Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Hey, folks! How are you doing out there? I mean, how are you really doing today? No matter how you’re feeling, I suggest taking 15 minutes if you can to call a friend or family member you haven’t spoken to in a while, just to catch up. It’s always worthwhile.
Speaking of connections, 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…
- BOND
- WING
- RUSH
- KISSES
- HUNT
- LEAF
- SEARCH
- PARTY
- ALWAYS
- CAMP
- YOURS
- MINE
- CHASE
- SIDE
- QUEST
- LOVE
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — trail
- Green group — used at the end of a thoughtful message to remind someone you care deeply about them
- Blue group — subculture within a greater entity
- Purple group — linked by the title of a Spandau Ballet song that was a tribute to John Barry’s film scores, including early James Bond movies
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 — pursuit
- Green group — romantic letter sign-offs
- Blue group — group within a group
- Purple group — gold ____
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 — pursuit (CHASE, HUNT, QUEST, SEARCH)
- Green group — romantic letter sign-offs (ALWAYS, KISSES, LOVE, YOURS)
- Blue group — group within a group (CAMP, PARTY, SIDE, WING)
- Purple group — gold ____ (BOND, LEAF, MINE, RUSH)
No perfect game today, sadly, but my winning streak is up to four games.
After pondering over this grid for a few minutes, I found the blues. PARTY was my entry point into them as I’m in the U.K. at the minute and there’s an election campaign going on, so I thought of it in that sense rather than as a celebration.
I took a bit of a risk next as I wasn’t entirely sure about RUSH fitting with HUNT, CHASE and QUEST. As I feared, that was wrong and I got the dreaded “one away” prompt. I was very close to literally facepalming when I remembered SEARCH was right there, letting me complete the yellows.
The greens were next up after ALWAYS and KISSES slid next to each other in the grid. I also figured out the purple connection before sealing 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 do enjoy using a music video as a hint when I can, but doing so with this today would have made the purple connection too obvious. Cracking song in any case.