Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Welcome to the weekend, everyone! I hope you’ve got a fun one lined up. The Formula 1 circus is in town and the weather forecast isn’t great, so for the most part, I’ll probably be staying home and checking out all of the video game showcases that are going on.
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:
- PLEASE
- HOLD
- RECORD
- WOMAN
- FILM
- GOOD
- PASTEL
- PENNY
- STAPLE
- TAPE
- RIVET
- ABSORB
- PETALS
- ENGROSS
- SHOOT
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — attract
- Green group — capture footage
- Blue group — same letters, different order
- Purple group — kinda or visually appealing
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 — grab one’s attention
- Green group — document with video
- Blue group — anagrams
- Purple group — pretty ____
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 — grab one’s attention (ABSORB, ENGROSS, HOLD, RIVET)
- Green group — document with video (FILM, RECORD, SHOOT, TAPE)
- Blue group — anagrams (PASTEL, PETALS, PLEATS, STAPLE)
- Purple group — pretty ____ (GOOD, PENNY, PLEASE, WOMAN)
No perfect game today, but I’m up to 18 wins overall.
The greens were easy enough, but then I ran into trouble. I tried a group of HOLD, STAPLE, RIVET and GOOD(?) as a group of possible fastener-related things but nope. But then I figured out the yellows.
It took me a while of staring at the grid before I deduced the blues. That left the purples for another 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. Very excited for this Lego spin on one of my favorite game series of the last few years.