Olive Oil: During my daily morning ritual of waking up at 4:30 AM and immediately ingesting a ½ cup of [Trader Joes Extra Virgin Spanish Olive Oil] (Sponsored link), I decided I’d like to try and solve the NY Time’s Connections. So, with greasy fingers, lets begin. This is part one, where I: Review the rules of Connections Gather historical Connections games into a structured dataset Come up with some strategy for a program that’s somewhat capable of playing the game well In part two, I’ll try and generate a solver for the game.