Connections - new game

ivrytwr3 · 17 Oct 2023 at 07:30

Now that you are all hooked on Wordle, it's time for a new game:

Connections - Group words that share a common thread.

Group words that share a common thread. A new puzzle is available each day.

www.nytimes.com

Stumble Bum · 17 Oct 2023 at 07:58

Oh just what we need. Another word game thread on the first page everyday. What's that 4 now?

Do these forums not have a feature to hide individual threads?

dlockers · 17 Oct 2023 at 08:03

Stumble Bum said:
Oh just what we need. Another word game thread on the first page everyday. What's that 4 now?

Do these forums not have a feature to hide individual threads?

"Log out"

ivrytwr3 · 17 Oct 2023 at 09:33

Stumble Bum said:
Oh just what we need. Another word game thread on the first page everyday. What's that 4 now?

Do these forums not have a feature to hide individual threads?

You can select to ignore a poster or you can put on your big boy pants and realise this isn't your personal forum and people have different interests.

dlockers · 17 Oct 2023 at 09:45

I had a go, it's quite fun but I found it way too difficult..

FBi7 · 17 Oct 2023 at 10:14

Been playing Connect the Words for the past few weeks. It's quite addictive:

‎Connect The Words - Word Game

‎ConnectTheWords is a brand-new word puzzle app, designed to stimulate the brain and provide a fun and engaging daily activity. Test your puzzle-solving and wordplay skills and see if you can re-order our 16-square Grid into four groups of four connecting words or terms. Simply select four...

apps.apple.com

or

Connect The Words: Puzzle Game - Apps on Google Play

Sharpen your brain daily, with the ConnectTheWords word connections game.

play.google.com

I like to pretend I'm on Only Connect so I get to perv at Victoria Coren Mitchell's impressive rack in real time

robfosters · 17 Oct 2023 at 10:56

Stumble Bum said:
Oh just what we need. Another word game thread on the first page everyday. What's that 4 now?

Do these forums not have a feature to hide individual threads?

Only because you can’t do them.

Dont worry, I’ll find you a dot to dot game

Stumble Bum · 17 Oct 2023 at 11:02

robfosters said:
Only because you can’t do them.

Dont worry, I’ll find you a dot to dot game

No more than 10 dots though ok?

robfosters · 17 Oct 2023 at 11:04

Stumble Bum said:
No more than 10 dots though ok?

Ok, I’ll find you a short one, I know you’ve got some colouring in to get on with

builder22 · 17 Oct 2023 at 11:46

hmm, gtot absolutely nowhere first try...but just to confirm!...

when it says 'one away' does that mean one try has just went away/gone or is it you were one away from getting 4 in the group??

explicit4u · 17 Oct 2023 at 12:28

I've got a love hate relationship with Connections. Usually find it the most enjoyable of the dailies I do, but it can be frustrating when its heavily americanised, or the categories are garbage.

It gets a lot easier once you're used to the type of categories they use. Todays was relatively straight forward once the coffee kicked in.

builder22 said:
hmm, gtot absolutely nowhere first try...but just to confirm!...

when it says 'one away' does that mean one try has just went away/gone or is it you were one away from getting 4 in the group??

One away from guessing the group.

randal · 17 Oct 2023 at 12:44

Connections
Puzzle #128

Perfect. I like this.

Feek · 17 Oct 2023 at 15:06

Stumble Bum said:
Oh just what we need. Another word game thread on the first page everyday. What's that 4 now?

Do these forums not have a feature to hide individual threads?

I actually agree with you and I've asked if we can get the option to ignore specific threads.

throwaway4372 · 17 Oct 2023 at 15:11

Would be good to have ignore on entire forum sections too.

Feek · 17 Oct 2023 at 15:19

throwaway4372 said:
Would be good to have ignore on entire forum sections too.

What, you mean turn them off like this?

FishPolice · 17 Oct 2023 at 15:28

Ooh I like this game

throwaway4372 · 17 Oct 2023 at 15:51

Feek said:
What, you mean turn them off like this?

Nope, that just collapses the UI.
I mean ignore them:
- at the forum section level, e.g. "Motors" not "Life"
- so that they don't show up on "New Posts"
I have achieved it for MM and SC but it required asking to be banned, there are other categories I'd rather not see on New Posts, having the option to hide the categories would avoid having to hide a lot of individual threads.

Stumble Bum · 17 Oct 2023 at 16:48

Feek said:
I actually agree with you and I've asked if we can get the option to ignore specific threads.

Thank you, that would be most useful, otherwise I have to ignore certain users which I'd rather avoid.

MoRT489 · 17 Oct 2023 at 23:09

Thanks for posting, this game is fun!

Diddums · 17 Oct 2023 at 23:27

Feek said:
I actually agree with you and I've asked if we can get the option to ignore specific threads.

I asked this back in January when half the front page of GD was covered in puzzles, my post was simply deleted. I disliked these threads before disliking them was cool, jussayin'

Anyway, I do occasionally find myself doing them when bored so wouldn't want them to disappear entirely, shirley a new forum is better, or to simply group them in to one puzzle megathread?