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dailygamesbyDailyGameBot Connections #1165 2026-08-19https://www.nytimes.com/games/connectionsView original on lemmy.zip15Comments14Reply
BBowserBasher lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesConnections Puzzle #1165 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟪 Wow I couldn’t see those last two at all. Strange that blue wasn’t purple though. Also I’m not a fan of this checkered colour thing they got going on.3Reply
ssik0fewl replypiefed.ca Strange that blue wasn’t purple though. Sometimes blue will be like that, especially if they have a theme instead of just being random words with no other connection.3Reply
OhStopYellingAtMe replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyIt’s supposed to look like a checkered picnic blanket I guess but it doesn’t really work, since they’re rectangles & not squares. Doesn’t make sense either, since “national picnic day” is in April, but whatever. It’s just a one-day theme.3Reply
BBowserBasher replylemmy.worldOoh thanks. I never knew it was picnic day so thought it was maybe a permanent change.2Reply
OhStopYellingAtMe lemmy.worldI never would have got purple. Connections Puzzle #1165 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 2Reply
ddecended_being midwest.socialConnections Puzzle #1165 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Checkerboard pattern should have faded after selecting the first tile. It was a cute way to scream Picnic is the red herring!2Reply
ppturn1 lemmy.worldConnections Puzzle #1165. 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Got giddy after the first group, and made the usual error... Not sure I like the checkerboard effect—makes it harder to spot groups, for me anyway 😕5Reply
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Wow I couldn’t see those last two at all. Strange that blue wasn’t purple though.
Also I’m not a fan of this checkered colour thing they got going on.
Sometimes blue will be like that, especially if they have a theme instead of just being random words with no other connection.
It’s supposed to look like a checkered picnic blanket I guess but it doesn’t really work, since they’re rectangles & not squares. Doesn’t make sense either, since “national picnic day” is in April, but whatever. It’s just a one-day theme.
Ooh thanks. I never knew it was picnic day so thought it was maybe a permanent change.
The visuals are awful.
I never would have got purple.
Checkerboard pattern should have faded after selecting the first tile.
It was a cute way to scream Picnic is the red herring!
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Wow, purple was total BS...
Connections Puzzle #1165.
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Got giddy after the first group, and made the usual error... Not sure I like the checkerboard effect—makes it harder to spot groups, for me anyway 😕