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Yep, today's Connections was fairly straightforward, whew. I expect we'll be in for a tough day soon as it seems to often follow an ~easy day. And I agree on green, I'd changed my mind on the category and landed on something that wasn't quite right. I'm glad I didn't fall for the TRUNK red herring, though! I think I saw some folks did.

HAHAHHA I'm getting called out 😂I was so sure it was toast until I considered boast a possibility and then I was :( Oh, that would be a dream! But would break so many streaks (and hearts!) 🤣 Also, well done on your three-guess solve. You must give a TOAST to THANK for getting you there :P

Oh my! You were so close :O But you made it, whew! That's true, we all got FALSE answers 😂

Appreciate your input on the green group! I'll happily take the point then :D Yeah if it was just Rigatoni and Bernie, I might be a bit lost as to what connected those but thankfully I saw Romeo and then it clicked with Parish for me. Whew!

@@SamWords13 I saw PARIS, then ROME. I doubt that even someone from Latvia would look at today's puzzle and say "Aha, RIGA-toni".

@@Edward-j4q4f Ahahahaha RIGA is definitely not one of the super common European capitals that come to mind, but I'm guessing the question setter chose it for its ability to form another word and also it's ability to trick us😂

It was a monstrous one for me, I barely knew the candy bars (and I just googled and agree, Airheads doesn't look like a "candy bar")! I got a bit lucky in some of the groups. Hahaha you'll get to using those bands eventually 😂It's not common where I'm from to call someone a "card" or a "laugh" but I did at least know of the latter and not the former. Now I know!

@@SamWords13 As for the resistance bands, my philosophy has always been, "If you're not going to use something, you may as well have two of them".

@@Edward-j4q4f 😂😂😂

@@Edward-j4q4f Ah I didn't realize umber was an actual word! Luckily I didn't have to worry about an extra word with how few guesses I had left 😄

@@SamWords13 I checked to see if UMBER was ever used - it wasn't. But the fourth word ever used was HUMPH, so I wouldn't be too surprised by anything now. I think that would have described my reaction - HUMPH indeed!

@@Edward-j4q4f So, UMBER is still in play. I'll have to store this info somewhere for someday! Also, HUMPH, would have definitely broken my streak 😭What an awful tricky word to guess, even though I know it.

@@Edward-j4q4f Thanks, Edward! Yeah I think that's fair, probably a half point for movies but the group was quite specific and I didn't nail that specificity. Ooh I'll check my video from yesterday and see if I gotta turn them back on again, appreciate the heads up! Also nice job on the early purple 🟣

I can't believe it either, Edward! I hear you. 5 is like, ugh could have gotten it in 4 or 3, but 6 is like, at least you made it 😭

I will be showing this to my dad 😂

Ah, so that's what that meant! I'm clueless on most gambling/card game terms. Thanks for enlightening me! Gambling is a big nono here (except in specific areas), so gambling ads on TV is unthinkable 😅

@@SamWords13 Thanks for the info - I was curious about that. I know that people from other countries are surprised to see ads for prescription drugs and lawyers on TV here.

@@Edward-j4q4f I once watched some US TV channels online and my gosh, the number of prescription drug ads was wild 😭 It was every other ad, in between toys and ~regular products for your home ahaha. And the list of possible side effects made me dizzy 😂

From the other comments on other folks' videos, yeah I think it's quite common for y'all 😅 Just not for me, I guess! Learned something new today :)

@@SamWords13 OH NO!!! Now you'll have to forget two other things. Don't read my comment on the mini or you'll lose four.

@@Edward-j4q4f Too late! I already did 😂I'll have to find extra storage for all the new things I've been learning.

@@SamWords13 Oh, if only our brains could be like a computer! Just add some additional RAM.

No idea how I've never come across the maze shot, but thankfully the other clues reminded me of the little I knew of the movie as well! Yeah, I'm glad they went for the most "famous" aspects of the movie :) Like with Indiana Jones the other day!

Thanks for clarifying, Edward! Glad to know those are considered pretty much the same thing. I doubted myself 😂I think the purple could have been harder if BALLY and RAVEN didn't seem so out of place, BALLY more so. As for "SILO", my company likes to use that word to refer to the different departments working too separately, so that's why I thought of that word for green as part of the "SEPARATE" theme :)

@@SamWords13 For solving the Purple, BALLY and RAVEN didn't even figure into the equation for me. It was PROM and DISCO that jumped off the screen as places where you would dance. Same destination, different routes for the solution.

@@Edward-j4q4f DISCOG and BALLY got me really thinking, and then I started seeing the rest 😁

SCUFF is a good word, though! I doubt I'd have thought of that if I saw S and U in yellow. I'd probably have done SUNNY or SULLY without considering SCUFF, though with the information you had at that point, it very well could have been that ahaha even though in the end it wasn't.

@@SamWords13 On my fourth guess I was sure it was SULLY. I'm pretty sure I was influenced by the thought that XYLYL was actually going to pay off for you today! I didn't even consider any other possibilities.

@@Edward-j4q4f If it was SULLY, ooh that XYLYL would have lit up pretty beautifully for me 😭I still have 5 days to make it work, ahahaha

I love crosswords and jigsaws! But I don't often re-do jigsaws so I try not to buy too many or I'll end up with a lot of dusty boxes 😂 At least your sister and her husband both like doing these together :) That's so wholesome.

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Skiing looks very fun (although why does skiing have two "I"s and skier have just one?? I was surprised to discover that while answering a crossword clue the other day...) I think as long as you made no mistakes, it was a perfect game :P The figuring out of the categories is a bonus, for me anyway! I'll have to observe how others are getting these reverse rainbows :O

They look over all the words/categories first before submitting the answers.

Yeah, poor Doug crashed and burned today. If I were trying for a reverse rainbow, I surely would have been wrong. The Blue was by far the hardest for me. As far as the skiing connection, I assume most people would know what 'Mogul' is from the Winter Olympics event. I certainly wouldn't have known, otherwise.

I hear you, Edward.

@@Edward-j4q4f It's funny but recently I have started watching some Winter Olympic events, though not many. Maybe I just need to watch a few more to get those winter sports terms!

Yeah, I think blue would be pretty hard for folks!! I think I learned some word origins in my linguistics classes some years ago (not that I retained all that much, though) 😂Oh boy, yeah, I would've laughed at myself watching back!

Also forgot to say, nice job on getting that Japanese group!

Both of you did a good job naming the blue category.

@@SamWords13 Thank you. I looked up tycoon afterward and learned something new today. Unfortunately, for every new thing I learn, I forget two things I already know!

@ That's too relatable 😂

A beautiful 3-guess solve! That PIOUS has been working well for you lately 🎉

Luckily you still made it out with 5/6, Chazz! I forget if they give you a Whew for 5/6, but whew 💪I'll look into Word Hurdle!

You get 6 tries to solve both Wordle games.

I checked Chris's video because he views the Connections bot and it was indeed a low difficulty puzzle (2/5, if you're curious). A nice break from the groups I've been missing this week!

@@SamWords13 I always check the connections bot. I purchased a game subscription just for that feature!

@@Edward-j4q4f Oh, nice! I would subscribe as well, but the conversion rate from my currency to USD is a just a tad too high for me 😅 I don't mind not subscribing, though. Maybe one day in the future, but I'm okay with the free account for now!

I have my good days and bad days in Connections. I was barely successful today and was NOT familiar with SOUL PATCH. You deserve more viewers, Sam, but in time, this should happen. I am OK being in sites with you, Doug, and Kenny. It is too much for me competing with BRAINS like Oranje, Art, Chris getting all their perfect games and RAINBOWS. I often do well in my Wordle games.. My focus again is trying to compete against myself and to center myself around normal/average people like me. What is considered NORMAL now a days, Sam and Edward?

@@hopechazz Same here, I'd like to think I do fairly alright in Connections :) Some gaps in trivia/knowledge does hurt my chances at times LOL! Thanks for your kind wishes, Chazz. I'm very honored that folks who like Doug and the other NYT Game-rs are also enjoying my content 😁Hahaha, we've all got some extraordinary in us, I believe ✨😂 But if you're more comfortable hanging out with folks of a similar skillset, more than welcome here! We can learn together.

Ahahaha what a ride, right 😂😭 I was SO close to getting it and I fumbled it so bad! Okay, so we're the 50/50 folks who rarely choose right 😅😂 We'll get that three-guess solve next time!

Actually, a letter swap to prompt thinking is such a good idea, I really should try that next time! Like swap out the letters either end or beginning to see if they make more sense to me that way. Also, yes, I did hear of Jimmy Carter's passing and I couldn't believe I forgot about him when I saw "Smarter" as one of the US President sound-alike names 😭 I legit blanked, like which one rhymes with that???

Ooh, pious is a good starter for vowels. And a three-guess solve is so good! I miss those days LOL XYLYL has severely hurt my three-guess odds, but that's okay. I'm still having fun!

@@SamWords13 I usually start with TRADE, but since yesterday's answer contained three of those letters, I switched it up. By the way, your comments for Connections are turned off again.

@@Edward-j4q4f Thanks for letting me know, Edward! I did notice that and quickly turned them back on. Hopefully they stay that way! Appreciate the heads up.

@@SamWords13 Now I don't even see a notification saying the comments are turned off. There's just blank space under the gray box.

@@Edward-j4q4f On my PC, I can see the comments section. I'll check again when I wake up and see if the comments are wonky or anything like that, hopefully not! Apologies for the inconvenience 😞

I have to disagree here with you, Chazz, as I'm all too happy to flex my pop culture/slang word knowledge in these games whenever I can 🤣🤣 But it's totally fair that everyone has categories that they prefer and others they'd much rather NOT see appear on Connections. I live in Malaysia :D

I mean that I don't do well with the POP CULTURE and SLANG WORDS categories. Wyna also had categories on Rap Music and Alcoholic Beverages that I had difficulty with, Sam. I would love to be in Malaysia right now. I do not like this FRIGID weather. 😎

@@hopechazz Ahh, I get you now, Chazz! Oh gosh I struggled hard on those beverages. I fear my gap there will re-haunt me at another time, so I wonder if I should brush up on knowledge there 😂Our weather was very hot and humid last week, but this week is much more "balanced". A bit of sun and then cool nights. Stay warm!

Thanks. The weather here in Akron, Ohio is finally getting back to the normal cold weather. 😂

@@hopechazz It's been raining all night here! Which makes it a bit colder than I'd like personally 😂

I've given up intentionally trying for rainbows, so if I ever do get one, it'll be pure luck 😂

The cool thing about Connections is all the different things we get to learn :D My knowledge of US sports and sports teams is quite poor. Glad you're enjoying Wordle too! It's a fun game that I think most of us can win at :)

Yeah, I like seeing how others solve it because we all get the connections to click differently! That robe one could have taken me ages to see, I feel like. I used to play regularly a long time ago but stopped and only recently got back into playing it again when I watched folks like Doug play it :)

Doug is pretty COOL. 😊

@@hopechazz He is indeed. I enjoy his videos :)

Doug is humble/down to earth and is amusing/entertaining. He is also an intelligent and personable individual. You and Oranje in comparison to the other spokespeople are quite good when it comes to responding to your viewers, Sam. 😎

@@hopechazz Doug is fun to watch, for me :D And I agree with all you said about him! Thanks for saying that about me, Chazz. I'm happy if my videos get even a single comment because I really do enjoy talking to people who plays these games as I do :) More than views and subs (although those are nice), I like to engage with other players on my channel 🎉 So many different people love these games, it's awesome.

My best time ever, I think!!!! I can't quite believe it myself, but got lucky with one batch of clues 😅

Glad you found today's Connections a breeze! I live in Malaysia, a very tropical country so the last thing I know is snow 🤣 -15C (+5F) is snow joke! That's freezing, oof. Stay warm!

Thanks for watching, Edward! My video game knowledge was/is lacking :( Ooh, thanks for the extra tidbit of information. I didn't know that. I'll just keep building my streak back up until it's better than the last one 🎉

I'm glad you tried it! I find practice really does help and some days the clues just make more sense to *us* than others. Hope you like it enough to keep at it, but don't beat yourself up if not. I hardly do Strands, for example, because my brain hurts looking at those jumbled letters, despite my love for anagrams. Strands can cost me a good while sometimes LOL.

@@SamWords13 There seems to be no middle ground for me in Strands. Either I solve it very quickly. or I have to use a hint....or two....or three.... I still enjoy it though.

@@Edward-j4q4f Same here. I either see the spangram and the theme words quickly or I stare and stare so long I could burn a hole through my computer screen lol.

Watching myself back, yeah, I got distracted after "fitted" 😂 Yeah, I think a lot of us have doubts about the name for that green group! A bit of a clunky descriptor.

I can relate to you, Sam, being OK in Connections. Art and Oranje with some of their viewers are BRAINS. It is nothing for them to get RAINBOWS. I am happy just being successful in this game. Chris Remo is also unbelievable! It drives me CRAZY. What do you think about this Sam and Edward? 😂

@@hopechazz I'm too lazy to categorize my guesses into rainbows, unfortunately!! But kudos to those who can take the time and potentially evaluate which group could be which color. I am usually better on the wordy purple groups but other than that, I can get a little lost 😂 I have to admit I haven't really watched much of Art's and Oranje's solves, so no comment there, but I do watch Chris's quite a bit and his streak is amazing! Hoping to build my streak back up again :) Thanks for watching.

Anytime, Sam. I like the personalities of these other SPOKESPEOPLE, but I feel inadequate comparing my Connections skills to their skills. Could you give me some advice here? I think that I am a fairly intelligent person being a retired teacher. 😂

I don't think that Chris has ever failed Connections. How does he do it, Edward and Sam? I can relate more to Doug and Kenny as far as my skills. I am NOT referring to Kenny Haller, the silly Wordle WHIZ. 😎

@@Edward-j4q4f Ahahahaha this made me chuckle 😂

Ah Green Bay Packers! Thank you for the info. I knew the "Bay" was something familiar 😂 Wow, good work on the "rays" one!

Thanks, Nojo Jojo (inspired by Mojo Jojo of the Powerpuff Girls?)! I was tempted to just "go with my gut" but I so wanted to keep my XYLYL challenge streak going so I couldn't risk it 🤪

I have a 50/50 relationship with purples ahaha I either get them relatively quickly or could spend forever and not see it. Glad you got it as well! Sometimes pondering it for a little longer is all it takes. Thanks for your patience with my finicky comments section. 🙏 No idea why UA-cam does this! I'll keep fixing it anytime I come across it.

Oooh nice! I wish I'd thought for a while longer on the individual parts i.e., what could bud be besides flower-related -- beer brand. Also, her name is Wyna, after all 🍷 Ahaha

Yay!

Hahaha they tricked me 😂 thank youuuu

Thanks for watching!

Aww, thank you, Latina 😍🤗💪

@@mummommajamamaii5690 It was a somewhat tricky word! Not one I use regularly every day 😞

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Yeah! Keyword should really considering improving its mechanics lol. If Wordle was like this, we'd have much worse streaks 😅😭

Hahaha, that actually makes me feel better, thank you 😂

Thank you for watching and commenting <3 Hope you enjoyed today's Keyword yourself!

Yeah, really uncomfortable! Thankfully, I'm doing muuuch better now!

@@shikhamoni-i8m No thanks, I'm good!