Let's Play Connections

[clifffaith]

I had to look dead up, but I could still ferret out the connection.

 

[Sandi Bo]

Wow, you guys are amazing - I bombed yesterday. I could see the groups, but DEAD and DADA got me. Today is not looking good, either (haven't started, just glanced... good luck all).

 

[slip]

I bomb yesterday too. Didn't do today's yet.

 

[Rolltydr]

I was great today. The blue connection is just ridiculous. I had no clue but got it by default.
!

 

[clifffaith]

Well, that took a minute!

 

[DaveNV]

HAHAHHAHAHAAAA!!! Don't ask me how this happened.

Ok, I'll tell you: At first I was totally lost. I stared at it for about 15 minutes, had zero ideas, then took a stab at it. Then another stab. And somehow, in some alternate universe, I got them all correct. I still don't know how that happened. But I will not complain!

Dave

 

[slip]

One miss, I don't know how I got a Great but I did. The blue was by default.

 

[Sandi Bo]

I bombed again yesterday (Saturday).
I really wanted to group baseball players, couldn't find number 4 and asked DH who pointed out it was Willie Mays (not May). OK... so then I got the purple, DH got the yellow, I got the first 3 blues and should have listened to DH for the win. Never saw the green, but maybe... should have...still need to google what a savanna is. On to Sunday...

Here's my Saturday:

Spoiler: solution for sat oct 7

 

[slip]

Bombed at the end this morning.

 

[Rolltydr]

Bombed halfway through this morning.

Now, that’s better.

 

[Patri]

Did it, but thought the blue were Earls and never made the purple connection. Thank goodness for defaults.

 

[clifffaith]

Perfect today. Purple by default

 

[slip]

One miss for a Great this morning.

 

[Rolltydr]

 

["Roger"]

I am impressed with you people. I got a perfect this morning (thus, willing to post), but more often than not its bombs away for me.

 

[clifffaith]

One miss. Purple by happy accident, blue by default.

 

[Sandi Bo]

Admittedly did not try very hard, but wanting to make it quick (as I fell asleep, still failing yesterday).
Should have gotten the green and blue (old when I look at the chart, I thought I'd tried green, apparently I did not). Almost got the blue, lol.

Spoiler: solution

 

[slip]

Very lucky this morning with a phew.

 

[Rolltydr]

I just don’t get this game!

 

[clifffaith]

Took me over five minutes to get the yellow. Then going back multiple times to try to make sense of it before starting to just guess and fail miserably.

 

[Sandi Bo]

It's been a while since I've solved one. Are they throwing us a bone so we don't walk away from this game? Some of ya'll are doing good, not me.

Spoiler: solution

 

[Rolltydr]

By the skin of my teeth.

 

[clifffaith]

Good day!

 

[Patri]

I got the purple first. I always feel good when that happens.

 

[DaveNV]

If you know, you know.

I picked the first four, then thought it was too easy. I thought about it, and went another way, using a couple of those words with a few others. And it was right. Some of these puzzles are simple, and sometimes they're awful. Today was a good day.

Dave