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The Game Room
1801

I initially thought that DIVE, DUCK, and DODGE belonged together as ‘evasive maneuvers’, but I couldn’t find a fourth. Unfortunately, I tried a couple before I moved on.

1802

Connections
Puzzle #832
: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:

Got my reverse rainbow.

Regarding DIP: the topic is “Bit of Sports Bar Fare”. It is common to see something like “buffalo chicken dip” or “crab dip” on the menu. In these cases the dip is not a flavoring sauce but it the primary thing being eaten.

Also, RAM was spun out of Dodge as a separate marque in 2009. If you want to whine about Dodge and Ram you should also be whining about Ford and Lincoln.

1803

Same here. It wasn’t because of any brilliance on my part, I can assure you.

1804

Connections
Puzzle #833
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_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 was so obvious to me immediately.

1805

Interesting, because Purple was not obvious to me at all, and I just had to let it go. Here’s my Sunday result.

Puzzle #833
: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:

1806

Connections
Puzzle #833
: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:

Way too easy. I swear I’ve seen the entire yellow category before.

1807

Sunday’s puzzles always seem really easy to me.

Connections
Puzzle #833
: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:

1808

Pretty easy one for Monday. I made an educated guess at the Blue category, and was correct.

Puzzle #834
: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:

1809

Connections
Puzzle #833
: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:

Couldn’t decide on blue vs green. No reverse rainbow.

1810

Connections
Puzzle #834
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_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:

Again purple just jumped out at me immediately.

1811

Connections
Puzzle #834
: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:

Got purple immediately then went for the reverse rainbow. Never actually got blue because I only knew two of them but again I could swear that both green and yellow have been used before.

1812

It was a reference to the film Dodgeball.

Monday:

Connections
Puzzle #834
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_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:

I guessed what the last category must be from one of the entries, but I’d never heard of the other three.

1813

Dead simple

Connections
Puzzle #834
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

1814

Connections
Puzzle #834
: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:

Figured the rows out pretty quickly, but I couldn’t guess the difficulties correctly. Rats.

1815

Connections
Puzzle #834
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

I live in Las Vegas, so blue was like, well, a flashing neon sign.

Almost a reverse rainbow, though I wasn’t trying for one.

1816

It’s Tuesday. Suspiciously easy.

Puzzle #835
: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:

1817

Connections
Puzzle #835
: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:

Got the reverse rainbow without much effort until deciding between the last two.

1818

Connections
Puzzle #835
: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:

1819

Tuesday:

Connections
Puzzle #835
: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:

What was Green about?

1820

I think it’s just a familiar (to some) tongue twister.