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Ed Vette

#765
July 19, 2024, 10:07:48 AM
Quote from: DaveBrown74 on July 19, 2024, 05:55:07 AMConnections
Puzzle #404
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Purple didn't register with me.

Another pretty easy one, including purple.
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

Ed Vette

#766
July 20, 2024, 04:39:42 AM
Connections
Puzzle #405
🟪🟦🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

DaveBrown74

#767
July 20, 2024, 06:12:58 AM
Connections
Puzzle #405
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

DaveBrown74

#768
July 21, 2024, 05:56:04 AM
Connections
Puzzle #406
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Ed Vette

#769
July 21, 2024, 07:01:26 AM
Connections
Puzzle #406
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

DaveBrown74

#770
July 22, 2024, 05:40:37 AM
Connections
Puzzle #407
🟪🟦🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Ed Vette

#771
July 22, 2024, 06:50:27 AM
Connections
Puzzle #407
🟪🟦🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Do you think we are below average,
Average or above average?
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

Ed Vette

#772
July 23, 2024, 06:58:09 AM
Connections
Puzzle #408
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

DaveBrown74

#773
July 23, 2024, 12:24:51 PM
Connections
Puzzle #408
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

DaveBrown74

#774
July 23, 2024, 12:25:29 PM
Quote from: Ed Vette on July 22, 2024, 06:50:27 AMConnections
Puzzle #407
🟪🟦🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Do you think we are below average,
Average or above average?

Did you mean at this day's puzzle specifically, or overall at this game in general?

Ed Vette

#775
July 23, 2024, 12:30:23 PM
Quote from: DaveBrown74 on July 23, 2024, 12:25:29 PMDid you mean at this day's puzzle specifically, or overall at this game in general?
overall both games, strands too.
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

DaveBrown74

#776
July 23, 2024, 12:55:31 PM
Quote from: Ed Vette on July 23, 2024, 12:30:23 PMoverall both games, strands too.

Very interesting question.

I assume the overwhelmingly vast majority of those doing both puzzles are NYT readers. Broadly speaking that's a well educated, intelligent subset of the population, so I'd be a little reluctant to think I'm materially better than average. I tend to be decent at word games (less so at math/number games), so I would like to think or hope I'm maybe a little bit above average but I would not suggest that I'm materially above average, and if I'm more just roughly average it wouldn't surprise me at all. If we were playing against a random selection of the entire US population I'd feel completely differently.

I personally think I'm a bit better at Connections than Strands overall. I think part of that may be because I enjoy Connections a little bit more, usually. I like both games but with Strands I sometimes feel like my performance depends considerably on how patient I'm feeling right during the time period during which I embark on doing it. The clue option in Strands tempts my laziness/lack of patience sometimes, such as today. Since you don't really have that option in Connections, that game kind of "brings out my best" a little bit more than Strands, I think. I get a feeling of satisfaction when I tackle a tough Connections puzzle. When I get through a Strands puzzle it's more like a feeling of completing a task I had to get done.

DaveBrown74

#777
July 24, 2024, 05:36:17 AM
Connections
Puzzle #409
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Ed Vette

#778
July 24, 2024, 07:29:09 AM
Connections
Puzzle #409
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
"There is a greater purpose...that purpose is team. Winning, losing, playing hard, playing well, doing it for each other, winning the right way, winning the right way is a very important thing to me... Championships are won by teams who love one another, who respect one another, and play for and support one another."
~ Coach Tom Coughlin

DaveBrown74

#779
July 24, 2024, 01:53:02 PM
Bet we messed up the same word in the first attempt at green.
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