Connections: Which one of these is not like the others

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #487





lol

 

[N35t0r]

Today's was particularly tricky for me.

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Puzzle #494








Also, the bot is an asshole (spoiler for today's category):
"Good try finding words that could have been “GRASSY AREAS.” It just didn’t happen to be a category today."

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #495

 

[N35t0r]

lol the purple

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Puzzle #496

 

[N35t0r]

Today's purple completely eluded me.

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Puzzle #497

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #498

 

[N35t0r]

lol I'm dumb

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Puzzle #500

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #501





It took me a while to find the last two.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #502

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #503

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #504





They nearly had me in the initial configuration.

I knew it had to be a trap! Plus they never do a 'connection' like that

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Puzzle #504

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #505





Today's purple. Ugh.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #506

Spoiler

I can't believe how fast my brain snapped onto blue. I haven't read Julius Caesar since high school

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #507






Purple is getting ridiculous

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #509

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #510

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #511






I rushed for that second guess. Missed one word which was much more obvious.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #512

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #512







Kept trying to make Id a component of Ego.

Yeah, I did the same yesterday.

Today's was... Interesting. I must have looked at it for the better part of five minutes before hazarding my first guess.

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Puzzle #513

 

[N35t0r]

I'm doing the one at the tech guild site:
https://nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-builds/index.html

 

[N35t0r]

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #528

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #530

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #531








Almost

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #532

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #533

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #534








I'd like to claim skill, but getting purple/blue was 100% guessing and some deduction.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #535

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #536





I got purple on a completely wrong idea


I thought the category was ___ man, with 'giving' a long shot and 'taco' an even longer shot but nothing else really fit

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #537







As a furriner there was no way I'd ever get blue on this one. Ah well.

Same

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Puzzle #537

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #538

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #539

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #540

 

[N35t0r]

Yuck. I always thought it was an alligator and not a crocodile on polo shirts. Also, how does a polo player NOT use a mallet?!
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Puzzle #540

Spoiler

I doubted a bit, then remembered it's a French company. I had more doubts about the swoosh. I wasn't sure that's what Nike's logo was called, but no other options looked appropriate.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #541








I fell for the trick. I was also never going to get yellow.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #542








Figuring out green was a real facepalm moment.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #543





Getting purple out of the way early really helped

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #544

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #545





I will admit that I got blue entirely by chance, since I most definitely didn't have that category in mind when making the call.

 

[N35t0r]

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Puzzle #546





It took me a while to get started, but then everything fell in place.