r/NYTConnections

genuinely curious if that would be considered cheating. Is it part of the game to not know everything? I’m just curious how you guys approach words you don’t know?

Are these normal? I am definitely not a fan, but wondering if the images are something new or has it been a thing now for awhile?

I tracked the published results of every Connections puzzle in April 2026 to see if the colors actually match the difficulty. Turns out, the "Reverse Rainbow" only held up 33.3% of the time. Even Purple—the supposed "hardest" category—was only the least-found-first category in 57% of the puzzles.

So, it was a challenge to try to guess a Reverse Rainbow, but a great part of it was luck-based.

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On Sunday, May 3rd, my streak reset back to 0, even though I play the game every day and finished the puzzle before midnight local time. NYT claims they can't do anything, and all I can do is report a bug. Did this happen to anyone else? I was so close to getting my 365-day badge that day, I was going to hit 361.

I’m curious: why do so many people here seem so excited about getting reverse rainbows? It feels like I’m out of the loop on this one 😅

Hey everyone,

I'm just a fan of the game. I made a free web app (using AI, I don't code) that helps me in a huge way. It's at: gridponder.com

the desktop version with a puzzle screenshot pasted in and a bunch of random incorrect guesses to show what it looks like

It's been working for me with no problems at all for a few months now, so I feel pretty safe letting other people try it.

It's a workspace where you copy a screenshot of the puzzle and paste it in and then mark on the image with colored markers. You can track your misses too.

What it does not do - enter your guesses into the NYT connections game. This is just a place for you to get organized. Nothing else.

I'm really impulsive and was missing a lot because I'd guess too early. But I noticed if I figure out my best guess at all four sets before making a pick on NYT page, I get a solve a lot more often. But it was a pain to write the words etc so I made the app.

Anyone can use it free.

It loads in your browser (so it's not actually something happening on the website, but on your computer only) locally. It doesn't keep track of you so there's no logging in or anything.

And. LOL. It might crash if like - ten of us try it at once, but - maybe if just nine people ever get over there, we'll be fine. :) So - only nine of you should go over max (pretty sure way more than nine will be fine, but it's not been tested with more than one so...until we know, we don't know).

I'm not a developer so if there are problems, I'll try to fix them in my free time, but no promises. And. I've not had any problems. Also - free, so...don't get crazy with expectations.

https://preview.redd.it/ufmwxeg7q6zg1.png?width=2558&format=png&auto=webp&s=d29fb6de3c46d7c6a162e3189aa195fcc4d2a7f1

I think for the first time, Purple was by far the easiest, according to the bot: 57 percent got the May 3 puzzle first.

I actually really love that the colors designated by the puzzle makers don't match up with how it gets played. It shows how human the whole operation is. In the world of AI slop, that's awesome.

Not too purple today either.

See how you go!

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In case anyone was wondering >!yes, this has a slight overlap in the purple category with an official NYT puzzle from (I think) a couple of weeks ago, but I promise I'd already made this puzzle before that came out - I just delayed posting it for a bit!<.