Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Hey, folks! I hope you’re having a fantastic week so far. The rain has abated for the first time in a few days where I am, so I’m taking advantage of some nice weather to sit outside and write today’s column.
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…
- FLY
- NAIL
- SINK
- SINKER
- WASHER
- DRYER
- BUG
- SCREW
- MIRROR
- BOLT
- LINE
- CHAIR
- HOOK
- STRIKE
- NUT
- ROD
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — they help keep things in place
- Green group — NET and LURE would fit in here
- Blue group — they can help you look good up top
- Purple group — Queen found these very, very frightening
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 — bits of hardware
- Green group — fishing gear
- Blue group — hair salon fixtures
- Purple group — lightning ____
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 — bits of hardware (NAIL, NUT, SCREW, WASHER)
- Green group — fishing gear (FLY, HOOK, LINE, SINKER)
- Blue group — hair salon fixtures (CHAIR, DRYER, MIRROR, SINK)
- Purple group — lightning ____ (BOLT, BUG, ROD, STRIKE)
I felt today’s game was a little tricky, but I squeaked through it to reach a new milestone winning streak of 30 days.
I immediately ruined my chance of getting a perfect game by rushing in with a guess of NAIL, BOLT, NUT and SCREW, totally overlooking HOOK and WASHER. A second guess of FLY, ROD, LINE and SINKER didn’t pan out either. Rats!
It was then that I deduced the purple connection thanks to BOLT and STRIKE. That took ROD out of the equation for the greens, allowing me to get that group.
With HOOK no longer an option, I was able to figure out the yellow group. That left 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 Friday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I feel like I’m obligated to include this song after today’s purple clue. What a tune.