Yes, Conlextions 187 looks bonkers, but I believe in you.

https://lexfriedman.com/connections/1710417600

#conlextions #connections

Conlextions #187

A NYT Connections-style puzzle from Lex Friedman.

@lexfri I’m not fully sold on you’re reasoning for blue and purple 😜

Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 1 minute, 4 seconds

@lexfri madness!

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩πŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 3 minutes, 40 seconds

@lexfri Not my best but okay.

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Solve Time: 1 minute, 56 seconds

@lexfri Really thought one of those was going to be programming related.

@lexfri

Shouldn’t have gone astrological

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
Solve Time: 8 minutes, 13 seconds

@lexfri Bonkers indeed β€” but good one! Despite my flailing it suddenly clicked and I kicked myself.

Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

@lexfri Hm, if I’m posting my times on the leader board I need to not stop to make coffee in the middle.

@lexfri

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 3 minutes, 33 seconds

@lexfri loved it!

Conlextions #187
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 1 minute, 36 seconds

@lexfri
I shouldn't have started with trying to guess purple
Conlextions #187
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 1 minute, 25 seconds
@lexfri I was confused by "# sign", I guess maybe you could say "pound sign"? But in my head that's just "pound" or "hash" or "hashtag" or I suppose octothorpe, without any suffix
@zmk I think it’s potentially a generational thing. My 17 year old had the same feedback.
@lexfri Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 2 minutes, 28 seconds

@lexfri blue and purple were nuts

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 3 minutes, 59 seconds

@lexfri I almost skipped this one.

Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Solve Time: 3 minutes, 5 seconds

@lexfri
This was hard!

Conlextions #187
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
Solve Time: 7 minutes, 35 seconds

@lexfri
Your decision to release subscriptions BEFORE releasing this puzzle confirmed my suspicion that you know your way around online marketing.
Conlextions #187
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
β¬›οΈπŸ’‘πŸ’‘β¬›οΈ
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 10 minutes, 57 seconds

@lexfri difficult!

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 4 minutes, 38 seconds

@lexfri Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸ’‘πŸ’‘πŸ’‘πŸ’‘
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 2 minutes, 33 seconds

Dang, started hot and got stumped. Didn’t help I had my keyboard in front of me, then frustration set in.

@lexfri Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 10 minutes, 1 second Ridiculous

@lexfri LOVED this one. Terrible showing be damned.

Conlextions #187
🟨🟩🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟩🟦
🟨🟨🟩πŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩πŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟦
🟩πŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟩🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 10 minutes, 25 seconds

@lexfri it was gold!

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 1 minute, 38 seconds

@lexfri I could feel your belief in me as I worked through this puzzle. Thank you for your support!

Conlextions #187
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Solve Time: 1 minute, 39 seconds

@lexfri Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 5 minutes, 49 seconds
@lexfri Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Solve Time: 4 minutes, 8 seconds
@lexfri Conlextions #187
🟨🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 1 minute, 53 seconds
@lexfri not today lex. Not today. 🀣

@lexfri yeah, I’ve made 4th on the leaderboard today in Conlextions #187.

πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨πŸŸͺ🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Solve Time: 2 minutes, 18 seconds

@lexfri That was a fun one

Conlextions #187
🟨🟨🟨🟨
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Solve Time: 1 minute, 21 seconds

@lexfri I feared the worst, but did surprisingly well

#Conlextions #187
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 2 minutes, 17 seconds

@lexfri I love when you do these kind of puzzles. Very playful. I couldn’t crack it, went off to work, opened it up again and it was very clear to me. Either my brain worked on it in the background or the coffee helped. Thanks for another good one Lex!

Conlextions #187
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟩🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
Solve Time: 1 hour, 55 minutes, 49 seconds