Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Hey, everyone! I hope you’re having a terrific weekend. Mine’s was spoiled a bit after the complete drubbing Scotland endured at the hands of Germany in the Euro 2024 opening game but all is not yet lost. We can still make it through to the next stage. Maybe. Hopefully.
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:
- FISH
- BUSH
- FLAMINGO
- SHAPE
- FOUNTAIN
- FOLK
- COUNTRY
- FAIRY
- GNOME
- STATE
- TALL
- STICKS
- FORM
- WOODS
- PINWHEEL
- CONDITION
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — the way of things at the moment
- Green group — sparsely populated regions
- Blue group — spotted in a garden
- Purple group — types of stories
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 — current situation
- Green group — remote rural area
- Blue group — classic lawn ornaments
- Purple group — ____ tale
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 — current situation (CONDITION, FORM, SHAPE, STATE)
- Green group — remote rural area (BUSH, COUNTRY, STICKS, WOODS)
- Blue group — classic lawn ornaments (FLAMINGO, FOUNTAIN, GNOME, PINWHEEL)
- Purple group — ____ tale (FAIRY, FISH, FOLK, TALL)
A second perfect game in a row extends my overall streak to 26 wins.
I had very little trouble with this one. I found the greens first, followed by the yellows. The game then helpfully put FAIRY and FOLK next to each other on the grid, so I was able to deduce the purple group. That left me with the blues, for which I did figure out the connection.
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 Monday’s game if you need them.
P.S. This one’s somewhat apt as I and the rest of my country put the disappointing Germany result behind us and look forward to the last two Euro 2024 group games against Switzerland and Hungary.