Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Hey, folks! I hope your week’s off to a great start.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- STAFF
- HAT
- MAKE
- BRIDGE
- HATCH
- NET
- ROBE
- SPAN
- CLEAR
- KEEL
- CLEF
- SECTION
- SUITE
- BEARD
- DECK
- EARN
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — bring home the bacon, as a bread winner
- Green group — Gandalf garb
- Blue group — spotted on a sea-faring vessel
- Purple group — a passing grade, perhaps
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
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Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — take home, as income
- Green group — parts of a wizard costume
- Blue group — found on a ship
- Purple group — C-____
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
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Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — take home, as income (CLEAR, EARN, MAKE, NET)
- Green group — parts of a wizard costume (BEARD, HAT, ROBE, STAFF)
- Blue group — found on a ship (BRIDGE, DECK, HATCH, KEEL)
- Purple group — C-____ (CLEF, SECTION, SPAN, SUITE)
Three perfect games in a row brings my overall streak up to 14 wins.
Like yesterday, I had little trouble with today’s game. The blues jumped out at me right away, and I spotted the greens very quickly after that. The yellows gave me a little trouble, as I wasn’t sure whether CLEAR would go with the rest of the words but I took a risk and it paid off.
I didn’t figure out the purple connection before submitting the group — I would not have realized C-clef was a thing, but probably could have deduced the link between the others. After a group of B-____ words yesterday, it seems unlikely that we’ll have a D-____ group tomorrow, but you never know with this game.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Wednesday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I don’t tend to listen to music with vocals (at least in English) while I’m working, as I find that to be too distracting. The language processing part of my brain can’t handle both that and writing at the same time.
So, if I do listen to music while I’m working, it’s usually instrumental. My current go-to is an Apple Music playlist called Lo-Fi Japan. Here’s a YouTube stream that has similar vibes: