Well done, Art! A bit of a stall on Strands but nice recovery. Excellent job on Connections. You spotted that president category right away. It took me a while.
Immediately got the US president one on connections and got a perfect solve today. Pretty proud of it as a non-native, non-american English speaker who always struggles with connections.
I didn't even know of the existence of the "Strands" game until I came across one of these videos of yours that just randomly showed up on my youtube homepage yesterday, so today I went and found it online and tried playing it, and not to rub it in, but yeah, I actually found it almost absurdly easy. I didn't even know how to go about playing this game, but "Park Place" immediately made me think about stuff found in your local neighborhood park, so I looked for "slide" and found it, then "seesaw", then realized that what I was really thinking about was a "playground" which sure enough turned out to be that real long yellow one which I guess is supposed to be a kind of more specific description of the puzzle's theme? The only slightly questionable thing for me was "climber", which i found easily enough but don't know the term, I assume it's the NYT's word for what I always called a "Jungle Gym" or "Monkey Bars", which someone on twitter has probably decided are somewhat problematic terms now. ON THE OTHER HAND...Actually recognizing those partial Presidential names, especially so early on, is just amazing to me. Dumb-ass word tricks like that are why I never let myself worry *too* much whether those last four leftover Connections words actually make any thematic sense to me or not. Oh, and I got Wordle in three, almost entirely due to my second guess happening to be "UNITE" which all by itself told me the answer was definitely "?UITE" (and my first guess eliminated the "S", the only other valid guess). Truth be told, the answer would Have to be that blatantly obvious for me to ever even consider a Q word.
With Strands, it just depends how it strikes you. Sometimes it's easy, other times it's hard, and sometimes it should be easy, but it's hard because you're barking up the wrong tree. 🙂For an added challenge, you can try to get the Spangram first.
Great job all around! That long yellow word in Strands is called the "spangram." The spangram always spans the grid, either vertically or horizontally and provides the theme of the puzzle. It's nice if you can find it first but not essential. The game also provides hints in case you get stuck. For every 3 non-theme words you enter, you "earn" the ability to redeem a hint.
Connections BBBB - Groups of animals GGGP - Provide a limit YYYY - Local places PPPP - Beginning of president names GGGG - Provide a limit Under five minutes
VETCH SLATE ROUTE UNITE QUITE (Only 2 possibilities after ROUTE; so just a bit unlucky) Long but fast run. Qualifies for Wordle in a minute (easily). NOTE: in my view, avoiding a so-called ER trap is often achieved by avoiding testing the R - as many other letters tested first, and then solution may appear easier if it is an ER word. Try it.)
Wordle was in 6!!! At least I didn't fail. Strands was pretty straightforward once you dismissed Monopoly. I thought thenpurple was dirty pool even if I did get it. Bide was also the key for me.
WORDLE: VETCH SURLY PIANO QUITE STRANDS 136, 10 A little off track at the start, was thinking Monopoly. SWINGS and SEESAW were the clues I needed, but I failed super hard mode with a misclick putting in the spangram. Total solve time 1:53. CONNECTIONS 402, 8.5 Speed bonus Groups of Animals (1) Businesses (0.5) Slow Down (1) Beginnings of President Names (1) - I didn't say US but it was in my mind.
Wordle in 4 VETCH LATER STONE QUITE Connections: No mistakes and time bonus, but I goofed up. For some reason I can never remember what the word "Curb " means. Named the Green category wrong, and didn't get the order. 8/10 Strands: Perfect score. Under 3 minutes with the Spangram first. No hints.
Nix is not a word used in the UK but bide is Scottish. That gives us the term " bidie in" - your significant other whom you are not married to , but live with.
STARE TITLE WHITE UNITE QUITE (5) Strands #136 “Park place” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Finding SLIDE right away made me think of kids playing in a playground, which quickly suggested the theme and the spangram. The rest was a breeze, although I never heard of a CLIMBER. I imagine it's what they used to call "monkey bars" when I was a kid. Connections Puzzle #402 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Animal group names 🟩🟩🟪🟩 (Tried to group NIX with the HINDER words) 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hinder, impede 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Places in town where you go to do errands 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Beginnings of US presidents' names It took me a while to recognize the idea behind the purple but I finally got it. Made one mistake.
Wordle 1,124 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ UPPER ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 FLUTE ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUITE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUITE Started with the wrong word! Lucky I got the U right away. Strands #136 “Park place” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 There were baseball related words in there like SLIDER and SWING which had me going for a while. Looking at the bottom left 3x3 block only the north east corner was a vowel. That unlocked it for me. Working on that. Connections Puzzle #402 🟦🟦🟦🟦 names of groups of animals 🟪🟪🟪🟪 first parts of presidents’ names 🟩🟩🟩🟩 to dampen 🟨🟨🟨🟨 places where you go to do routine things of living When I lived in Arizona briefly our bank was in the supermarket and you could buy stamps there too. No laundromat but I think you could drop off your dry cleaning. The idea was to cut down on the amount of times you had to go in and out of the heat.
Scoredle 5/6 14,855 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ LATER (320) ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SONIC (11) 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 EIGHT (4) ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ DEITY (2) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUITE Not quite what I wanted today. I did not get on the xxITE train until late in the game, and not having the U also hurt. Nice recovery there Art.
VETCH STARE TINGE ELITE QUITE Connections Puzzle #402 🟩🟩🟩🟩To lessen 🟨🟨🟨🟨Businesses in a town/city 🟦🟦🟦🟦What a group of animals can be called 🟪🟪🟪🟪Beginning of a U.S. president Strands #136 “Park place” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 I saw sandbox first, which led me to playground.
Well done, Art! Connections Puzzle #402 🟩🟩🟩🟩IMPEDE 🟦🟦🟦🟦ANIMAL GROUPS 🟨🟨🟨🟨ERRAND LOCATIONS 🟪🟪🟪🟪BEGINNINGS OF US PRESIDENTS Strands #136 “Park place” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Your train of thought got Monopolized. 🙂 Wordle 1,124 3/6* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩TRACE ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩SUITE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩QUITE So close. 🙂
Strands #136 “Park place” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 10 Well, it was either this or Monopoly. Fortunately, I know both. Wordle 1,124 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU - SNORT - QUITE. Shhhh, almost Connections Puzzle #402 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 GET IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS = 1 GROUPS OF ANIMALS = 1 PRESIDENTS WITHOUT THE ENDINGS = 1 COMMON PLACES FOR CHORES = 1 < 5 minutes. TOTAL: 9. Not too shabby. 😊
Vetch poets glute unite quite Not bad I think I played that pretty well 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Perfect strands today saw slides and swing and got everything from there 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪presidents missing their ending letters 🟦🟩🟩🟦 🟦🟩🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩hinder(had I gotten this category) I’m not sure if I misclicked or there was a glitch but I’m almost certain I clicked the green category cause I named it exactly. Also wasn’t there a president named packer or something similar? Not entirely sure but it did eat my first guess
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@@UTU49 Not today, thank goodness! But it does happen. Very frustrating.
Well done, Art! A bit of a stall on Strands but nice recovery. Excellent job on Connections. You spotted that president category right away. It took me a while.
@@UTU49 That is so frustrating! It happens to me quite often, but it doesn't seem to be happening today.
With SW highlighted, "I see the INGS on the left, what could that be?" :p
Immediately got the US president one on connections and got a perfect solve today. Pretty proud of it as a non-native, non-american English speaker who always struggles with connections.
Same here esp as I did it while waiting for a flight !
Well done Art! Nice finish! 🎉
I didn't even know of the existence of the "Strands" game until I came across one of these videos of yours that just randomly showed up on my youtube homepage yesterday, so today I went and found it online and tried playing it, and not to rub it in, but yeah, I actually found it almost absurdly easy. I didn't even know how to go about playing this game, but "Park Place" immediately made me think about stuff found in your local neighborhood park, so I looked for "slide" and found it, then "seesaw", then realized that what I was really thinking about was a "playground" which sure enough turned out to be that real long yellow one which I guess is supposed to be a kind of more specific description of the puzzle's theme? The only slightly questionable thing for me was "climber", which i found easily enough but don't know the term, I assume it's the NYT's word for what I always called a "Jungle Gym" or "Monkey Bars", which someone on twitter has probably decided are somewhat problematic terms now.
ON THE OTHER HAND...Actually recognizing those partial Presidential names, especially so early on, is just amazing to me. Dumb-ass word tricks like that are why I never let myself worry *too* much whether those last four leftover Connections words actually make any thematic sense to me or not.
Oh, and I got Wordle in three, almost entirely due to my second guess happening to be "UNITE" which all by itself told me the answer was definitely "?UITE" (and my first guess eliminated the "S", the only other valid guess). Truth be told, the answer would Have to be that blatantly obvious for me to ever even consider a Q word.
With Strands, it just depends how it strikes you. Sometimes it's easy, other times it's hard, and sometimes it should be easy, but it's hard because you're barking up the wrong tree. 🙂For an added challenge, you can try to get the Spangram first.
Great job all around! That long yellow word in Strands is called the "spangram." The spangram always spans the grid, either vertically or horizontally and provides the theme of the puzzle. It's nice if you can find it first but not essential. The game also provides hints in case you get stuck. For every 3 non-theme words you enter, you "earn" the ability to redeem a hint.
Witch hazel
I got the Wordle in 1 today!
Congratulations! 🥳
Fantastic! Is QUITE your regular starting word or did you just get extremely lucky choosing it today?
@@dora.7873 QUITE was my starting word until I got it in 1.
QUITE was my starting word since about March 2023!
I got Wordle in 5 with this very interesting pattern.
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 Broke
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 Plate
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 White
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 Suite
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Quite
Cool! 💚
That pattern would be very hard to achieve if you were TRYING to do it!
@@dora.7873 I wasn't even trying. This was lucky.
Screw it.
I've posted my results 3 times and they disappeared immediately.
I did okay today.
There. done.
bye.
No one is going to argue with you about Strands.
I can see it now: TRUMPET. BUSHY. GRANTED. POLKA. 🙂
I think you might have just invented a new game!
Lol!!!
Connections
BBBB - Groups of animals
GGGP - Provide a limit
YYYY - Local places
PPPP - Beginning of president names
GGGG - Provide a limit
Under five minutes
If it was the Monopoly Park Place both words would have been capitalized. That was a 1 minute solve
VETCH SLATE ROUTE UNITE QUITE (Only 2 possibilities after ROUTE; so just a bit unlucky) Long but fast run. Qualifies for Wordle in a minute (easily). NOTE: in my view, avoiding a so-called ER trap is often achieved by avoiding testing the R - as many other letters tested first, and then solution may appear easier if it is an ER word. Try it.)
Yeah when he mentions the er trap I always wonder if it would be better to guess words without the r to try and get the rest of the letters first
@@christiana6018 yeah, but since his goal is to solve in as few guesses as possible, if he suspects that it's an ER word he has to try one.
COURT GUSTY QUITE, smooth sailing in Strands, but connections tripped me up a bit though I eventually brought it home.
Wordle was in 6!!! At least I didn't fail. Strands was pretty straightforward once you dismissed Monopoly. I thought thenpurple was dirty pool even if I did get it. Bide was also the key for me.
WORDLE:
VETCH SURLY PIANO QUITE
STRANDS 136, 10
A little off track at the start, was thinking Monopoly. SWINGS and SEESAW were the clues I needed, but I failed super hard mode with a misclick putting in the spangram. Total solve time 1:53.
CONNECTIONS 402, 8.5
Speed bonus
Groups of Animals (1)
Businesses (0.5)
Slow Down (1)
Beginnings of President Names (1) - I didn't say US but it was in my mind.
Nice Wordle solve, though it could have also been unite. 3 for me today. ORATE--FLUID--QUITE
In 6, started with
Viola
Being
Skier
Chime
Twite
Quite
Wordle in 4
VETCH LATER STONE QUITE
Connections: No mistakes and time bonus, but I goofed up. For some reason I can never remember what the word "Curb " means. Named the Green category wrong, and didn't get the order. 8/10
Strands: Perfect score. Under 3 minutes with the Spangram first. No hints.
Nix is not a word used in the UK but bide is Scottish. That gives us the term " bidie in" - your significant other whom you are not married to , but live with.
STARE TITLE WHITE UNITE QUITE (5)
Strands #136
“Park place”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
Finding SLIDE right away made me think of kids playing in a playground, which quickly suggested the theme and the spangram. The rest was a breeze, although I never heard of a CLIMBER. I imagine it's what they used to call "monkey bars" when I was a kid.
Connections
Puzzle #402
🟦🟦🟦🟦 Animal group names
🟩🟩🟪🟩 (Tried to group NIX with the HINDER words)
🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hinder, impede
🟨🟨🟨🟨 Places in town where you go to do errands
🟪🟪🟪🟪 Beginnings of US presidents' names
It took me a while to recognize the idea behind the purple but I finally got it. Made one mistake.
Wordle 1,124 4/6
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ UPPER
⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 FLUTE
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUITE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUITE
Started with the wrong word! Lucky I got the U right away.
Strands #136
“Park place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
There were baseball related words in there like SLIDER and SWING which had me going for a while. Looking at the bottom left 3x3 block only the north east corner was a vowel. That unlocked it for me. Working on that.
Connections
Puzzle #402
🟦🟦🟦🟦 names of groups of animals
🟪🟪🟪🟪 first parts of presidents’ names
🟩🟩🟩🟩 to dampen
🟨🟨🟨🟨 places where you go to do routine things of living
When I lived in Arizona briefly our bank was in the supermarket and you could buy stamps there too. No laundromat but I think you could drop off your dry cleaning. The idea was to cut down on the amount of times you had to go in and out of the heat.
Scoredle 5/6
14,855
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ LATER (320)
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SONIC (11)
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 EIGHT (4)
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ DEITY (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUITE
Not quite what I wanted today. I did not get on the xxITE train until late in the game, and not having the U also hurt.
Nice recovery there Art.
VETCH STARE TINGE ELITE QUITE
Connections
Puzzle #402
🟩🟩🟩🟩To lessen
🟨🟨🟨🟨Businesses in a town/city
🟦🟦🟦🟦What a group of animals can be called
🟪🟪🟪🟪Beginning of a U.S. president
Strands #136
“Park place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
I saw sandbox first, which led me to playground.
Strands #136
“Park place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
Well done, Art!
Connections
Puzzle #402
🟩🟩🟩🟩IMPEDE
🟦🟦🟦🟦ANIMAL GROUPS
🟨🟨🟨🟨ERRAND LOCATIONS
🟪🟪🟪🟪BEGINNINGS OF US PRESIDENTS
Strands #136
“Park place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
Your train of thought got Monopolized. 🙂
Wordle 1,124 3/6*
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩TRACE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩SUITE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩QUITE
So close. 🙂
Strands #136
“Park place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
10 Well, it was either this or Monopoly. Fortunately, I know both.
Wordle 1,124 3/6
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
ADIEU - SNORT - QUITE. Shhhh, almost
Connections
Puzzle #402
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
GET IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS = 1
GROUPS OF ANIMALS = 1
PRESIDENTS WITHOUT THE ENDINGS = 1
COMMON PLACES FOR CHORES = 1
< 5 minutes. TOTAL: 9. Not too shabby. 😊
Vetch poets glute unite quite
Not bad I think I played that pretty well
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
Perfect strands today saw slides and swing and got everything from there
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪presidents missing their ending letters
🟦🟩🟩🟦
🟦🟩🟨🟨
🟦🟩🟩🟩hinder(had I gotten this category)
I’m not sure if I misclicked or there was a glitch but I’m almost certain I clicked the green category cause I named it exactly. Also wasn’t there a president named packer or something similar? Not entirely sure but it did eat my first guess
Strands #136
“Park place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵