Art Struggles Immensely On Wordle, Strands, And Connections

Art Struggles Immensely On Wordle, Strands, And Connections // Solving the NYT trifecta of word games for Tuesday, July 2, 2024

[@RisetotheEquation]

An all-around rotten day here for Art. I just couldn't open my mind. Share your results below!

[@jemimahgertrude590]

Wordle in 4: GUAVA - SAINT - ANIME (stupid guess, but it got me info) - INLAY Connections: BLUE (too much reading Asterix!) - YELLOW - PURPLE - GREEN (no idea what ‘toxic assets’ are, either)

[@hopechazz]

You were fine in Wordle/Connections. Your only issue was in Strands. Art. Again, I just have my Android phone with my Gmail app and do not know how to go about getting your COMPLETE email. Perhaps I am not meant to get this certificate. I DID make a wise decision, however, not accepting the Connections Clock/Mug as I don't need a reminder of Connections being my toughest game. I appreciate you and a few of the others acknowledging my contribution in this site with my extensive/interesting comments.

[@hopechazz]

You were fine in Wordle/Connections and only had your issues with Strands, Art. Again, I only have an Android phone with my Gmail app and need your complete email address. Getting a certificate is a better choice than receiving a Connections clock or mug. I don't need a reminder about Connections being my toughest game. I appreciate your acknowledging my contribution in this site, Art, which is really enough of a reward for me. I am thanking some of the others for complimenting me as well. 😊

[@hopechazz]

You were fine in Wordle/Connections and only had issues in Strands. Again, I only have an Android phone with a Gmail app and need your complete email address. I am confused on the "About Tab" as my computer/technical skills are not the best. My getting a certificate is better than receiving a Connections mug or clock. I don't need a reminder staring at me in the face about Connections being my toughest game. I appreciate you and some of the others acknowledging my contribution in this site,. Art. Although I am usually an easy going person as you know, I can sometimes be blunt/tough with others when necessary. It is called "constructive criticism." 😊

[@hopechazz]

Good news, Art. I was able to have a Verizon Representative help get your complete email. I just sent you my full name/ address. Let me know if you need anything else. 😊

[@joeybearden3120]

Connections GPYB - Contains "qui" YBYY - Keep safe YYYY - S words meaning keep safe PPPP - _____ Game BBBB - Catch (0 pts) GGGG - Still (0 pts) I'm honestly getting a bit tired of these decoys that could be legitimate categories. Are we expected to solve the entire puzzle before we make a single guess? To me, the Q category seemed much more legit than the Latin one. That being said, I have noticed that all the words in the decoy category are usually distributed such that there is one word for each category, so that has helped me get the correct answer.

[@dora.7873]

I'm surprised you've never heard of "squirrel away." That's NUTS! 😂

[@Joe-lb8qn]

Yes it's certainly not a new thing. 1925 is the first recorded use according to Webster so you don't have to be down with the kids to know it 😅

[@hopechazz]

I'm NUTS, but then what else is new? 😂

[@dora.7873]

STARE FANCY INLAY Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵 I had to use one hint to get started, which turned out to be POACH. That's when I realized the theme was cooking techniques. Before that I had been stuck on a more literal interpretation, thinking along the lines of canned and frozen foods. Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Hide away for future use 🟦🟪🟦🟦 (The word ARCADE also derives from Latin) 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Latin words 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Descriptive words for assets 🟪🟪🟪🟪 _____ game ARCADE derives from the Latin word "arcus," meaning arc or bow. An arched, covered passageway with shops or stalls on the sides is also called an arcade. Sort of a precursor to the modern shopping mall.

[@pwmiles56]

Arcades are still to be found in the UK, including the famous Burlington Arcade in London, but also the much-loved Hitchin Arcade near me. Definitely classier than malls.

[@jackbabb7123]

Wordle #1109 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 Train ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ Pains 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Inlay Strands #121 "Heat and eat" 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Connections #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨 To save away 🟩🟪🟪🟪 ___ Game 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ___ Game (-Fixed, +Squid) 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Latin words 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Types of assets

[@hopechazz]

This can only happen to me, but this situation was a TRIP. First of all, I know a lot of Spanish and no Latin. I was able to light up the blue category/Latin Words by luck. I thought that all four words were a word play on animals. 😂😂😂

[@subodhcsingh]

Wordle 1,109 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜TRIBE ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨SNAIL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩INLAY

[@geowiz9436]

Wordle in 4 GUAVA CABIN FINAL INLAY Connections: No order and 2 mistakes, but all categories and under 5 minutes. 7/10 Getting the "Latin" Category definitely helped get rid of the "QU" trap. Strands: Perfect Score. To be fair, I watch a lot of cooking shows, so I'm familiar with all those terms.

[@auldfouter8661]

I hadn't heard of toxic assets but apparently it came into use after the 2008 crash. I got the latin words after the storing cat so this one was ok and I was left with the games.

[@LadyAndreaRose]

I had INLAY in 4, GUAVA, RAISE, PINTA, INLAY. Pinta was a poor guess with the end of a already tried, but it gave me something. After Pinta, it took forever to get INLAY. I was convinced the word started with A. Cooking is the center point of my career, so it was a snap. I loved the connections. Challenging. I pulled quid and ergo straight away. Then I saw all the Qs. I decided to build my categories with a q word in each one. That worked. I saw the purple one first so decided to try for order. I did get the order no mistakes, but called green states of matter. Silly me.

[@Quilter_Di]

I looked at each of the Q words for a different category too. Has been there MO the latest few puzzles. They must like the Rainbow of Shame.

[@hopechazz]

Close solve again for Connections and was OK in Wordle/Strands. Was able to guess the 6 letter word "sample" in two tries: AUDIOS, SAMPLE.

[@TomCee53]

Squirrel away is not new. 👨🏼‍🏫

[@BigAsciiHappyStar]

Squirrel away means one away with the extra information that SQUIRREL is the odd one out 🤪

[@randolpho-]

Wordle 1,109 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛SAUCE ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨GRAIN 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛AMINO ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟨FINAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩INLAY Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵 Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨TO HOARD AWAY 🟦🟦🟦🟦LATIN/GREEK WORDS (wasn't exactly sure which one it was, if not both) 🟩🟩🟩🟩TYPES OF ASSETS 🟪🟪🟪🟪___GAME This Connections I took my sweet time.

[@christiana6018]

I think I might take your route with connections 😂 haven’t gotten the last few and I feel like it’s due to me going to fast/ not checking for red herrings

[@hopechazz]

Good job. I could not quite get the green category/assets which prevented me from getting all my categories.

[@chinareds54]

WORDLE: Substituted a plant with 5 unique letters: GRAPE UNITY INLAY (skipped HOLDS) ----- STRANDS 121, 10 Failed super hard mode by misspelling BRASIE, but completed the solve in 1:51 ----- CONNECTIONS 387, 8.5 4+3.5 base, speed bonus Put Away (1) Latin Words (1) Didn't quite commit to anything but I was thinking they were types of assets (except TOXIC confused me...) I will be slightly generous and take (0.5) ___ Game (1)

[@georgesthibaudeau1533]

GUAVA CATER MODAL BYLAW INLAY -- Not efficient, but such an original sequence of words.

[@smbailey]

I did the same first three words as you, got INLAY with my fourth guess.

[@georgesthibaudeau1533]

@@smbailey No chance for me to get INLAY first. This is not a word I am familiar with, so it would not have come to mind early. With the additional info given by Bylaw, however, I couldn't help but remembering I had seen that word Inlay before :)

[@TwoBuckToll]

Wordle 1,109 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ GUAVA 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ARISE ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟨 FINAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INLAY Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 My son had to explain to me what deglazing was. Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨 put away 🟪🟪🟪🟪 types of games 🟦🟦🟦🟦 words in Latin expressions 🟩🟩🟩🟩 types of assets I think of a fixed asset as something like a bond that pays a fixed rate. I say “post hoc ergo propter hoc” all the time for my favorite logical fallacy and usually no one knows what I am talking about.

[@SaladVonBaco]

My solve was almost identical to yours...I did figure out Assets though, but I stared at the final 4 latin ones for a long time and then it just hit me..latin words.

[@subodhcsingh]

Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

[@pwmiles56]

I find vowel-chasing (including for y) is a low-stress approach to Wordle. I absolutely have to start with a vowel-rich word. Wordle 1,109 4/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ poise 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ lurid ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 vital 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 inlay

[@LadyAndreaRose]

I have always chased vowel first, too. Sometimes I think it hurts me, but I am compelled to do it. Lol.

[@Quilter_Di]

Got wordle in 4. Have been getting a lot of 5’s lately so was happy. Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🟡 Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands and Connections look better than they were. Both took a long time to complete. Lucked into the games and assets category by making a lucky guess for the 4th word. Got the Latin by default but didn’t know the category and I took Latin in high school.

[@Tsteinlauf]

Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 10 I'm still having trouble with my phone accepting my answers, even though I input them correctly. This costs me a bit of time, which I'm not willing to forfeit. . Wordle 1,109 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU - SNORT - INLAY Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 HIDE AWAY = 1 DESCRIBES CHEMICALS = .5 LATIN WORDS UTILIZED IN ENGLISH = 1 _____GAME = 1 . ORDER: 1. TIME: 0. TOTAL: 6 5 My acquired knowledge today: what a "toxic asset" is and what a "squid game" is. I am not well-versed in economics. Moreover, I would be much happier thinking that a squid game was something that 🦑🦑 play; it sounds horrendous!! 😱

[@tclark8205]

Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

[@TomCee53]

xxx,inlay,Tom Cee,4 Wordle 1,109 4/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛guava 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛aster ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩fancy 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Inlay Pretty sad showing, but then I don’t cook 😎 Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🔵💡🔵🔵 💡🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵 It didn’t have microwave 🤷‍♂️ Not bad Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨hide away 🟩🟩🟩🟩___ assets 🟪🟪🟪🟪___ game 🟦🟦🟦🟦Latin words

[@lisag8476]

Wordle 1,109 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ guava ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ saner 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ amino ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 titan 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 inlay A bit of a struggle to get there today Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 At first I looked for 'microwave' as the spangram. I saw poach in the lower corner, then all those o's which led me to cooking. No trouble after that Connections Puzzle #387 🟪🟪🟪🟪 _game 🟦🟦🟦🟦 latin words (I really wanted these to be parts of common latin phrases, but couldn't come up with one for vox. It's a great website, though) 🟩🟩🟩🟩 assets 🟨🟨🟨🟨 put away Cogito ergo sum, caveat emptor, quid pro quo. Wish I had a saying with 'vox'. Does anyone else know any?

[@Alan-e3q8x]

Vox populi = the voice of the people Vox populi, vox dei = the voice of the people is the voice of God

[@hopechazz]

The BEAST continues doing well in Connections as this game is my biggest challenge. I am a WORDLE person. Wish me luck on getting my certificate. If this doesn't happen, I will be fine just getting compliments about my contribution in this site.

[@LadyAndreaRose]

I was looking for a commonality in the Latin words too. When I couldn't find one, I named it Latin words for . . . ? Figured I get 1/2 a point. Turns out Latin was enough.

[@lisag8476]

​@@Alan-e3q8xthanks!

[@michellelam6561]

Wordle in 4. GUAVA LATER ALLOW INLAY Connections Puzzle #387 🟪🟪🟪🟪___ game 🟦🟦🟦🟦Latin words 🟩🟩🟩🟩Types of assets 🟨🟨🟨🟨Save for a "rainy" day Strands was quick and easy.

[@ellensassani]

Connections Puzzle #387 🟨🟨🟨🟨SAVE FOR LATER 🟩🟪🟪🟪X ____ game (+FIXED, -SQUID) 🟪🟩🟪🟪X ____ game (+TOXIC, -SQUID) 🟦🟦🟦🟦LATIN WORDS 🟪🟪🟪🟪____ GAME 🟩🟩🟩🟩ASSOCIATED WITH ASSETS Glad I'm not in a competition today! 🙂Only knew 3 of the games and 2 of the assets, which made it difficult. Strands #121 “Heat and eat” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 After giving up on MICROWAVE, that pile of O's looked suspicious! DEGLAZE, FLAMBE, BLANCH, BRAISE ... Pretty fancy! Wordle 1,109 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜TRACE 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨NASAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩INLAY Today NASAL was better than the #1 #2, SALAD.

[@mtarvon3577]

Scoredle 5/6 14,855 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 TRAIL (107) ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ OUENS (8) 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ALIGN (3) 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨 LANAI (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INLAY Finally got there with an ugly solve. Wordlebot did not recognize LANAI as a possible solve.