Lex FriedmanNov 6, 2023

Conlextions #58 has got your number. Or fifteen of them, in fact. Your job is to zero in on the right things.

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Conlextions #58

A NYT Connections-style puzzle from Lex Friedman.

Show threadDan Moren
@lexfri What the fuck is this.
Nov 6, 2023 at 12:32pmWeb
Show threadMat GaddNov 6, 2023
@dmoren @lexfri concur, ho-ly! 😭
Show threadJohn SiracusaNov 6, 2023
@dmoren @lexfri This is a great example of the “What have I got in my pocket?” problem with this game.
Show threadKevinNov 6, 2023
@siracusa @dmoren @lexfri and the pocket lint always comes back
Show threadGreg LucasNov 6, 2023
@siracusa @dmoren @lexfri I was pretty happy getting green and blue… then proceeded to try every combination of the rest, with increasingly slim reasoning and more frantic guessing.
Show threadScott Wright 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Nov 6, 2023
@siracusa
Unfamiliar with “What have I got in my pocket?” Did you invent it, like the plumber problem?
@dmoren @lexfri
Show threadDon WhitesideNov 6, 2023
@jswright61 @siracusa @dmoren @lexfri it’s a reference to the way Bilbo “wins” the game against Golem in the hobbit.
Show threadJohn SiracusaNov 6, 2023
@jswright61 https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Riddles_in_the_Dark
Riddles in the Dark

Riddles in the Dark is the 5th chapter in The Hobbit. In 1951 Allen and Unwin published a second edition of The Hobbit in which J.R.R. Tolkien substantially revised...

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Show threadScottNov 6, 2023
@siracusa @dmoren @lexfri Or maybe Carrot in a Box? If you’ve never seen that, I strongly recommend it
Show threadchrispwalshNov 6, 2023

@dmoren @lexfri

I have never closed a tab faster. #arithmophobia

Show threadDr. DrangNov 6, 2023
@dmoren @lexfri When there are four prime numbers and that’s not a group, I’m out.
Show threadMatthew Cave ⚾Nov 6, 2023
@drdrang @dmoren @lexfri That actually was my experience. Selected the four primes, didn’t get a group, and bounced.