Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it was particularly tricky today also a tad experimental try tomorrow it will be better hopefully 000
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it's comforting that you struggled also 😂 however my solution had no self-penalties was mis-ordered from beginning to end purple, truly a wtf moment 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 01/10/2026having a hard time guessing which one is beardo,which is weirdo, and which is fatso 000
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Connections Puzzle #1208 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 purple: good that default leftovers count because not in a million guesses (unfamiliar w/other nyt puzzles+ too cheap to upgrade subscription) no reverse rainbow, no yellow last today🙁 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1207 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 hard to group this one purple + yellow were easy shaky things seemed blue and Al Pacino green changed my guess at click time and of course had been wrong also, it wasn't Al Pacino! 😂 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1206 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 purple was default leftovers did not even get the reveal puzzle-maker worked hard tucking those away remotely 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 28/09/2026same. said glorious cars are ubiquitous gas-guzzlers, while critter condiments are less well known, esp to vegetarians btw you are not missing out not having giant man-cars 😆 000
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1205 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 purple was cool new trick looked up mignonette even though its group was clear (vegetarian ignorance) 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1203 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 easy one for grouping hard one for ordering laundry vs breath fresheners, grrrr 000
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 25/09/2026you're getting to know Wyna Liu who gets paid to trick us 😆 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 25/09/2026me too, last minute switch out of fancy and classy 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1202 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 imho Dans were yellow 120
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My own theory is that he just wants to get a close look at Xi's plane so he can compare it with his, for size, grandeur, paint job, etc. Although he may never say it on the record, I'd bet a hundred dollars he tells someone, or many someones, how his plane is better 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1201 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 wonder how long it took to come up with all those bears? also, snakes in a can is a leftover from Wyna Liu's list of things in a can category spam spam spam and more spam! 120
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 23/09/2026National security is why I need a date with John Tuturro, maybe we'll run into you at Le Bernadin 000
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 23/09/2026where was your ringer? never do the puzzle without them again p.s. wish I had a ringer! 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1200 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 lots of internet today but no herring for those who grew up with original Spam™ the one that Brit friends made hilariously famous 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1199 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 blue vs green, sigh yellow last, c’est ça 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1198 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 purple was default leftovers would not have seen in a gazillion years beets are a favorite vegetable though 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1195 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 purple first yellow last spotted flying fish instantly lost green vs blue all in all, a good puzzle 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1194 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 things under the ground are much easier and yellower than bouncy-bouncers the water herring was a good one though 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 16/09/2026knew purple would be considered hardest it was choosing bet coins and metals for green and yellow know zero about meat and never think of it she got me there 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 16/09/2026everything was word inside a word kinda fun when there are two four is too many 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 16/09/2026and you guys get to have Cadbury...so jealous if you send me some, I'll help you cheat on connections candy days 😈 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 16/09/2026saw her interviewed afterwards...she said she took notes so she'd be able to remember his worst insults. I love that image: him insulting, while she takes notes that how you bring the receipts! 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1193 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 purple was defaults first time I didn’t understand a group maybe because vegetarian since '73 this must be how UK folks feel about US drugstore candy 110
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 15/09/2026by the third, you'll be hooked then they'll drop the hard ones on ya! congrats and welcome😂 110
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1192 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 whatever group I solve first have been making that one yellow did not work today drinking tea while solving puzzles– doesn't everyone?! 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1191 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 knew purple was a fill in the blank but it stayed leftovers til punched in others and saw it oh well yellow would have been last! 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 13/09/202633 years full tenured prof 126K at a state institution of higher learning only adminnies made over 400K 030
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1188 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 purple was default leftovers got stuck on trying to think of a fill in the blank chalk up one for the puzzle-maker! 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 10/09/2026am envious you have a ringer😆 had zero idea of 'catio' except only one place it could go 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 10/09/2026a red herring that had five words AND most likely would have been the shared abbreviation purple category! she had me for twenty minutes with that 000
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1187 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 things represented by ac abbreviation= a master herring did not get purple connection until last and had to look up catio not my best solve 😒 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 09/09/2026concur; blues were easy and I did not even see any of them! 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1186 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 went wrong ordering green vs blue littles seemed harder than scary movies but yellow last always makes me smile😁 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1183 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 damn atm machine did not give me my reverse rainbow👹 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 05/09/2026wonder the same she knows a lot about varieties of pizza and desserts also candy then again so do I! 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1182 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 thought nyt stopped posting these on weekends fun deciding which was blue and which was purple and that fill in the blank is not automatic purple keeping us on our wobbly toes 010
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1180 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 got the groups in a blink ordering them only average yellow last though! yellow is my new purple 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1179 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 lotsa dogs and a sausage herring you guys sort em out Wyna Liu's a sly dog I loved this one!! 020
Green Heron @greenheron628.bsky.social · 01/09/2026exactly have learned that herring words tend to appear in top row, taking your mind to the wrong thought train can be hard to shake off, like today and yesterday meanwhile, the real clues are in the bottom two rows 010
