From The Atlantic, an interview with Wyna Liu, editor of the New York Times puzzle Connections: “The Most Controversial Game on the Internet.” (Talk about hype). An excerpt, explaining the puzzle’s color categories:
Purple is the wordplay category. The four words in that group are not defined by their literal meanings. It’s words that end with ___ or homophones or something. Blue is trivia that is maybe a bit more specialized, not just definitions. Maybe it’s all movies or certain bands. Sometimes that’s the hardest one. Yellow and green are other category types: They might be four things you bring to the beach, or sometimes they’re all synonyms for the same word. I would say that yellow is the most straightforward.Another way to define the purple category: it’s the words that are left over after you get the yellow, green, and blue.
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I play Connections everyday (I've even written some, for family members), but I've never thought or realized the different colors denoted anything (I am color blind, but that doesn't account for it).
I’ve made a few too — the inside references can be crazy fun. I’m not sure her explanation of blue always fits; I just think of increased difficulty from yellow to purple.
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