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First miss in several weeks.
Puzzle #810
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::blue_square::blue_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:

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I think this might be my first ever reverse rainbow:

Connections
Puzzle #810
: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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Oh. I didn’t know it still counted as a reverse rainbow even if you screw up along the way.

Connections
Puzzle #810
:purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square::purple_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::blue_square::blue_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:

Skill 85/99
Uniqueness 1 in 7,576

1604

Today, letterboxed is also behind the paywall for me.

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August 30, 2025

No. 811

By Wyna Liu

This one was pretty much made for me, so I’m interested how difficult other people found it and how obscure 3 or the 4.categories are.

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Letterbox and Tiled both. (I never play either of them, but I just checked for science.)

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Saturday’s puzzle. I knew the categories, but not confident of the contents. I basically hoped I picked right for Blue, which answered what I was missing for Purple. I have never heard Eat used in that way, and don’t know who the other two composers are. Also ‘contemporary’ is a stretch for nearly fifty years after their heyday.

Puzzle #811
: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:

1608

Still on yesterday’s:

Connections
Puzzle #810
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

I didn’t find this one hard at all. Shoulda been able to start with purple but I saw the blue so quickly, I just clicked on it. Purple was the most obvious one, but somehow I missed it because of the blues.

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I think using the c-word in that context makes sense when it wouldn’t, say, for golfers or car brands which have changed more dramatically in that time

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Connections
Puzzle #811
:yellow_square::blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_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:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Never would have gotten purple. Only familiar with one or maybe two.

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It’s okay; we all get sad, sometimes.

Steve REICH, John CAGE, Brian ENO, and Philip GLASS?! A friend of mine in college was a big fan of avante garde classical music, otherwise I might never have heard of some of them. They’re not exactly mainstream.

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Connections
Puzzle #811
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

For purple - yeah, I think there’s a tighter category for that specific grouping
Also, @GuanoLad I agree about the EAT

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ive heard it more in the past tense, as in an outfit or performance

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Connections
Puzzle #811
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Another more difficult one, hope it’s a trend.

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Connections
Puzzle #811
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

I tried to put POP with the “do well” terms, then tried to put (Iggy) POP with the composers.
This one gave me a headache.

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If you read the Connects for

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This is Sunday’s puzzle. It was not an easy one for me, so it made the clean solve that much more satisfying.

Puzzle #812
: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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Connections
Puzzle #812
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Didn’t get blue. I saw the results individually for each answer but couldn’t put it together as a category.

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Connections
Puzzle #812
: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:

I had no problems here, saw what they were going for with blue, which I rate more difficult than purple actually .

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I did see blue. It was my second one. Purple was last and I felt stupid that I didn’t see it before it was revealed.