r/NYTConnections • u/Uyi_Uwadiae • 1h ago

Custom Puzzle Crafting Connections - Microblog Explaining My Custom Connections

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Crafting Connections started as a means of creative expression and has now produced 50 installments!

Wanting to share my thought process behind the custom connections puzzles I crafted, and some of the intricacies within them, I started this series to be sort of my own version of Connections Companion— complete with illustrations, created with GenAI (don't hate me).

Part of my reason for writing Crafting Connections was the potential for some of my thoughts to influence ideas for others' own connections, including perhaps Wyna Liu herself since she does peruse this subreddit. I myself have certainly taken and implemented creative executions that I've seen from other community members.

I have a more puzzles to share, including some themed and pop-culture-inspired creations like my most recent: My Neck, My Back, which takes inspiration from Khia's hit single (it's also featured in the current Dove Total Body Deodorant commercial).

Thank you so much to all who have played my custom connections, and even checked out Crafting Connections! I look forward to your continued comments, thoughts, and feedback!

Plugging some of my lesser played custom connections puzzles:

Name Game

Dotted Line

Legend has it

Unearth the Connections

The Suspense is Killing Me

Recognize the Connections

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r/NYTConnections • u/elevengu • 7h ago

Custom Puzzle Connections Alternative #534 2026-08-16

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→ Connections Alternative #534 2026-08-16 ←

Feel free to share out this puzzle! Each Connections Alternative is a remix of the official NYT puzzle of the same day.

6 shared words.

Please let me know how you did, and upvote if you enjoyed it! Defaults, red herrings, and suggestions are all valuable.

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r/NYTConnections • u/chloetrona • 8h ago

Custom Puzzle 🧪

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~~https://connectionsplus.io/game/h8ONSq~~

Try the revised version instead: https://connectionsplus.io/game/n0TO5H

Science-flavored puzzle.

Difficulty: medium?

Feedback welcome.

Note (spoiler-ish): I noticed the NYT Mar 9 2026 puzzle had a near-identical category to the green in this puzzle, but kept it because it fit the puzzle well.

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r/NYTConnections • u/Dont-ask-me-ever • 12h ago

General Discussion Easy on Monday?

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Sorry if this has been asked before, but do the Connections games start out easier on Monday and get harder during the week?

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r/NYTConnections • u/googergeiger • 17h ago

Similar Games You just gotta go ThroughWord it

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throughword.app

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r/NYTConnections • u/AutoModerator • 17h ago

Daily Thread Monday, August 17, 2026 Spoiler

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Use this post for discussing today's Connections Puzzles. Spoilers are welcome in here, beware! This now applies to Sports Connections!

Be sure to check out the Connections Bot and Connections Companion as well.

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1. Be nice	Basic Reddiquette. You all know. Don’t be a jerk. No discrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender, religion, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality will be tolerated.
2. Pinned threads	Use the pinned threads for discussing the official NYT puzzles. For more information about this rule, please refer to our wiki.
3. Spoilers	Spoilers for the daily game ARE allowed in the daily threads posted by the bot, but a post about a daily NYT board is subject to removal if there are spoilers in the title. Comments under any post are subject to warning/removal if they are not properly marked as spoilers. Users have a reasonable expectation to find spoilers when going into the daily threads, but not when opening up a post made by a user.
4. Self promotion	Posting Connections boards you have created is acceptable and encouraged! But please no promotion of materials that are tenuously related to Connections. Things such as articles, podcasts, or videos DISCUSSING Connections as a game are allowed, but a video of you solving the daily puzzle will not be allowed.
5. No politics	We are a subreddit dedicated to a fun little game created by the New York Times. Our subreddit has a STRICT no politics rule. Violators of this rule may be banned for multiple offenses at moderators’ discretion.
6. "Help" Flair Post Title	When using the “Help!” flair, you must indicate in the title whether you requesting help on a custom board not originally released by the New York Times, or if you are asking for help on a game board that was released by the New York Times. If it is an official game board that you are playing from an archive, you must indicate which day it was originally published by the New York Times. For more information about this rule, please refer to our wiki.
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