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Short reads about connections, networks and the puzzles built on them.
What is a connection game?
Connection games ask you to find how things are linked. Here is how they work, the main kinds, and what makes a daily connection game satisfying.
Six degrees of separation: where the idea comes from
From a 1929 Hungarian short story to Milgram's letters and Facebook's 3.5 degrees: the real history behind 'six degrees of separation'.
Shortest-path puzzles: the idea behind finding the shortest link
How computers find the shortest route between two points, why 'par' matters in a connection puzzle, and what that means when you play.
What makes a good connection puzzle?
Real links, fair choices, a satisfying 'aha' and something worth remembering: the principles behind a good daily connection puzzle.