Very good Connections! I thought "to thumb" was "to flop" and I didn't know riffle or mace. I might have gotten the singers if I had given it an hour. But I didn't. Good Sunday Mini My time was 1:16. Nice Strands! I got this with minimal clicks.
I had learned the word SEGUE from reading, and always thought it would rhyme with LEAGUE. News articles around the launch of the Segway educated me on that point.
I'd have been slightly faster on the mini if I hadn't thought segue was spelt segway - But prams was a rarity of a mini crossword clue where it's an advantage to not be American on. Also was down to purple and yellow on the connections but wasn't able to disentangle the spices. ETA: A game I've been enjoying recently that's similar to Connections is Stacks, which is a Connections fan game with 15 words divided into groups of 5, 4, 3, 2 and a single ungrouped item.
Nice solve I made 3 mistakes because I didn't see light blue right away and made two ridiculous guesses before I had the Aha moment. I'm sure you know the feeling. Check out my ridiculous guesses: THUMB LEAF SPEAR CLOVE: Informal measurements used in cooking FLIP THUMB RIFFLE SPEAR : Antagonize When I was down to yellow and purple I made one extra error. KEY MACE CLOVE MAR: Damage (as in keying one's car, club with a mace, Clove might mean to clobber and Mar to scratch). This is what happens when you struggle and you have nothing. I had no idea on the purple. I could not name one song of any of those artists. Though at least I have heard of Brittney Spears and Harry Styles. The other two, no.
I guess if you ever can't remember which phase of the moon is gibbous, just spell it backwards: suobbig, which makes sense, because gibbous is 51% to 99%! 🌔 🌖
The g in Gibbous is pronounced as in Gibbon. I knew it was a moon related word, but could not have defined it. When I typed it, my phone offered me two suitable moon emojis! 🌔 🌖
Are mace and clove not common spices in the US? I've seen several people struggle with that category - I got it instantly (UK resident) - They're all commonly used spices here.
PRAM is short for the rather wonderful PERAMBULATOR. Which would be fairly long to fit into a mini. No one calls them that nowadays, much like with brassiere versus bra.
Connections Puzzle #553 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I stared at the last 2 categories for a bit before figuring out purple. Like you I didn't know that mace was a spice on its own. I had thought of the category earlier but couldn't figure out the 4th one, and I wasn't 100% sure Clove counted on its own either.
Today we learned that Rangsk will not be cooking spicy fish tonight 🙂
I'm not sure I would enjoy cloved mullet anyway. 😁
There was a strands awhile back where the theme was spices and mace was one of the words.
Very good Connections!
I thought "to thumb" was "to flop" and I didn't know riffle or mace. I might have gotten the singers if I had given it an hour. But I didn't.
Good Sunday Mini
My time was 1:16.
Nice Strands!
I got this with minimal clicks.
I know my spices! Mace tastes similar to nutmeg because it in fact comes from the outer covering of the nutmeg. 😊
I had learned the word SEGUE from reading, and always thought it would rhyme with LEAGUE.
News articles around the launch of the Segway educated me on that point.
I think mace the spice is the same thing used to make mace the pepper spray.
I'm impressed with your Styles
I'd have been slightly faster on the mini if I hadn't thought segue was spelt segway - But prams was a rarity of a mini crossword clue where it's an advantage to not be American on.
Also was down to purple and yellow on the connections but wasn't able to disentangle the spices.
ETA: A game I've been enjoying recently that's similar to Connections is Stacks, which is a Connections fan game with 15 words divided into groups of 5, 4, 3, 2 and a single ungrouped item.
It's gibbous, like giving, and it looks like a full moon but missing a crescent.
I was of the people that got the same as you in Connections.
Nice solve I made 3 mistakes because I didn't see light blue right away and made two ridiculous guesses before I had the Aha moment. I'm sure you know the feeling. Check out my ridiculous guesses:
THUMB LEAF SPEAR CLOVE: Informal measurements used in cooking
FLIP THUMB RIFFLE SPEAR : Antagonize
When I was down to yellow and purple I made one extra error.
KEY MACE CLOVE MAR: Damage (as in keying one's car, club with a mace, Clove might mean to clobber and Mar to scratch).
This is what happens when you struggle and you have nothing. I had no idea on the purple. I could not name one song of any of those artists. Though at least I have heard of Brittney Spears and Harry Styles. The other two, no.
Nice pull on segue
Hah, I also put "Trams" at first too until I found Grasp and corrected myself
I guess if you ever can't remember which phase of the moon is gibbous, just spell it backwards: suobbig, which makes sense, because gibbous is 51% to 99%! 🌔 🌖
totally thought it was hard G GIBBOUS
I didn't exoect the purple to be that... I know those singers too lol
Nice effort
The g in Gibbous is pronounced as in Gibbon.
I knew it was a moon related word, but could not have defined it. When I typed it, my phone offered me two suitable moon emojis! 🌔 🌖
Gibbous threw me off too.
Are mace and clove not common spices in the US? I've seen several people struggle with that category - I got it instantly (UK resident) - They're all commonly used spices here.
I don't see people use mace much, but it's definitely widely available. Clove is definitely used frequently, particularly around the holidays.
PRAM is short for the rather wonderful PERAMBULATOR. Which would be fairly long to fit into a mini. No one calls them that nowadays, much like with brassiere versus bra.
it's spelled "non sequitor" btw
"non sequitur"
@@mebamme Correct. My bad.
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I stared at the last 2 categories for a bit before figuring out purple. Like you I didn't know that mace was a spice on its own. I had thought of the category earlier but couldn't figure out the 4th one, and I wasn't 100% sure Clove counted on its own either.