Connections Thread - Yet another daily word puzzle!

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1042




Immediately saw the purple category, the rest was smooth-sailing.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1042

Immediately saw the purple category

Yesh, PEPSI was the first one I noticed. Such a disappointing game today

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1043





Not the best result. WTF is ARCH for Cheeky?

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1043




Very difficult today. Took a while to figure it out.

Not the best result. WTF is ARCH for Cheeky?

It's a synonym, though not a well known one.

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1044




Eh.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1045

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1045




Fairly simple, took some time to get it though.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1046

Spoiler

Pick-up game? WTF is that?

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1046




Very tough.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1047

Spoiler

Got purple almost immediately as TOTORO was a pretty big clue.

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1047




I really enjoyed this one.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1048

Spoiler

I would swap blue and green.

Maybe.

I'm no longer sure what "tricky" means from both infra- and intra-group relationships.

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1048




Eh.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1049





Tough one. (Maybe because I'm distracted today, but purple wasn't super obvious.)

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1049




I was staring at this for a long while, with only a few ideas coming to my mind, then it all suddenly clicked!

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1050

Spoiler

Purple is modestly obscure today. Got it based on elimination vs spotting it from the start.

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1050

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1051

Spoiler

Green was basically gotten via elimination. Never heard of REAR WINDOW, which makes calling it a classic film even funnier.

 

[Speedrunner]

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Puzzle #1051




Very simple, elimination was key to getting purple, then it was done quicker than a fox.

 

[ChompChomp]

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Puzzle #1052

Spoiler

Kind of tough. "Entreaty" as a yellow category is wild.