" There ’s a mystery even mini - er mini - secret plan within the NYT Connections which is seek to guess what the exact phrasing of all the family names will be . "

If you’ve ever played the New York Times' fairly recent Connections game, you’ll know how uniquely challenging some of the puzzles can be. In case you thought you were alone, you’re not — here’s 17 of the best Xs (formerly Tweets) we’ve seen on the topic:

They can never make me detest her , though .

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nyt you better be counting your days cause wtf is this connections - I ca n’t even focuspic.twitter.com/LzPiYgjBsY

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what NYT connective does to youpic.twitter.com/gw3Ej5hkOv

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saw your swain at the NYT Connections puzzlepic.twitter.com/9lwhDbwV3C

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When people complain about NYT Connections on here it ’s like … that ’s a puzzle . You ’re feeling mystify . Why are you mad

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Was doing the NYT connections this morning and it made me think of how you and I used to link . Beautiful , special , queen , unlike . What do all these Bible have in common ? They describe the womanhood I fumbled . Had to go forward and portion out my results with you.pic.twitter.com/LychteMmPH

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there ’s a closed book even mini - er mini game within the nyt connections which is trying to guess what the precise choice of words of all the class name will be

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This is how conceive of most of you toy NYT connectionspic.twitter.com/j1D8rgdULO

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( NYT connections spoilers)IS VOLLEYBALL NOT AN OLYMPIC SPORT ? ? ? IS VOLLEYBALL NOT AN OLYMPIC FUCKING SPORT ? ? ? WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM NEW YORK TIMESpic.twitter.com/CyxGtdauKz

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is nyt connection attempt to give me an aneurysmpic.twitter.com/Ri36dYYTuU

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unfold NYT game to do today ’s Connections , Wordle , and Strands and discovered I already did them in the middle of the nightpic.twitter.com/m9IXMWUxSG

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this is who hail up with the nyt connection categoriespic.twitter.com/qXzpaseHdU

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Me thinking nyt connections was a lil addict before I realizedpic.twitter.com/Vztlb3SYXZ

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count your day nyt connectionspic.twitter.com/1JGoRva6gl

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NYT connections went too arduous for st Pattys weekend bc wtf is this 😭 😩 pic.twitter.com/7RtLjjT2g7

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Are we just go to stand up bye and allow what chance today on the NYT Connections teaser or are we going to march for change ?

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tw : nyt connections spoiler … BREAKING BEING THE NAME OF “ BREAK saltation ” IS SUCH UTTER BULLSHIT I cant over BELIEVE THE EDITOR LET IT SLIDE . THIS GAME IS direct year OFF MY LIFE.pic.twitter.com/BHYDVlIJT1

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me opening nyt connexion the last three dayspic.twitter.com/hWXJZgwKJW

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