH CRUSH
Connections: Totally flunked! Only got one category and that was the "James Bond" one. I figured out both Yellow and Green categories, but couldn't figure out the fourth one in those. 1/10 Yeesh!
Strands: No hints, but that's the only positive here. 7/10 Just pretty dreadful for this game. Couldn't figure out that spangram until I got some other words.
I still enjoy these, even when I do as bad as I did today. Hopefully other people did way better than me. XD
😢 (Connections)
Wordle 1,112 3/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜TRIBE
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜GROAN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRUSH
Wordle 1,112 4/6
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 JUDAS
🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ SHUNT
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 BLUSH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUSH
Strands #124
“Say something”
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STARTALK was there so I thought it might be podcasts.
Connections
Puzzle #390
🟩🟩🟩🟩 magazines
🟨🟨🟨🟨 to want something
🟪🟪🟪🟪 types of pop music
🟦🟦🟦🟦 007 Bond characters
When I was a kid my favorite of those magazines was MAD. Now that I am approaching retirement and concerned about my financial future, my favorite is MAD magazine.
JUDAS SKULL MOUSE CRUSH
You can yen for something
Yeah, it's a lesser-known word for yearning. I've barely heard it used that way myself.
Sometimes you're really frustrating, Art. You're a bright guy, but you make it so hard on yourself when you fail to recognize getting stuck on something. It took forever before you even started considering what the purple phrase would be, and then you spent like two seconds on K before returning doggedly to the yearn thing. You never spent even a second on trying to come up with bubblegum things that could have solved the puzzle for you. Sometimes your quick-thinking brain basically serves you the answer on a platter, but when it doesn't you need to work on letting an idea go and change perspective.
Your brain is WAY above average when it comes to words and linguistics (you can make Wordle seem super easy even when it isn't), but you don't even try to recognize when you get stuck on something. The way you get better on Connections and Strands is realizing when you're going into a rabbit hole, stop, and force yourself NOT to just circle back to that one topic, ideally letting that go to attack from a different angle.
Good luck in the future.
I thought he did a good job looking for other options. He was thinking about the yellow category when he found the magazines, and he was considering meanings for words in the purple category when he was down to those 8.
I'm not saying Art never gets in his own way, but I don't think he does it any more than anyone else. He does it less than I do.
I just think, despite your compliments that you've mixed in here, this is a little harsh.
Didnt get the purple category, but the rest I felt fairly obvious.
Is yen used more this side of the pond? Its a meaning ive been aware of for over 40 years :)
Connections
Puzzle #390
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I have never thought of this sense of "yen" as a British usage, but apparently it's a Chinese word imported during the opium trade, so it must have started over there at least.
(A surprising etymology, I would have put money on it just being "yearn" passed through somebody's accent, like critter/creature)
@@MartinSteed
I have some mild evidence in support of your thought about the word "yen".
You know how every family has tendencies to use certain words more often than the general public? Well my family uses the word "yen". Both of my parents have (or had) family from England or Scotland.
Connections
Puzzle #390
🟨🟨🟨🟨WANT
🟦🟦🟦🟦CHARACTERS IN 007 MOVIES (didn't want to say "BOND")
🟩🟩🟩🟩MAGAZINES
🟪🟪🟪🟪X ____ card ???
I thought ____ CARD was a reasonable guess. BUBBLEGUM POP is the ONLY one of those I've heard of, so that was not enough. I am familiar with YEN as a noun, not a verb. ("I have a yen for pizza!") but since DESIRE can be both, I figured maybe YEN could too.
Strands #124
“Say something”
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Nice Spangram for ART! 🙂
Wordle 1,112 4/6*
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🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜CRISP
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Many CR words gone, but plenty still remaining.
Wordle 1,112 2/6
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛SAUCE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRUSH (34th)
Strands #124
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Rushed Connections, couldn’t get the yellow or green nailed down.
CONGRATS!! 👏🎶 (Wordle)
Wordle 1,112 4/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 MYRRH
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 JUDAS
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRUSH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUSH
Strands #124
“Say something”
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Connections
Puzzle #390
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Y: ____ FOR, AS IN WANT
B: CHARACTERS IN JAMES BOND
G: MAGAZINES
P: _____ POP
Strands #124
“Say something”
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8 I kept trying to find "articulate." It took me an extra 5 minutes to figure out the actual ending of the Spangram.
Wordle 1,112 4/6
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ADIEU - SNORT - GLYPH - CRUSH
Connections
Puzzle #390
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MAGAZINES = 1
WANT SOMETHING = 1
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I am not a huge James Bond fan. I read a few of the books, and saw a couple of the movies, but, obviously, these didn't stick. Except when I was a teen, back in the Dark Ages, my music genres are Classical, Jazz, and Musical Theater, so I never had a chance today. 🥺
10/10. Connections Puzzle #390
🟨🟨🟨🟨 WTCM “want”
🟩🟩🟩🟩 magazines
🟦🟦🟦🟦 “Bond” characters
🟪🟪🟪🟪 ____ pop
RIOT: 4411. 10/10
Time: 3:12
DIFFICULTY, as reported by NYT testers: 3.2/5
Two TENS in a row. First time. I think.
I was helped today by recent exposure to K-pop, bubblegum pop, AND Europop.
I still would have got it without that exposure, but probably not as quickly.
Strands #124 “Say something”
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Had another good day in Connections and Strands, but not in Wordle (sloppy) and Spelling Bee (very slow).
We are aware of your 10's and how well you are doing in these games. Please have the common courtesy of responding to my comments, although I am not holding my breath. I am good about always responding to others because it is good manners. I did have a few responses from you awhile back and thought that you were a pleasant enough individual. Could I be wrong? 😂
@@hopechazz
Oh, sorry.
I always read almost all the comments here, and I frequently give thumbs up to lots of comments.
So even if I don't always comment, I'm still noticing and appreciative of everyone's comments.
I hope my comments don't look like bragging. I've had a string of my best results in both Connections and Strands, but that's just this week.
I like to share both my good results and my not so good results. I like to read other people's results so I keep posting my own. I like that we encourage each other's good results and are supportive of each other when we get less good results.
See you tomorrow. 🙂
@@UTU49 Based on what you just said, you are the pleasant person that I was hoping you would be. I am hoping to spend less interaction time in these sites. As you know, it is not healthy being too competitive with others and that you should mainly compete against yourself. The focus here is just enjoying these games and to appreciate the added knowledge that you get from them. ☺️
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆🎶😊
and a belated acknowledgement for yesterday. I am not reading all the comments on all the sites everyday now, because I found that it is taking too large a chunk of my day. I am happy when any of us succeeds at these games! 🥰
Judas shrug crush
Made a great decision with the shrug which let me get today in 3
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Perfect on strands
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Really tough connections today I only vaguely remember the bond movies but was able to figure that category out. The rest I had to get help from my brother, which I can do now that he’s back home. Without him I probably would’ve only gotten blue
You are not good about responding to others. Unless you have an excuse, it is called bad manners. I am hoping that you appreciated the information given to you the other day about the point system . 😂
@@christiana6018
It can be really fun to work on these games as a team. My friend sometimes likes to do Wordle together, because he likes to hear what I think before he decides what words to try.
We usually do games together on the phone once a week. We have a kind of casual race when we do the Spelling Bee, but last week I wanted to try working on the Spelling Bee together, which was really fun because we got it done so much faster than usual.
@@hopechazz sorry about that it’s just that I do these at or past midnight so it’s very late. Most of my mornings are busy so I don’t usually check back on the video and when I do it’s usually just to leave a like on the comment and not to reply. RUclips also just doesn’t give me a notification sometimes so I don’t know when someone responds. I do appreciate the information about the point system so thank you for that.
I appreciate your responding to me and was hoping that you had an excuse about not responding towards others. I am happy that you are enjoying these games, Christian. Dora told me earlier that people, particularly the ones not retired, have their busy lives and cannot easily respond to others in a proper fashion. She has given me other words of wisdom as well. ☺️
@@hopechazz Thanks for the mention, Charles. But I'd like to clarify, I never said anything about people responding "in a proper fashion." Those are YOUR words. I would never say anything that judgmental. Again, there could be many understandable reasons why people don't always respond, so let's be kind and give them the benefit of the doubt. Let's keep these comments friendly and not rashly accuse anyone of having "bad manners." They probably just aren't seeing your comments because they don't have the time to check them that often.
Wordle in 2. Earth, Crush
Strands #124
“Say something”
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Couldn’t get spangram.
Connections
Puzzle #390
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Got purple by default but didn’t get category. 9 points. Heard of bubblegum pop in the 60’s but not euro or power or k.
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CONGRATS!! 👏🎶 (Wordle)
Scoredle 3/6
14,855
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ TRAIL (296)
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 OUENS (6)
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I thought of BRUSH, CRUSH and played the right one.
@@mtarvon3577
What's OUENS?
That word's going to come in handy. I gotta tell my friend about that one.
JUDAS, SCOUR, CRUSY, CRUST, CRUSH
Wordle 1,112 5/6*
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SOARE CLINT CRUSH ( all that was left apparently)
Wordle 1,112 3/6
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xxx,crush,tom Cee,4
Wordle 1,112 4/6*
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 Judas
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ stuck
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨 clubs
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crush
Strands #124
“Say something”
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Strands #124
“Say something”
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