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Archive February 21, 2026
Connections Puzzle #986
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
Didn’t get to Saturday’s until this morning. Purple was confident leftovers. Rest were straightforward with a discernible difficulty order.

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Connections
Puzzle #987
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
And Sunday. All categories were easy. Blue stuck out like a flashing neon sign, how it wasn’t yellow is beyond me. I can see purple as hard for those who didn’t grow up with American history in school.

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Sunday was so easy for me, that I have no idea how one could have predicted in advance which color was which.

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Monday is here again. Another easy one, at least for me.

Puzzle #988
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

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Connections MONDAY
Puzzle #988
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
GREEN was dumb (A CONEis a conical thing?. Well, Duh!), but it was all easy.

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Puzzle #988
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Pretty easy after getting the first set and avoiding red herrings.

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Sorted fast. Didn’t get the colors right..

Connections
Puzzle #988
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

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Another one that wasn’t too bad.

Connections
Puzzle #988
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

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Puzzle #988
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
Reverse rainbow for me, even though I initially wasn’t trying for one.

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Connections
Puzzle #988
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
Purple was leftovers. Got the order wrong on the rest, but no problem sorting. Chased a possible red herring but fortunately couldn’t find a fourth.

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Tuesday! And I failed this one. Couldn’t figure the last two out.

Puzzle #989
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Puzzle #988
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

I agree about green, but whatever.

(Another day with no word play.)

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Tuesday: I found this pretty easy, I got the purple connection but had not heard of one of the members.

Connections
Puzzle #989
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Puzzle #989
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
Easy enough, once the red herring was avoided (and it gave a clue to PURPLE)

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Puzzle #989
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

I really really wanted the red herring but forced myself to look at all the other options first.

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Could have been worse

Avoided the red herring anyway.

Connections
Puzzle #989
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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Puzzle #989
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
Avoided the red herring for the RR.

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Made several other mistakes but saw the red herring immediately and said, “Not today Connections! Not today!”

Connections
Puzzle #989
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::green_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Puzzle #989
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

I missed the red herring, whatever it was

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Wednesday. I failed again. That’s discouraging. I really should not have missed Yellow, and I would not have figured out Blue no matter how long I stared at it. Bah.

Puzzle #990
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::yellow_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::yellow_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::yellow_square::blue_square: