Connections! (and other wordle type games)

[A Stud-Finder]

You are a friend to all, correct.

 

[Crystal]

You are a friend to all, correct.

Not what I mean, but I'll take it lol

 

[shortkut]

Hey that's my friend you're talking about!

 

[BigDaddy]

Pips #4 Hard
4:36

Connections
Puzzle #802

 

[BigDaddy]

Pips #5 Hard
1:57

 

[shortkut]

Pips #5 Hard
2:15

Connections
Puzzle #803





Strands #537
"Whodunit?"



The top center word took me an embarrassingly long time to unscramble. Everything else was almost immediate

 

[Jawneh]

Pips #5 Hard
1:23

 

[Cole]

Pips #5 Hard
2:06

 

[Ants!]

Hey that's my friend you're talking about!

Why didn't you pick a better friend? Like maybe Jawneh.

 

[canadaguy]

I have multiple

 

[BigDaddy]

Strands #537
"Whodunit?"



Connections
Puzzle #803





I haven't played much Connections this year, but that purple category is one of the more oddly specific category titles I've seen.

Anyone else do the Mini Crossword? I've been doing it daily for a while. This is my time for Saturday's (usually the slightly bigger one for the week) as it updates before midnight: 3:36

 

[Jawneh]

Pips #6 Hard
2:40

I've kind of stopped doing daily puzzles. Used to like a few wordle variants and some sudokus. Pips is keeping my interest for now, but idk for how long.

 

[Smacktard]

Pips #5 Hard
2:07

 

[shortkut]

Pips #6 Hard
1:10

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Connections
Puzzle #804





I actually saw purple right away for lol reasons.

 

[shortkut]

Connections
Puzzle #804

 

[Nae'blis]

Connections
Puzzle #804

 

[canadaguy]

So I see none of you cowards are gonna try the cryptic

 

[Jawneh]

So I see none of you cowards are gonna try the cryptic

 

[Jawneh]

Tbh, I'd like to do more cryptics, but I don't want to spend the time learning and internalizing the rules. They do seem fun otherwise.

 

[Cole]

Pips #6 Hard
1:23

 

[canadaguy]

Tbh, I'd like to do more cryptics, but I don't want to spend the time learning and internalizing the rules. They do seem fun otherwise.

I recommend it. The rules aren't really all that complicated.

 

[canadaguy]

Like cryptics will seem like nonsensical alchemy but when you know how they work, you can pretty much always see where the answers came from.

 

[Jawneh]

Like cryptics will seem like nonsensical alchemy but when you know how they work, you can pretty much always see where the answers came from.

I tried it a couple days ago when you posted about it. The answer did make sense afterwards for sure. It could be more that maybe I'm not that into verbal puzzles.

I'll give it another shot later. These things tend to grab me at the get go or not at all. Sadly it's probably the latter for me for this one.

 

[A Stud-Finder]

I did it today and took hints that I already figured out. I just didn't think hard enough on the definition one.

Minute Cryptic - 23 August, 2025
"Gripping strip scene from Marvel crossover" (6)
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I scored: 2 over par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

 

[BigDaddy]

Wordle 1,526 3/6





Connections
Puzzle #804





Strands #538
“Rub it in, why don't you?”



Pips #6 Hard
2:23

Would have been faster on Pips had I not read a > as a < .

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Pips #7 Hard
1:56

Connections
Puzzle #805






@canadaguy was today's especially easy for this? It was the first thing I thought of but then I took a clue to be sure and then felt dumb for not just guessing it
Minute Cryptic - 24 August, 2025
"Got a freshly-made Caesar wrap?" (4)
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I scored: 1 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

 

[canadaguy]

Pips #7 Hard
1:56

Connections
Puzzle #805






@canadaguy was today's especially easy for this? It was the first thing I thought of but then I took a clue to be sure and then felt dumb for not just guessing it
Minute Cryptic - 24 August, 2025
"Got a freshly-made Caesar wrap?" (4)
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I scored: 1 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

I found it pretty easy.

A four letter answer narrows down what you can use for the wordplay, so then you kind of have a choice of what might be the indicator, and one is pretty easy to eliminate then

 

[BigDaddy]

Pips #7 Hard
9:02

Wordle 1,527 6/6








Connections
Puzzle #805





Strands #539
"Plug your ears"

 

[Cole]

Pips #7 Hard
1:49

 

[A Stud-Finder]

I found it pretty easy.

A four letter answer narrows down what you can use for the wordplay, so then you kind of have a choice of what might be the indicator, and one is pretty easy to eliminate then

Another 4 letter one today, but I'm happy I got it without needing to verify with a hint first:

Minute Cryptic - 25 August, 2025
"Forger's initial on map - it shows treasure spot! Buried gold is fake..." (4)

I scored: 2 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

 

[canadaguy]

Another 4 letter one today, but I'm happy I got it without needing to verify with a hint first:

Minute Cryptic - 25 August, 2025
"Forger's initial on map - it shows treasure spot! Buried gold is fake..." (4)

I scored: 2 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

It took me a sec, since I was a bit surprised that it was so much clue for such a small answer. But then it came together fairly easy.

It's nice to have someone to at least talk about these a bit. My mom taught me cryptics, but these are baby level easy for her, so she doesn't do them.

 

[A Stud-Finder]

It took me a sec, since I was a bit surprised that it was so much clue for such a small answer. But then it came together fairly easy.

It's nice to have someone to at least talk about these a bit. My mom taught me cryptics, but these are baby level easy for her, so she doesn't do them.

I've always been weary to take them on because I first saw them while watching Cracking the Cryptic on YouTube. A one off like this is much more manageable.

 

[shortkut]

I got the cryptic after reading the hints
Minute Cryptic - 25 August, 2025
"Forger's initial on map - it shows treasure spot! Buried gold is fake..." (4)
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I scored: 1 over par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Cryptic Eric/k Club

 

[canadaguy]

Cryptic Eric/k Club

Man, if there was a synonym for club that anagramed to Eric/k, this would be a great clue

 

[shortkut]

I’m still not sure how you know which words are indicators or any of the other things

 

[canadaguy]

I’m still not sure how you know which words are indicators or any of the other things

You kind of learn over time.

Like anything that denotes mixing could be an anagram indicator, but also something like "crazy" could too


Helpful is that the definition will almost always be at the beginning or end, so you can try to break it down from there

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Man, if there was a synonym for club that anagramed to Eric/k, this would be a great clue

Could try to do something for Leif Erikson if you decide to pronounce his name as "leaf" or maybe even erik the red. Embarrassed Viking's Bat or some shit.

 

[Cole]

I've always been weary to take them on because I first saw them while watching Cracking the Cryptic on YouTube. A one off like this is much more manageable.

I love cracking the cryptic. I went through a phase a few years back where it was like the only thing I watched on yt. (made me better at sodoku too)

 

[A Stud-Finder]

I love cracking the cryptic. I went through a phase a few years back where it was like the only thing I watched on yt. (made me better at sodoku too)

They definitely helped me up my Sudoku game for sure. Simon is always a joy to watch. I go in and out of watching them solve puzzles, and I'm sure I'll be back to watching some when I'm struggling to sleep after the baby comes.

edit: also Sheryl noticed me watching them at one point, and the next time we visited her parents she mentioned that I like sudoku to her mom, who does the newspaper one every morning. Her mom was stuck on one and said "if you finish this, you can marry her" (this was while we were engaged) - thanks to some of the tricks I learned from the channel I managed to get it done. We now have that puzzle framed somewhere in the house.

 

[canadaguy]

They definitely helped me up my Sudoku game for sure. Simon is always a joy to watch. I go in and out of watching them solve puzzles, and I'm sure I'll be back to watching some when I'm struggling to sleep after the baby comes.

edit: also Sheryl noticed me watching them at one point, and the next time we visited her parents she mentioned that I like sudoku to her mom, who does the newspaper one every morning. Her mom was stuck on one and said "if you finish this, you can marry her" (this was while we were engaged) - thanks to some of the tricks I learned from the channel I managed to get it done. We now have that puzzle framed somewhere in the house.

Im not a big sudoku guy, but I enjoy watching him solve cryptics. Especially when he finds a clue to be especially clever, just the joy he finds is so nice.

 

[BigDaddy]

Wordle 1,528 4/6






Pips #8 Hard
1:37

Minute Cryptic - 25 August, 2025
"Forger's initial on map - it shows treasure spot! Buried gold is fake..." (4)
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I scored: even par

Strands #540
“Back to school”

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Minute Cryptic - 26 August, 2025
"No stamp? Problematic for him!" (7)
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I scored: 2 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

Need to learn all of the indicators and what they mean.

 

[canadaguy]

This one was a bit sloppy to me. Wordplay is fine, but the definition portion could be tightened up

Minute Cryptic - 26 August, 2025
"No stamp? Problematic for him!" (7)

I scored: 3 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

 

[Ants!]

Pips #9 Hard
2:39

 

[BigDaddy]

Pips #9 Hard
1:22

Wordle 1,529 3/6





Minute Cryptic - 26 August, 2025
"No stamp? Problematic for him!" (7)
️
I scored: 2 under par

 

[shortkut]

Minute Cryptic - 26 August, 2025
"No stamp? Problematic for him!" (7)
️️
I scored: 1 under par

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

I guessed

Spoiler

mailman

before the correct answer. Close enough

 

[Jawneh]

Pips #9 Hard
1:10

 

[Nae'blis]

Connections
Puzzle #808