Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
Looking for Monday’s Connections hints and answers? You can find them here:
Hey there, folks! I hope your week’s off to a terrific start.
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…
- SCRUB
- MAZE
- REGISTER
- SHOCK
- HOG
- LOG
- MOP
- CHEER
- TANGLE
- WEED
- RECORD
- FUND
- FRIEND
- MANE
- TRIMMER
- JOURNAL
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — keep track
- Green group — something for a stylist to deal with
- Blue group — syndicated faves that lost a little something
- Purple group — linked by carefully maintained plant growth
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 — chronicle
- Green group — mess of hair
- Blue group — TV shows minus “S”
- Purple group — words after “hedge”
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 — chronicle (JOURNAL, LOG, RECORD, REGISTER)
- Green group — mess of hair (MANE, MOP, SHOCK, TANGLE)
- Blue group — TV shows minus “S” (CHEER, FRIEND, SCRUB, WEED)
- Purple group — words after “hedge” (FUND, HOG, MAZE, TRIMMER)
No perfect game today, but I scored back-to-back wins.
I actually got the purple group first. MAZE and FUND came together in my brain and it only took a moment to find the other two words. The yellows were up next.
I then made a guess of TANGLE, WEED, MANE and SCRUB, which was not quite on the right track. But a few moments later, I deduced the greens. That left the blues (which I didn’t figure out but probably should have) for victory.
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. A little more K-pop for you from the genre’s most popular practitioners.