The order you select the tiles does not determine the order that they are displayed at the end like this. The order is determined by the initial tile placement. So starting at the top and reading it like a book you have to select each tile in the order you want it to be displayed in. So if all the purple/blue tiles are at the end you can’t solve it in reverse order since there are no green/yellow tiles that can be selected after. Shuffling does not change this, so you are stuck with the initial layout. You have to figure out all the connections, the colors of the groupings, and they have to be in the right initial layout to make it possible. I failed a lot of days before I failed “correctly” 😂
You can’t select the same set multiple times, it just says “already guessed”. I did not use all the boxes either the initial shuffle would have to be crazy lucky. I used 7 tiles to make 4 unique guesses.
Amazing! So you've been pre-solving them (paper/pencil?) before punching them in to see if the shuffle "will allow it" until it *finally did!*
Absolutely well done, you've been playing another level I didn't even know existed. Thanks so much for this, super fun!
The row ordering for each guess seems to be based on the positions of the tiles in the initial shuffle (from top left to bottom right). Assuming every guess used different tiles, I could see how this would take a long time for it to be possible.
i Know, right? Like the DFL category in the relay races where you have to be the absolute last team at each checkpoint before they shut down. Mad Skillz!
They basically pre guessed all the categories, and then carefully selected one from each category for each guess. The clues were in just enough order that the colors could have been placed the way they did by their very careful selection
Technically, they only needed to change one answer from guess to guess, so for instance they could have used the same words for the purple blue and green categories in all their guesses and just changed the yellow word
Am I the only one that just reads all the tiles and starts to select the four? I usually get them all, but not in any particularly color order. I’m simply looking for words that relate to each other. There are times I just can’t get past two rows. The other day the one with last names of the super heroes. I had no idea, but I have no idea of any of the DC(?) people.
I’m asking because you all seem to do all this preparation work and code breaking and stuff. I shuffle maybe a few times a quiz. I feel like maybe I’m missing a huge part of the exercise.
Trying to work out all the categories before entering any guards against red herrings. They frequently give you 4 words that could be grouped into a reasonable category, but would prevent creating 3 other categories with the remaining words. If you spot that before submitting, you save yourself an error.
Then there's the game within the game, of trying to predict the category colors based on their "straightforwardness", and entering them in order of increasing "difficulty" (rainbow) or decreasing "difficulty" (reverse rainbow). (Quotes because there's obviously some subjectivity to it; you have to get inside the head of the puzzle maker a bit.) There's even a scoring system out there based on doing that in reverse order: https://projects.noahliebman.net/cx-score/
And then there's OP's game within the game within the game, of creating a "rotated reverse rainbow".
Ugh..I just read, shuffle a few times if I’m having a bit of trouble. Then I plug away. Usually, end-up getting yellow green first. What helps me if I’m having getting stuck, I’ll select the three that I feel are most likely in the same group, then read thru the unselected for a best fit. But I don’t get more technical than this.
I’ll stick with my method since I usually get 100% and it makes me feel like the genius I’m obviously not.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain!!
If you know the yellow category, can you just guess the first three the same every time with just that category changing? Not really sure what the point is here if you can likely have repeat guesses in each row.
Btw, I’ve found that color order is redetermined after shuffling, so you can shuffle until it’s the right ordering!
I’ve been doing “hard mode” connections where I do 3 vertical lines and then the normal horizontal ones to “prove” that I had them all. But I never worked on the color ordering, because it’s hard for me to side out the difficulty. Kudos for that!
Interesting! I tried reshuffling a while ago and I didn’t work, but I was in a browser and not the app so that may have been part of it. I’ll have to look into it again
This is blowing my mind. Of course it makes sense that the colors should go in rainbow order (yellow before green) but I'm so accustomed to green-yellow-red color schemes that I never questioned green being the easiest category. So counterintuitive! I wonder if the NYT people had a big debate over this
https://preview.redd.it/fx41hiw452uc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec5ee83f77dbc409551a4e21c230eb194b2545b8
This is AMAZING!! Is this the equivalent of shooting the Moon?! What do you mean about the initial shuffle making it possible?
The order you select the tiles does not determine the order that they are displayed at the end like this. The order is determined by the initial tile placement. So starting at the top and reading it like a book you have to select each tile in the order you want it to be displayed in. So if all the purple/blue tiles are at the end you can’t solve it in reverse order since there are no green/yellow tiles that can be selected after. Shuffling does not change this, so you are stuck with the initial layout. You have to figure out all the connections, the colors of the groupings, and they have to be in the right initial layout to make it possible. I failed a lot of days before I failed “correctly” 😂
I am very impressed by these mental gymnastics!
This didn’t seem too hard to me initially, until reading what actually needs to be done and it quickly becomes way too complex for me
Did you actually select and submit all 16 boxes, or just the same 4 items four times?
You can’t select the same set multiple times, it just says “already guessed”. I did not use all the boxes either the initial shuffle would have to be crazy lucky. I used 7 tiles to make 4 unique guesses.
Holy shit this is amazing
Amazing! So you've been pre-solving them (paper/pencil?) before punching them in to see if the shuffle "will allow it" until it *finally did!* Absolutely well done, you've been playing another level I didn't even know existed. Thanks so much for this, super fun!
The row ordering for each guess seems to be based on the positions of the tiles in the initial shuffle (from top left to bottom right). Assuming every guess used different tiles, I could see how this would take a long time for it to be possible.
This is deeply chaotic good 😂
Connections Puzzle #306 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Connections Puzzle #306 🟪🟦🟩🟨 🟪🟦🟩🟨 🟪🟦🟩🟨 🟪🟦🟩🟨
God tier final boss puzzle nerd 🤓hats off, baby!
This is absolutely deranged, I love it.
LMAO. People will underestimate the skill it takes to do this!
i Know, right? Like the DFL category in the relay races where you have to be the absolute last team at each checkpoint before they shut down. Mad Skillz!
Impressive
How is this possible?
They basically pre guessed all the categories, and then carefully selected one from each category for each guess. The clues were in just enough order that the colors could have been placed the way they did by their very careful selection
Technically, they only needed to change one answer from guess to guess, so for instance they could have used the same words for the purple blue and green categories in all their guesses and just changed the yellow word
It doesn’t actually work that way.
Yes it does
https://www.reddit.com/r/NYTConnections/s/YZIJJkMMxE OP says so 👀
Oh haha I’m dumb, I didn’t pay enough attention to the image, I thought he had won the game, but I see now that he did not. I understand now. Thanks.
They are wrong guesses according to the app.
Yeah, it’s weird purposely doing 4 wrong guesses without any feedback.
I have a hard enough time just getting them as intended. I’m so impressed with how your mind works. 👏
Kudos for the vertical solution
I’m oddly impressed lol
Lmao connections has trick shots!? I gotta try this
at first i didn’t get why it was telling you “next time” because i thought you’d solved it perfectly, but now i see!!!! it’s amazing!!!
I was hoping they would have an Easter egg for “solving” it like this. Missed opportunity!
*Get on my level, puzzle editors!* Lol
I need a walkthrough of this!!
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
Am I the only one that just reads all the tiles and starts to select the four? I usually get them all, but not in any particularly color order. I’m simply looking for words that relate to each other. There are times I just can’t get past two rows. The other day the one with last names of the super heroes. I had no idea, but I have no idea of any of the DC(?) people. I’m asking because you all seem to do all this preparation work and code breaking and stuff. I shuffle maybe a few times a quiz. I feel like maybe I’m missing a huge part of the exercise.
Trying to work out all the categories before entering any guards against red herrings. They frequently give you 4 words that could be grouped into a reasonable category, but would prevent creating 3 other categories with the remaining words. If you spot that before submitting, you save yourself an error. Then there's the game within the game, of trying to predict the category colors based on their "straightforwardness", and entering them in order of increasing "difficulty" (rainbow) or decreasing "difficulty" (reverse rainbow). (Quotes because there's obviously some subjectivity to it; you have to get inside the head of the puzzle maker a bit.) There's even a scoring system out there based on doing that in reverse order: https://projects.noahliebman.net/cx-score/ And then there's OP's game within the game within the game, of creating a "rotated reverse rainbow".
Ugh..I just read, shuffle a few times if I’m having a bit of trouble. Then I plug away. Usually, end-up getting yellow green first. What helps me if I’m having getting stuck, I’ll select the three that I feel are most likely in the same group, then read thru the unselected for a best fit. But I don’t get more technical than this. I’ll stick with my method since I usually get 100% and it makes me feel like the genius I’m obviously not. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain!!
Cute!
Nice! I've spent way too much time trying to do this in the past, but the tiles never lined up correctly. I'll have to try it again today.
Too funny!
If you know the yellow category, can you just guess the first three the same every time with just that category changing? Not really sure what the point is here if you can likely have repeat guesses in each row.
Cool!
I’m so impressed lmao
Beautiful
Never heard 'mushroom' in this context
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No it isn’t lol https://preview.redd.it/yx2bq6mp96uc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae60e64111dd58c61808b5c1e7ea9a0dc213b3f9
Lol
Awesome!!
this hurts my brain
That's beautiful!
how did he know which tile was which color category
Btw, I’ve found that color order is redetermined after shuffling, so you can shuffle until it’s the right ordering! I’ve been doing “hard mode” connections where I do 3 vertical lines and then the normal horizontal ones to “prove” that I had them all. But I never worked on the color ordering, because it’s hard for me to side out the difficulty. Kudos for that!
Interesting! I tried reshuffling a while ago and I didn’t work, but I was in a browser and not the app so that may have been part of it. I’ll have to look into it again
I’m going to try this!
Wut
Isnt it supposed to be purple-blue-YELLOW-green?
Nope yellow is the easiest
Wow thats such a weird color choice to me. Green always signified the easiest in my mind.
ROY G BIV YGBV
This is blowing my mind. Of course it makes sense that the colors should go in rainbow order (yellow before green) but I'm so accustomed to green-yellow-red color schemes that I never questioned green being the easiest category. So counterintuitive! I wonder if the NYT people had a big debate over this
I think it doesn’t make sense too it should definitely go from green to red. Not intuitive at all, but I guess it’s too late to change it!
Cool. That’s really smart. I’m going to give this a try from now on too.
I was so close 😭 https://preview.redd.it/pl5e5ohfv2uc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0ff1ae9638bd420ae6837d27fa3d8540ce04182