I am very familiar with ADHD as well as OCD. This is probably why I often allow the RED HERRINGS to conquer me in Connections. I think you and the others can NOW understand why I am never in these tournaments, Art. I HAVE entered other tournaments in my lifetime being successful and I DO have my strengths. ☺️
Art, I want to acknowledge how generous you've been with your time AND energy AND money. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. I'd love to do this kind of thing for people, but I could only afford to donate a small fraction of the time AND energy AND money that you have contributed to this community. Thanks, Art! I still enjoy watching your videos and sharing results with each other even though we are not in a more formal competition. I've enjoyed these "compete with myself" months using the same scoring that we used in April.
Three body problem is also the title of a scifi book that recently got adapted into a netflix show! It's pretty popular now so I think that placement was definitely intentional
Connections PPPP - ______ child BYYY - Things you can do to a basketball BYYG - Things you can do to a basketball YYYY - Ways to shoot a baskeball BBBB - Qualities of a basketball )0 pts) GGGG - ??? Not a fail, but pretty rough day for me
WORDLE: QUART HYPES COLIN PROUD (I opened the start of your video to confirm what letter we were on so I was able to pivot to Q.) STRANDS 104, 8 No chance at super hard mode today; I played it on a laptop with a touchpad so it was tricky getting it to register my guesses. Took a while to find the spangram even though I saw several theme words and I KNEW it ended with LIFE. Total solve time with the mouse struggles was 6:18, so it's doubtful that I would have gotten it under 5 even if I had my home computer setup. CONNECTIONS 370, 9.5 4+3.5 base, both bonuses Basketball Shots (1) Types of Fish (1) Characteristics of Hair (0.5) ___ Child (1)
Wordle in 3 PEACH POINT PROUD Connections: One mistake, but got all categories. Think I got it in under 5 minutes too. Happy about this cause I know next to nothing about sports. Strands: Nailed this! I absolutely love ocean life, so it took me less than a minute to solve this one. Spangram first too.
A floater is a shot taken from medium short range that is soft and goes high in the air. Usually you see it if a player is driving to the basket in the lane and an opponent gets in the way and the offensive player tries to shoot it over them. Wordle 1,092 2/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ PEACH 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD Need a new go-to word when I want to test R, O, and U. Strands #104 “Deep dive” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 MARLIN was there using some of the same letters as the spangram which slowed me down a bit. Connections Puzzle #370 🟩🟩🟩🟩 types of fish 🟦🟦🟦🟦 qualities of hair 🟨🟨🟨🟨 basketball shots 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ___ child I don’t think the basketball should be yellow. You have to be a fan to know what a floater is. My hair has none of the blue qualities. It used to have some volume but sadly no more.
PEACH PRINT PROUD (lucky as several other good words left) Strands was a rare perfect one for me Connections also straightforward had to guess at basketball yellow though that was my hardest to get
Not knowing that SKATE is a fish and unfamiliar with basketball terms FLOATER/THREE. The ONE AWAY KING often gets close to getting all four categories. I was GREAT in Wordle/Strands. I made a wise decision NEVER being in these tournaments. I have entered other tournaments in my lifetime. 😊
Wordle 1,092 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ peach 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ posit 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 proud Strands #104 “Deep dive” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Cool looking spangram, I thought- it makes a deep dive down to the bottom of the grid. I spotted squid, clam, octopus, and whale first which helped to locate the spangram Connections Puzzle #370 🟪🟪🟪🟪 child 🟨🟨🟨🟨 basketball shots 🟩🟩🟩🟩 fish 🟦🟦🟦🟦 your shampoo promises to give your hair these qualities Hair terms was the first category I saw, seemed to me the most obvious and easiest, but maybe because I have been striving for my hair to look like that all my life. I was afraid of the fish category because I remember last year when the fish names were also all verbs. I didn't see any deeper connection than just 'fish', glad I didn't miss anything today
3 categories, no mistakes, no bonuses => 7 Total June 1 to 15: 1+6.5+6+9+6+5.5+8+7+8+7+7+0+5+3+7=85.5 Connections Puzzle #370 🟩🟩🟩🟩 fish species, 1 🟦🟦🟦🟦 hair qualities, 1 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ------ child, 1 🟨🟨🟨🟨 outcomes of a golf shot, 0
STARE ROUND PROUD Strands #104 “Deep dive” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵 Connections Puzzle #370 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Types of fish 🟦🟦🟨🟨 (Too many overlaps) 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Qualities of beautiful hair 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Sports related terms? (Not my strong suit!) 🟪🟪🟪🟪 _____ child Couldn't properly name the basketball category.
@@hopechazz I agree! But for people who follow sports, especially basketball, I guess it would be easy. Like you, I've heard of DUNK and LAYUP, but I wasn't sure which sport they went with. Had no idea what FLOATER or THREE meant. I eventually got this category only by elimination and guessing, and after making one mistake.
Well done, Art! Connections Puzzle #370 🟦🟦🟦🟦FISH 🟪🟪🟪🟪____ CHILD 🟩🟩🟩🟩GOOD QUALITIES FOR HAIR 🟨🟨🟨🟨BASKETBALL SHOTS Never heard of FLOATER, so that had to go last. The other three were enough to name the category. A skate is a flat fish, similar to a ray. Strands #104 “Deep dive” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Took me a while to come up with the word MARINE, although I had the concept right away. Wordle 1,092 5/6* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜TRACE ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜GROSS ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜BROWN 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜PROOF 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PROUD Three 5's in a row. Boo! Time for a TRACE 2! Only had 3 5's in a row one other time, in April 2023.
PEACH POINT PROUD Connections Puzzle #370 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Hair features 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Types of fish 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Part of a basketball game 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ____ child Strands #104 “Deep dive” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Easy and straightforward.
Strands #104 “Deep dive” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 8. Found almost everything before the Spangram. I kept looking for "sea" or "ocean" instead of "marine" to go with the "life," which I saw early on. Otherwise this was very easy, since the Ocean is one of my passions. Wordle 1,092 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU - SNORT - PROUD Connections Puzzle #370 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 FISH = 1 _____CHILD = 1 DESCRIBES HAIR = 1 BASKETBALL = 1 STYLE: 0. TOTAL: 6 Got my Basketball stuff mixed up. 🏀😢
Scoredle 3/6* 14,855 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ PEACH (310) 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ PIOUS (4) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD Strands was a perfect 10 and connections a near perfect 9, I missed the order. I called blue, My Hair, but since it is long and thick, it works!
Had the wrong tab open, used with the wrong Wordle starter, and got obsessed with the THREE BODY PROBLEM in Connections...Can you say ADHD???
I am very familiar with ADHD as well as OCD. This is probably why I often allow the RED HERRINGS to conquer me in Connections. I think you and the others can NOW understand why I am never in these tournaments, Art. I HAVE entered other tournaments in my lifetime being successful and I DO have my strengths. ☺️
Hi Art, love the clock design! I emailed you on 11th May,
... I will try resending today.
Where can I get the clock? It looks really nice and since my brother and I compete on connections I would love to get it
"You will be doing quart tomorrow."
Sounds very similar to...
"You will be due in court tomorrow."
Art, I want to acknowledge how generous you've been with your time AND energy AND money.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
I'd love to do this kind of thing for people, but I could only afford to donate a small fraction of the time AND energy AND money that you have contributed to this community.
Thanks, Art!
I still enjoy watching your videos and sharing results with each other even though we are not in a more formal competition. I've enjoyed these "compete with myself" months using the same scoring that we used in April.
Thanks for giving the clocks to April winners and for all the generosity and time you put into the tournament.
Three body problem is also the title of a scifi book that recently got adapted into a netflix show! It's pretty popular now so I think that placement was definitely intentional
Glad to have PROUD out of the way. Now I don't have to wonder, "Was it PRIDE or PROUD we had?"
Connections
PPPP - ______ child
BYYY - Things you can do to a basketball
BYYG - Things you can do to a basketball
YYYY - Ways to shoot a baskeball
BBBB - Qualities of a basketball )0 pts)
GGGG - ???
Not a fail, but pretty rough day for me
WORDLE: QUART HYPES COLIN PROUD (I opened the start of your video to confirm what letter we were on so I was able to pivot to Q.)
STRANDS 104, 8
No chance at super hard mode today; I played it on a laptop with a touchpad so it was tricky getting it to register my guesses. Took a while to find the spangram even though I saw several theme words and I KNEW it ended with LIFE. Total solve time with the mouse struggles was 6:18, so it's doubtful that I would have gotten it under 5 even if I had my home computer setup.
CONNECTIONS 370, 9.5
4+3.5 base, both bonuses
Basketball Shots (1)
Types of Fish (1)
Characteristics of Hair (0.5)
___ Child (1)
I did not remember the correct word, so I took your lead and used QUART. So: Got it in three, and in less than 20 seconds: QUART FLOUR PROUD
Wordle in 3
PEACH POINT PROUD
Connections: One mistake, but got all categories. Think I got it in under 5 minutes too. Happy about this cause I know next to nothing about sports.
Strands: Nailed this! I absolutely love ocean life, so it took me less than a minute to solve this one. Spangram first too.
ORATE--FLUID--PROUD.
Peach pound proud
Got yellow and purple on connections and then struggled cause I don’t know much about fish or hair but still got it on my last guess
A floater is a shot taken from medium short range that is soft and goes high in the air. Usually you see it if a player is driving to the basket in the lane and an opponent gets in the way and the offensive player tries to shoot it over them.
Wordle 1,092 2/6
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ PEACH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD
Need a new go-to word when I want to test R, O, and U.
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
MARLIN was there using some of the same letters as the spangram which slowed me down a bit.
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩 types of fish
🟦🟦🟦🟦 qualities of hair
🟨🟨🟨🟨 basketball shots
🟪🟪🟪🟪 ___ child
I don’t think the basketball should be yellow. You have to be a fan to know what a floater is. My hair has none of the blue qualities. It used to have some volume but sadly no more.
Wordle 1,092 3/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ PEACH
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ BROIL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩 TYPES OF FISH
🟪🟪🟪🟪 _____ CHILD
🟦🟦🟦🟦 QUALITIES OF HAIR
🟨🟨🟨🟨 TYPES OF BASKETBALL SHOTS/MOVES
PEACH PRINT PROUD (lucky as several other good words left)
Strands was a rare perfect one for me
Connections also straightforward had to guess at basketball yellow though that was my hardest to get
Not knowing that SKATE is a fish and unfamiliar with basketball terms FLOATER/THREE. The ONE AWAY KING often gets close to getting all four categories. I was GREAT in Wordle/Strands. I made a wise decision NEVER being in these tournaments. I have entered other tournaments in my lifetime. 😊
Dam, my comments are gone.
WTH?
Is YT punishing me for all the swearing I did years ago?
Wordle 1,092 3/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ peach
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ posit
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 proud
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
Cool looking spangram, I thought- it makes a deep dive down to the bottom of the grid. I spotted squid, clam, octopus, and whale first which helped to locate the spangram
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟪🟪🟪🟪 child
🟨🟨🟨🟨 basketball shots
🟩🟩🟩🟩 fish
🟦🟦🟦🟦 your shampoo promises to give your hair these qualities
Hair terms was the first category I saw, seemed to me the most obvious and easiest, but maybe because I have been striving for my hair to look like that all my life. I was afraid of the fish category because I remember last year when the fish names were also all verbs. I didn't see any deeper connection than just 'fish', glad I didn't miss anything today
I think you can now understand why I am never in these tournaments, Lisa. 😂 I DO have my strengths.
Hey Art, I have a list of starting Wordle words for you. Let me know how to get it to you.
You can find my email address in the About tab.
3 categories, no mistakes, no bonuses => 7
Total June 1 to 15: 1+6.5+6+9+6+5.5+8+7+8+7+7+0+5+3+7=85.5
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩 fish species, 1
🟦🟦🟦🟦 hair qualities, 1
🟪🟪🟪🟪 ------ child, 1
🟨🟨🟨🟨 outcomes of a golf shot, 0
STARE ROUND PROUD
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩 Types of fish
🟦🟦🟨🟨 (Too many overlaps)
🟦🟦🟦🟦 Qualities of beautiful hair
🟨🟨🟨🟨 Sports related terms? (Not my strong suit!)
🟪🟪🟪🟪 _____ child
Couldn't properly name the basketball category.
Why would the Basketball category be yellow??? I was fine with the terms DUNK/LAYUP. And a SKATE fish???
@@hopechazz I agree! But for people who follow sports, especially basketball, I guess it would be easy. Like you, I've heard of DUNK and LAYUP, but I wasn't sure which sport they went with. Had no idea what FLOATER or THREE meant. I eventually got this category only by elimination and guessing, and after making one mistake.
@@dora.7873 I get myself in so many "I LOVE LUCY " episodes, but I am a survivor. ☺️ It was good that you were familiar with SKATE fish. 😂
I hear you. 😊
Well done, Art!
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟦🟦🟦🟦FISH
🟪🟪🟪🟪____ CHILD
🟩🟩🟩🟩GOOD QUALITIES FOR HAIR
🟨🟨🟨🟨BASKETBALL SHOTS
Never heard of FLOATER, so that had to go last. The other three were enough to name the category. A skate is a flat fish, similar to a ray.
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
Took me a while to come up with the word MARINE, although I had the concept right away.
Wordle 1,092 5/6*
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜TRACE
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜GROSS
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜BROWN
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜PROOF
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PROUD
Three 5's in a row. Boo! Time for a TRACE 2! Only had 3 5's in a row one other time, in April 2023.
Scoredle 3/6
14,855
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ROUTE (39)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SLAIN (21)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD
Nice one! Looks like some kind of flag. 🙂
PEACH POINT PROUD
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟦🟦🟦🟦 Hair features
🟩🟩🟩🟩 Types of fish
🟨🟨🟨🟨 Part of a basketball game
🟪🟪🟪🟪 ____ child
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
Easy and straightforward.
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
8. Found almost everything before the Spangram. I kept looking for "sea" or "ocean" instead of "marine" to go with the "life," which I saw early on. Otherwise this was very easy, since the Ocean is one of my passions.
Wordle 1,092 3/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
ADIEU - SNORT - PROUD
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟨🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
FISH = 1
_____CHILD = 1
DESCRIBES HAIR = 1
BASKETBALL = 1
STYLE: 0. TOTAL: 6
Got my Basketball stuff mixed up. 🏀😢
Wordle 1,092 5/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛SAUCE
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛UNION
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛OUTDO
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛MOGUL (oops!)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PROUD
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩FISH
🟪🟪🟪🟪__CHILD
🟦🟦🟦🟦QUALITIES OF HEALTHY HAIR
🟨🟨🟨🟨BASKETBALL SHOTS
xxx,proud,Tom Cee,4
Wordle 1,092 4/6*
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛peach
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛prism
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛proof
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩proud
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
Too much overlap
Connections
Puzzle #370
🟩🟩🟩🟩 fish
🟪🟪🟪🟪 _ child
🟦🟨🟨🟨basketball & hair
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟨🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
Strands #104
“Deep dive”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
Scoredle 3/6*
14,855
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ PEACH (310)
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ PIOUS (4)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD
Strands was a perfect 10 and connections a near perfect 9, I missed the order. I called blue, My Hair, but since it is long and thick, it works!
PEACH, PROUD
Wordle 1,092 2/6*
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩