NYT Connections, Mini Crossword, and Strands | Jan 9, 2025

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[SteveCChapman]

You had me laughing with “I don’t see it”. When it is Information Technology! 😂

[dudeman]

Your reaction to figuring out the theme of the strands had me chuckling at my desk 😂 it took me forever to understand the theme too

[ZorinDobson]

I knew strands was gonna give you trouble as soon as I saw it. I think we’d make a great trivia team because the holes in your knowledge overlap with mine perfectly. I struggled with the crossword today.

[yemimahoupt]

Ok but I love how the spanagram is shaped like a fish

[becca]

Love an easy connections! Then mini in 34 seconds!! Haha got tuna family then I straight up decided to look up the tuna species and got “perfect” lol

[elransom]

Connections: 🟩🟨🟪🟦
Mini: 1:23
Strands: Rangsk Perfect

[finlandtaipan]

Perfect Connections!
Three mistakes for me. Phew!

Excellent Thursday Mini
My time was 2:43.

Tough Strands!
I don't know much fish either and took a hint.

[Cesa]

If it makes you feel any better I had to use even more hints for Strands than you did 😂

Also, as a European I’m glad they put the “America the beautiful“ category in a Connections where the other three categories were easy, otherwise I would have had to resort to guessing!

[RoToRa]

You "missed" a possible red herring with "(The) Shining": That, "(The) Stand" and "It" are all Stephen King novels.

[bibliopolist]

Strands was brutal for me with another first language than English, I didn't know a single word and had to rely on hints a lot.

[dudbike]

I figured out the category pretty quick but still had to use hints for the kinds of tuna.

[robinames]

Strands was a nightmare. After getting a ton of words that didn't count, I asked for a hint. The hint confirmed that I knew the category, and I STILL couldn't get it done. Got another hint. (I laughed when I saw your reaction to the topic! What could be worse than specific fish?!) The other games were okay, though.

[GoodandDelicious]

You being stuck on bigeye cracked me up Lol. 😂 Honestly I just saw yellowfin right off the bat.

[GldnFenx]

Connections was a breeze. Wish I was better at determining yellow from green - I could've had a reverse rainbow! Strands was wild - I knew more tuna types than I thought. The Mini was a bit of a struggle for some reason.

Connections: 🟪🟦🟨🟩
Mini: 1:22
Strands: Rangsk Perfect

[tomkadams]

Similar to you, pretty simple Connections but I had no idea with Strands today haha

[chadkent]

On today’s mini crossword: Oscar isn’t a muppet, he’s a Sesame Street character. Those are two different things.

[sarahbouboulis]

Connections: 🟩🟨🟪🟦
Mink: 1:42
Strands: Rangsk Perfect

Immediately i was like, "Oh on, Rangsk's kryptonite, Fish!"

[michaeljones]

I got Reverse Rainbow, 1:19 mini, and a Rangsk Perfect Strands.

[vcarter]

Almost same order as you in connections, except I saw purple before blue, but otherwise strands was so hard! Fish is also my weakness!!

[BreadmanPlaysGames]

Get you to an aquarium! Fish can be very fun to learn about. See Tuna in person at the Monterey Bay Aquarium!