Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
Looking for Friday’s Connections hints and answers? You can find them here:
Hey, everyone! Welcome to the weekend. I’m excited to spend some time with loved ones and watch as much of the Euro 2024 action as I can. I hope you’ve got some fun and exciting plans lined up too.
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:
- SOLE
- FLOWER
- FLOATER
- BOUNCE
- THREE
- BODY
- PROBLEM
- POSTER
- LIFT
- DUNK
- ONLY
- SKATE
- PERCH
- VOLUME
- LAYUP
- PIKE
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — ways to score on the court
- Green group — water residents
- Blue group — associated with a luscious mane
- Purple group —
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — basketball shots
- Green group — fish
- Blue group — qualities of thick hair
- Purple group — ____ child
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — basketball shots (DUNK, FLOATER, LAYUP, THREE)
- Green group — fish (PERCH, PIKE, SKATE, SOLE)
- Blue group — qualities of thick hair (BODY, BOUNCE, LIFT, VOLUME)
- Purple group — ____ child (FLOWER, ONLY, POSTER, PROBLEM)
I’m back to winning habits when it comes to perfect games, and my overall streak is now up to a whopping 25 games.
I got the yellow group first, once I remembered what a FLOATER is, followed by the greens. The grid thankfully put FLOWER and PROBLEM next to each other, which helped me figure out the purple group. That left me with the blues for the win.
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 Sunday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I’m actually writing this in advance of the Germany vs. Scotland Euro 2024 opener so I don’t know the result yet. Just for an extra wee bit of luck for the away team, here’s another song from a Scottish artist (one I’d pretty much forgotten all about until I heard it on the radio this morning).