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. I’m still recovering from Scotland’s agonizing exit from Euro 2024, though in all honesty they didn’t play well enough over the three group games to deserve passage through to the next round. C’est la vie. I just hope they qualify for the World Cup in two years — I’ll do whatever I can to be at the games if so.
Anyway, enough sporting chit chat. 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…
- UNKNOWN
- FORMULA
- DOORKNOB
- KNIFE
- TALK
- FORK
- RECIPE
- DISH
- TOPKNOT
- PART
- TELL
- SECRET
- SPLIT
- TICKET
- BRANCH
- SPILL
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — disclose something confidential, perhaps
- Green group — cleave, dissect
- Blue group — they share something quiet
- Purple group — the answer to success or good fortune
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 — divulge, as private information
- Green group — divide
- Blue group — silent “K”
- Purple group — key to success, so to speak
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 — divulge, as private information (DISH, SPILL, TALK, TELL)
- Green group — divide (BRANCH, FORK, PART, SPLIT)
- Blue group — silent “K” (DOORKNOB, KNIFE, TOPKNOT, UNKNOWN)
- Purple group — key to success, so to speak (FORMULA, RECIPE, SECRET, TICKET)
Back-to-back perfect games means I have two straight victories.
DISH, KNIFE and FORK proved to be a red herring combination, as TELL gave me an entry point into the yellows. PART and SPLIT then made the greens clear enough.
It took me a few minutes but then I finally figured out the purple group. That left the blues (for which I didn’t figure out the connection) for a 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 Wednesday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I turned to the shuffle button on my trusty epic playlist for today’s song, and it bestowed this booty-shaker upon me. I’m in a better mood already. Enjoy.