Another bleeping fail on Connections! WTF!? Share your results below.

@christiana6018

23 күн бұрын

Tomorrow for sure 👍 keep your head up u got this 🙌

@MelanieNLee

23 күн бұрын

I'm fine with you making comments as you solve the puzzles. This is your channel, and you should be reasonably free to express yourself. Yes, being a woman could be an advantage on today's Strands. It was for me. And yes, I attended two of those things three years ago: two of my nieces. To my knowledge, there isn't a classic story called "Underdog". It's just an expression to mean someone less likely to win, or someone looked down upon. It's often applied in sports or other competitive situations when a "dark horse" comes from behind and wins or nearly wins: So-and-So was the underdog in this contest, but he put up a good fight and nearly won. Or, So-and-So was the underdog and wasn't expected to land the lead in the school play, but she did. However, in the mid-1960s they took that word Underdog and made it into a TV cartoon series starring a somewhat clumsy dog superhero.

@chinareds54

23 күн бұрын

I think it's fine when you say whether you found something easy or hard. But everyone's knowledge level is different and sometimes the ones you think are easy are really tricky for other people, and sometimes ones you think are really hard are immediately obvious to others. So it's probably the "you should all have found this super easy/difficult" comments that bother people.

@chinareds54

23 күн бұрын

You almost had the "come from behind" category. You even identified that Cinderella, Rags-To-Riches, and David-And-Goliath were types of Underdog stories, but then you stuck Rumplestiltskin in without any knowledge of the story, and you kept in rather than just trying Underdog with your three known items.

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

DIFFICULTY, as reported by NYT testers: 3/5

No need to change your comments. You do you! I watch particularly to learn your thought process.

@Spanky1

22 күн бұрын

Exactly. I love the commentary. That's why I watch.

Comment as you wish…we watch to see YOUR experience.

Connections GGGG - Permission YYYY - Found at a fair BBBB - Unexpected victory PPPP - Close together (0 pts) Under two minutes

Personally I've always gone out of my way to avoid saying "This one should be easy for everyone" or similar things just because I know that not everyone finds the same things difficult or easy. With that being said, I think it should be obvious to anyone watching you that it's just your opinion. Sometimes you do very well on ones that I totally fail. Other days, you struggle on ones I get immediately. I wouldn't let the comments bother you too much. If anything it mean people find it interesting how different we can be at solving these games.

@Spanky1

22 күн бұрын

Hey FGK! I watch your videos as well. Good to see you here. You guys are the best Wordle and Connections content providers. Good Times.

Keep up with the commentaries. They are amusing! No apologies needed!

Don’t go changin 🎤- Billy Joel be in your head all day now. You be you, Art.

Strands was happy and fun for me, it’s my parents’ heavenly wedding anniversary.

Art, it's totally OK for you to mention that you think something is easy or difficult. I do find it slightly off-putting when you imply that it should be easy (or difficult) for everyone. In my experience with these games and the communities surrounding them, MOST people have good days and bad days and blind spots and strong spots. In other words, there is no everyone. But when you have a rough day, I'm routing for you. And it helps us viewers when y'all with these channels don't win every time because then we can all share that experience. I've bombed connections (and wordle and strands) when others had great days and I've breezed through the puzzles when you were struggling. We're all different and that's great. I just find it a little discouraging on one of my struggle days when I come watch you solve and you say, "This one was so easy, right guys? No one should have any problems with this one today." Well, I did. When you say, "I had a good day with this one today." Or "This one was easy for me.", I'm cheering you on. But saying it the first way, feels like shaming those of us who didn't get it. ALSO, and this is important! - It's not that serious. These are games and we're all on the internet, sometimes referred to as the cesspool of humanity, and there are far worse things you could do or say. It bothers me to feel called out for bombing on a day you rocked it, but I don't hold onto it, and I don't resent you, I let it go and move on because I know your intentions were in the right place and there are much more important things for me to worry about and pay attention to. So if you want to take these comments to heart, there are supportive people on here saying, "maybe just change up the wording a bit." and if you'd rather let it go and move on, that's totally fine too. It's your channel and you shouldn't have to walk on eggshells if that's what it feels like. The most important thing is you "doing you" as they say in slang.

@Tsteinlauf

22 күн бұрын

Very well put!! Although I agree with a lot of the comments today, this one is closest to expressing my opinion. Thanks!! 😊

Comment how you want art, and care less about a small portion of people complaining 👍🏼

Rumpelstiltskin is the story about spinning straw into gold. (Not that it mattered for today's puzzle.)

STARE TALON PAINT (I thought maybe PAINT was already an answer, but decided to go for it anyway.) Strands #110 “We do” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 "We do" instantly made me think of wedding vows. Connections Puzzle #376 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Approval/consent to do something 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Amusement park or carnival rides 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Words that begin with slang for rear end 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Stories of overcoming adversity When I first saw today's bewildering array of words, I thought I'd never get it sorted out. But little by little, it started to make sense. Kinda.

9:35, it's your channel, you say whatever you want. Just be yourself and fuck the haters. The fact that you have haters means you are doing all right.. Hug from Portugal.

@RisetotheEquation

23 күн бұрын

Thanks my friend. Hug from US :)

I like your commentary with them. Your strengths won't be everyone's and vice versa. You can think something's easy that was hard for me and something that is nearly impossible for you (e.g. things to do with kids/Disney) might have me thinking easy. Of course, not everyone will find your easies easy and if people get hurt about that, they shouldn't be watching youtube commentary on stuff :P

@ellaenchanted2399

23 күн бұрын

I barely survived connections today and had no clue the Purple cat. I'm pretty sure the beginning with rear end for bumper to bumper is BUM rather than bumper though :) Hindsight is 50/50. The stories category isn't listing specific stories so much as it's doing archetypes. Cinderella stories are any story where someone who 'shouldn't' get the guy does. Underdog stories are any story where someone who shouldn't win, does. One could argue that David and Goliath can fit under Underdog, but I think it is separated both to make it more difficult and because David and Goliath specifically has a good vs evil vibe while underdogs aren't necessary defeating a bad guy just someone who is favored to win (think casinos, if you win against the house, you're the underdog but the house isn't necessary bad). Rags to Riches - again, Cinderella sorta fits in this but not all R2R is Cinderella. R2R can be working your way to the riches (i.e. working hard to get into NFL, starting at bottom tier til you own or are nearly top dog in a company, etc).

@TomCee53

23 күн бұрын

@@ellaenchanted2399 David & Goliath is good vs evil, but Goliath was a giant, and David just a boy, so the underdog theme applies.

@ellaenchanted2399

23 күн бұрын

@@TomCee53 yep. That's exactly what I said above. Underdog does apply but it can also be separate due to the evil element that needn't necessarily be in underdogs. Same as Cinderella fitting under rags2riches but just being a subset of it

It doesn’t bother me when you say something is easy, but I have often noticed that things that are easy to one person can be very hard to someone else, especially with Connections categories.

@Spanky1

22 күн бұрын

That's the beauty of the Connection game. It's what makes it so intriguing.

I think you should say whatever you want! We don't have to agree with everything you say. For instance, I don't agree that you don't have a mustache, but I was very amused when you said it! 😆

Wordle in 4 VIOLA STAIR AMITY PAINT Connections: So, I actually did something different today, and decided to time myself with the stopwatch feature on my phone. To see if I really am getting these in under 5 minutes. Got a 9/10. Literally got everything in under 5 minutes, except for naming the purple category. I probably could have figured it out eventually if I ignored the time, but I went for the time bonus instead. No mistakes and in order as well. Strands: Also timed myself on this one and got a perfect score (10/10). Solved the whole thing in about a minute and a half. I Thought of "I do" and Weddings immediately when I saw the clue. Then I saw "Vows" and that solidified my thoughts. Not that bad a day for me.

I usually struggle with connections but thought today was pretty easy. The blue category I think had to to with sports and not actual stories. The underdog was obvious, in March madness you'll hear teams seeded 11th or lower referred to as the "Cinderella story" if they keep winning. I've also heard of the phrase david and Goliath in sports when a team wins a game they were major underdogs in.

Honestly, it's starting to get off-putting when you say "I'm not going to give my opinion any more because I get criticism in the comments". I think most of us watch this to see your reaction and get your take, even if we feel differently. I've not noticed those criticisms you talk about and most regulars here are much more constructive. If you think something was easy or hard, say so, and we can politely agree or disagree. If some idiots get really worked up and attack you personally, then they are not worth your consideration.

@Spanky1

22 күн бұрын

Well said. I agree 100%

It is Bum…for Bumper

Ok I’m sorry but that purple category was UNHINGED. luckily I managed to get the others.

Wordle in 5: VIOLA - AIDER - SATIN - FAINT - PAINT Connections: YELLOW - GREEN - BLUE - PURPLE (no mistakes) (Love your comments. Keep them coming, I say!)

I talked myselfmout of a 2 in wordle today. Grrr. I got it in 3. Strands was my fastest ever, about 20 seconds. Connections looked more daunting then it was. I ended up with a 10. My daughter's karate teacher used to refer to the rear wnd as booty-toot.

@hopechazz

23 күн бұрын

I did not find Connections hard today, but I still messed up in this game. 😂

@AndreaVanHofwegen-dv7gh

23 күн бұрын

It happens! I was on my way to a 10 in the completion and I clicked the wrong tiles and didn't see it when I hit submit. I had to remind myself. It is just a game and laugh.

@hopechazz

23 күн бұрын

@@AndreaVanHofwegen-dv7gh I have had perfect games, but never a 10 in Connections with Art's point system. I have had my 4's with Doug and have also lit up all four categories with Wyna's system having no mistakes. I allow myself to get nervous and then I choke getting 9's instead. 😂 I recently had a 10 in Strands being good. Again, Wordle is my best game and I am getting better at Strands.

@Tsteinlauf

22 күн бұрын

CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆🎶😊 (Connections)

This connections was more doable than it looked . Funny that an American doesn't spot bum ( different meanings are possible in the USA) but we know butt from being force fed American culture. Imagine if Americans were confronted with bahookie !

@Quilter_Di

23 күн бұрын

The only way I figured that category was the word "Buttermilk". It just didn't go with anything. I know the word bum and have heard it a lot of times but the hyphenated word made me think they were saying "Bumper". I googled "Slang for Butt" after I played and saw the word bum and had to do a facepalm.

VIOLA BASIS FAITH PAINT. Got the connection's categories but not the purple. Note for Cinderella etc its types of stories not specific ones. So there are stories with an underdog, stories about rags to riches, stories with a put upon step sister, stories of the little person vs the big person

Connections Puzzle #376 🟪🟪🟪🟪BEGINS WITH SYNONYMS FOR REAR END 🟨🟨🟨🟨THEME PARK RIDES 🟦🟦🟦🟦GROW STORIES 🟩🟩🟩🟩APPROVAL

Yeah, I’d say sharing your thought process is absolutely fine, that’s why I enjoy watching these! But I’d be cautious especially saying something was “easy”. Particularly with Strands and Connections, a lot of it is so culturally-based. Something may seem easy to you because you were brought up, say, in the culture of going to amusement parks. But someone without that cultural context may really struggle. I guess there’s nothing wrong with saying it was easy for you, and again explaining your thought process, but saying it should be easy for everyone is a bit unfair.

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

"I guess there’s nothing wrong with saying it was easy for you, and again explaining your thought process... " "... but saying it should be easy for everyone is a bit unfair." Yes. I think that's where the problem lies.

@milesbaillie6348

23 күн бұрын

@@UTU49 I disagree with you and @SethWilson on that last point - I don't think we should inhibit Art from making these claims (even if they are generalisations that can be a bit sweeping). It's perfectly reasonable for him to throw out such an opinion, and then it's perfectly reasonable for us to respectfully comment when we disagree. I don't know why it's unfair to say "this is easy for everyone" - it might be mistaken, or only true for fellow Americans, or people who are Art's age, but I can't see how it's unfair.

@AsuraSantosha

22 күн бұрын

@milesbaillie6348, No, they have a point. And while it's important for internet consumers to take responsibility for their own reactions to things, it's also important for "influencers" to be congiscient, conscientious, and sensitive to the environment and "influence" they're creating. And while no one is actually required to do any of that, it's significantly more moral and societally beneficial if we do. I'm sure Art can find a way to be himself and foster the community that he wants (which might just include people who are completely accepting with his generalized difficulty judgments which is a perfectly valid response to this issue.) Either way, there's also no harm in some calm and logical discussion on it and consideration of different approaches and potential responses.

It’s amazing how similar our commentary is sometimes

Purple was hard today!

I am often not good with the purple categories in Connections. I was fine in Wordle and Strands. I am OK with some of you doing well in these games/ praising yourselves, but not to the point of bragging. I like people that are humble as most of you are and will leave it at that.

BUM is the word for rear-end, not BUMPER. Popular slang in the UK

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

Western Canadian reporting in for the Buttock-Synonym Survey. I think it's safe to say that "bum" is one of the favorite words of little kids around here.

@milesbaillie6348

23 күн бұрын

@@UTU49 Of course, if we want to be a bit more shocking, we use the word ARSE which is pronounced differently to the American ASS, but is used in a similar way.

I got 4 in Wordle. Did decently well in Connections. Didn't use any hints but got the spangram in the middle. The Q distracted me. I did well on Connections this time. All categories named and no mistakes, but no difficulty order. I got the blue category first, and it took me about a minute to think what the purple category was. Those last two connections were disastrous for me, but this Connections was much easier for me.

WORDLE: VIOLA PUNCH PAINT (skipped TYRES) I was gonna complain that there are better V words that are actually colors or parts of colors rather than a bad misspelling of VIOLET, but it turns out VIOLA is actually a shade of pink. STRANDS 110, 10 I was doing perfectly fine figuring out the spangram and the theme words and right at the end I tried to rush for a possible sub 1-minute solve and misspelled the last word DANEC, breaking my super hard mode streak. And on top of it all, the delay pushed my solve time to 1:03. Bah. CONNECTIONS 376, 8 4+3 base, speed bonus Stories Where the Long Shot Wins (1) Okay To Proceed (1) Amusement Park Rides (1) Associated with Traffic? (0) - basically gave up on the category at 4:59 to get the time bonus.

Underdog is an old phrase, but there was a cartoon in the 60s(?) about a dog superhero (Have no fear, Underdog is here!)

@MelanieNLee

23 күн бұрын

"There's no need to fear. Underdog is here!" Underdog voice by comedian Wally Cox. Yes, it was the mid-1960s.

@dragletsofmakara1120

23 күн бұрын

“Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a frog!”

@retiredump7038

23 күн бұрын

But today's connection was types of stories, not specific titles. An underdog story, a Cinderella story, a rags-to-riches story, and a David-and-Goliath story.

It's BUM (not "bumper.") British slang for rear end. Just the first part of each word, not the entire word. BUM, BUTT, RUMP & TAIL.

@RisetotheEquation

23 күн бұрын

I might have had a chance if they had ASSASSIN.

@ellensassani

23 күн бұрын

@@RisetotheEquation That's a good one! 😆

@doraa.7873

23 күн бұрын

@@RisetotheEquation What a CHEEKY remark! 😂

@Tsteinlauf

22 күн бұрын

@Rise to the Equation LOL!!

VIOLA STAIN PAINT

Obliterated everything again today

@hopechazz

23 күн бұрын

So what else is new? Bragging will get you everywhere, Oranje. Where is this humble person that most of us know?

@DailyWordPuzzlesWithOranje28

23 күн бұрын

@@hopechazz Just noting that I had a good experience with the puzzles today and trying to motivate some new people to check out my solves. 😊

@hopechazz

23 күн бұрын

Just be careful on how you word things. These games can be frustrating and you are an unusually outstanding player solving them. Unlike you, most people cannot always be successful in these games and getting the high scores, Oranje. Also, keep in mind that Art hasn't done well in Connections the last couple of days as he was instrumental in your becoming a spokesperson.

Bum, not bumper

@RisetotheEquation

23 күн бұрын

Yup, forgot that would be the UK term for buttocks.

Scoredle 3/6 14,855 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ROUTE (437) ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 SLAIN (8) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT I also thought of TAINT, and did not think of FAINT until after I submitted PAINT.

Wordle 1,098 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛SAUCE ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛RAINY ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩TAINT 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PAINT Strands #110 “We do” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Connections Puzzle #376 🟨🟨🟨🟨CARNIVAL RIDES 🟩🟩🟩🟩TO APPROVE 🟦🟦🟦🟦GREAT ACHIEVEMENT STORY 🟪🟪🟪🟪BEGINS WITH SYNS. FOR DERRIERE

Strands is out of beta. Failed connections. Got strands. Chase-daisy-fails-paint.

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

OUT of Beta? Yay! I guess that means we can count on it probably being around for at least a year or two. It feels popular to me. Lots of people are at Art's channel primarily for Wordle or Connections, but it seems like a lot of us are playing Strands too now.

@ellensassani

23 күн бұрын

🥳

@patmurkland4161

23 күн бұрын

It still says “beta” on the one I solved today.

@doraa.7873

22 күн бұрын

@@patmurkland4161 I just opened Strands on my computer, to check. It doesn't say BETA anymore.

@patmurkland4161

22 күн бұрын

Wow, odd. Just refreshed mine and it still says BETA.

Strands #110 “We do” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵

9.5/10. Connections Puzzle #376 🟨🟨🟨🟨 things that make you barf, throw up, or vomit. 🟩🟩🟩🟩 WTCM “permission to proceed” 🟦🟦🟦🟦 classic storytelling tropes [Half, I guess.] 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ”Assumptions” RIOT: 4, 3.5, 1, 1. 9.5/10. Time: 4:47 I think the storytelling tropes are tough enough to spot as storytelling tropes. I’m not sure I would want to require the underdog aspect to be required. Rags-to-riches and David-and-Goliath are really completely different types of stories. I dunno. Anyway, I’m happy any time I get both bonuses. Here are my real Yellow and Purple CAT titles. Yellow: amusement park rides Purple: words that start with a posterior synonym

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

Strands #110: “We do” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵 1:40 This was a shotgun wedding. (Sorry about the spacing in my Connections post. That's not what I was trying to do.)

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

Wordle 1,098 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 alien ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 sport 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 paint NYT Spelling Bee: GABM: 3:07 Probably one of my most successful days, basically getting an “A” (but not A+) on all 4 of my games.

@ellensassani

23 күн бұрын

@@UTU49 Nice! 💛💚💙💜

@TomCee53

23 күн бұрын

I liked your first title for purple 🤣

@UTU49

23 күн бұрын

@@TomCee53 Ha ha. Thanks. Sometimes I'm pretty good at entertaining myself.

VIOLA RAISE FAITH PAINT Strands #110 “We do” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Connections Puzzle #376 🟩🟩🟩🟩 The "OK" 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Rides at a carnival or fair 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Stories about the unlikely or unexpected person succeeding/winning (one of my longer category name) 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ?? Keep up the comments. The videos would be boring without them.

Connections Puzzle #376 🟨🟨🟨🟨AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES 🟦🟦🟦🟦BEATING-THE-ODDS STORIES 🟩🟩🟩🟩PERMISSION 🟪🟪🟪🟪WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH THE END 🙂 This one looked really weird and gave me "deer-in-the-headlights" for a minute, but then everything worked out. I should have submitted Green before Blue, but So What. 🙂 Strands #110 “We do” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Would it have made a difference if it said "I do"? Wordle 1,098 3/6* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜TRACE ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜FATTY 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PAINT TRACE/FATTY spared me the trap. That's three TRACE/FATTY days and three TRACE/GROSS days this month. That's more than enough! 🙂

Wordle 1,098 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨VIOLA ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜BRAID 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜AMINE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PAINT

Woohoo, today I did get blue. Sadly not purple, but by that point it didnt matter. Not bumper, but bum! Art, its your channel do what you like! I like the commentary. Connections Puzzle #376 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

@ellensassani

23 күн бұрын

Well done! 💛💚💙💜

VIOLA, FAIRY, MAISE, PAINT Wordle 1,098 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections Puzzle #376 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

SO FREAKING EASY!!!!!! Strands #110 “We do” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵