"NYT You Better Be Counting Your Days" — 17 Tweets About Connections That I, Well, Connected With

    "There’s a secret even mini-er mini-game within the NYT Connections which is trying to guess what the exact wording of all the category names will be."

    Amy Glover
    by Amy Glover

    BuzzFeed Staff

    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 hate her, though.

    1.

    nyt you better be counting your days cause wtf is this connections - I can’t even focus pic.twitter.com/LzPiYgjBsY

    — alex (@alpamac24) March 21, 2024
    Twitter: @alpamac24

    2.

    what NYT connections does to you pic.twitter.com/gw3Ej5hkOv

    — gros michel (@Mike_Agresta) March 13, 2024
    Twitter: @Mike_Agresta

    3.

    saw your boyfriend at the NYT Connections puzzle pic.twitter.com/9lwhDbwV3C

    — tortured posts department (@VernorsHerzog) March 15, 2024
    Twitter: @VernorsHerzog

    4.

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

    — Sam Herbst (@smhrbst) March 21, 2024
    Twitter: @smhrbst

    5.

    Was doing the NYT connections this morning and it made me think of how you and I used to connect. Beautiful, special, queen, different. What do all these words have in common? They describe the woman I fumbled. Had to go ahead and share my results with you. pic.twitter.com/LychteMmPH

    — potato bun (@erewhonsmoothie) March 12, 2024
    Twitter: @erewhonsmoothie

    6.

    there’s a secret even mini-er mini game within the nyt connections which is trying to guess what the exact wording of all the category names will be

    — zou bisou bisou where are you (@lilgrapefruits) March 17, 2024
    Twitter: @lilgrapefruits

    7.

    This is how imagine most of you play NYT connections pic.twitter.com/j1D8rgdULO

    — tag (@AvantGardeGoth) March 22, 2024
    Twitter: @AvantGardeGoth

    8.

    (NYT connections spoilers)

    IS VOLLEYBALL NOT AN OLYMPIC SPORT??? IS VOLLEYBALL NOT AN OLYMPIC FUCKING SPORT??? WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM NEW YORK TIMES pic.twitter.com/CyxGtdauKz

    — manic pixie nightmare (@midwestemo_) March 22, 2024
    Twitter: @midwestemo_

    9.

    is nyt connections trying to give me an aneurysm pic.twitter.com/Ri36dYYTuU

    — roman as in numerals (@rowmankovul) March 8, 2024
    Twitter: @rowmankovul

    10.

    opened NYT games to do today’s Connections, Wordle, and Strands and discovered I already did them in the middle of the night pic.twitter.com/m9IXMWUxSG

    — andy (@andyrockcandy) March 14, 2024
    Twitter: @andyrockcandy

    11.

    this is who comes up with the nyt connections categories pic.twitter.com/qXzpaseHdU

    — cass city (@HeavenlyGrandpa) March 11, 2024
    Twitter: @HeavenlyGrandpa

    12.

    Me thinking nyt connections was a lil freak before I realized pic.twitter.com/Vztlb3SYXZ

    — Lily $mith (@smilylith) March 13, 2024
    Twitter: @smilylith

    13.

    count your days nyt connections pic.twitter.com/1JGoRva6gl

    — Cara Brown (@carabrownsports) March 22, 2024
    Twitter: @carabrownsports

    14.

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

    — Hurricane Titos Sprite (@dumpsterfire58) March 19, 2024
    Twitter: @dumpsterfire58

    15.

    Are we just going to stand bye and allow what happened today on the NYT Connections puzzle or are we going to march for change?

    — Simon Holland (@simoncholland) March 9, 2024
    Twitter: @simoncholland

    16.

    tw: nyt connections spoiler
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    BREAKING BEING THE NAME OF “BREAK DANCING” IS SUCH UTTER BULLSHIT I CANT BELIEVE THE EDITOR LET IT SLIDE. THIS GAME IS TAKING YEARS OFF MY LIFE. pic.twitter.com/BHYDVlIJT1

    — don boffio (@donboffio) March 23, 2024
    Twitter: @donboffio

    17.

    me opening nyt connections the last three days pic.twitter.com/hWXJZgwKJW

    — ♛em♛ (@_emmmily__) March 21, 2024
    Twitter: @_emmmily__

    Do you agree with these, or think another game should be catching more heat? (I still find Wordle way harder than Connections, and I think the Spelling Bee is slept on.) Let us know in the comments below!

    Additional thumbnail credits: Focus Features / Universal Pictures / Fox / Comedy Central / NBC / Tim Robberts / Getty Images