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Connections
Puzzle #803
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Did eventually get them all.

Just a little glitch with Las Vegas instead of Omaha on the poker types.

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Connections
Puzzle #803
: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_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
Saw purple pretty much immediately, and it all fell into place after that

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Connections
Puzzle #803
: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:

That was fun, took me a minute, but then it clicked.

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Connections
Puzzle #803
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Green decided to try being purple today. Actual purple seemed more like a typical blue. I could have gotten it earlier but was eliminating the obvious.

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Got through with no errors because the red herring seemed obviously so

Blue, Green yellow Purple

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Yeah I couldn’t figure out the reverse rainbow today.

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Connections
Puzzle #803
: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:

Those were also the order I saw them in, though I was hesitating about green as it couldn’t be that obvious, could it?

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Connections
Puzzle #803
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Fun, and satisfyingly challenging!

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It’s Saturday and I immediately fell for the red herring.

Puzzle #804
:purple_square::blue_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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I thought purple was a red herring because it seemed too nebulous a group

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Connections
Puzzle #804
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

I didn’t see the red herring but I think purple was kind of bogus. I did sort of get it but thought it could not possibly be the answer.

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Yes, fairly bogus.

I thought they’d turn out to be neologisms of the year or something at least official in that bogus kinx of official. But no, just bogus bogusness

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Connections
Puzzle #804
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Yeah, agree with everyone, purple was dumb.

Also, was distracted a bit because of the variant spelling on one word, which I thought might be meaningful but naah.

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Connections
Puzzle #804
:blue_square::blue_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Just take a wild guess on what purple term got lumped in with today’s blue category.

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Another easy one. Reverse rainbow.

Connections
Puzzle #804
: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:

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Connections
Puzzle #804
: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 a bit … “broad” … for my tastes.

What was the red herring? I don’t see it. ETA: Ah, I see it now: HIPpo, COOLand, SMART watch, and CHICanery. Yeah, that’s totally one I would have fallen for if I didn’t see the other categories first.

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I often fail when you all say it’s easy but today I saw Purple right away although I thought it would be words recently added to the Dictionary

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Connections
Puzzle #804
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

I also thought ”New words in OED” or something like that. Pretty quick and easy today though.

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Sunday’s puzzle is disappointingly easy. I’d prefer the weekend ones to be challenging, as it’s when I have the most time to spare to noodle on it.

Puzzle #805
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_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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Connections
Puzzle #805
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_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:

My brain insisted on including

Split

with yellow. To be fair, I think it could be a valid answer.