Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Hey, folks! The weekend’s right around the corner. I hope you’ve got some exciting plans in the hopper. I’m heading to a show with my sister today, something we haven’t done in forever, so I’m looking forward to that.
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…
- BRIEF
- WORD
- MESSENGER
- LICENSE
- PROMPT
- SLACK
- SIGNAL
- CLUTCH
- SHORT
- DRAWER
- BOXER
- FREEDOM
- TOTE
- LATITUDE
- SATCHEL
- CUE
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — keep stuff in ‘em
- Green group — leeway
- Blue group — green light
- Purple group — more comfortable as plurals
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 — types of bags
- Green group — wiggle room
- Blue group — indication to proceed
- Purple group — underwear in the singular
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 — types of bags (CLUTCH, MESSENGER, SATCHEL, TOTE)
- Green group — wiggle room (FREEDOM, LATITUDE, LICENSE, SLACK)
- Blue group — indication to proceed (CUE, PROMPT, SIGNAL, WORD)
- Purple group — underwear in the singular (BOXER, BRIEF, DRAWER, SHORT)
My quest for a perfect game continues, but my winning streak is up to five games.
My first thought was that MESSENGER and SATCHEL are types of bags, quickly followed by the fact MESSENGER, SLACK and SIGNAL are all messaging apps. The former thought won out, thanks to the presence of TOTE and CLUTCH, giving me the yellows.
A guess of PROMPT, SIGNAL, BRIEF and CUE was next but I got the dreaded “one away” message. I then shifted my attention elsewhere and found the greens, as LICENSE and FREEDOM were sitting next to each other. That made it easier to deduce the purple group (about which I had an inkling earlier), then the blues for victory.
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 Saturday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Here’s a song from one of my favorite albums from the 2000s. It’s catchy as heck, and it gets stuck in my brain every once in a while.