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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.
Connections Hints For January 9
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:
- SPONGE
- SALT
- SMOKE
- SHAFT
- DUST
- MONK
- BROOM
- HEAT
- MAGNUM
- FAT
- POLLEN
- RAG
- ACID
- MOP
- TRACY
- PEPPER
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — equipment to make your home sparkle
- Green group — the fundamental elements required for making a meal
- Blue group — stuff that makes you sniffle, perhaps
- Purple group — film and TV snoops
Connections Groups For January 9
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Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — cleaning supplies
- Green group — elements of cooking, per Samin Nosrat
- Blue group — things that make you sneeze
- Purple group — titular fictional detectives
Connections Answers For January 9
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Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — cleaning supplies (BROOM, MOP, RAG, SPONGE)
- Green group — elements of cooking, per Samin Nosrat (SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT)
- Blue group — things that make you sneeze (DUST, PEPPER, POLLEN, SMOKE)
- Purple group — titular fictional detectives (MAGNUM, MONK, SHAFT, TRACY)
My overall winning streak is up to 15 after three perfect games in a row.
The yellow group was immediately apparent to me, so I knocked that one out. The blue group was next, but I hesitated for a second before submitting it because PEPPER could have fit into the green group.
However, I clocked Salt, Fat Acid, Heat — the title of a Netflix series I’ve been meaning to watch for forever — and that let me sew up the blues then the greens. That left the purple words and honestly, while I probably could have figured out the connection, who needs to exert that kind of extra brain power on a Tuesday?
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.
