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It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it’s time for another round of Connections!
Today’s 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.
Connections Hints For December 27
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:
- SWIFT
- HOLIDAY
- CARDINAL
- HOOD
- ZIP
- MONK
- TRUNK
- DASH
- PARKER
- LARK
- DART
- TIRE
- BOLT
- BUMPER
- JAY
- HANCOCK
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — automobile components
- Green group — speedy motion
- Blue group — feathered friends
- Purple group — icons of a particular musical genre
Connections Groups For December 27
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — parts of a car
- Green group — move quickly
- Blue group — birds
- Purple group — jazz legends
Connections Answers For December 27
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 — parts of a car (BUMPER, HOOD, TIRE, TRUNK)
- Green group — move quickly (BOLT, DART, DASH, ZIP)
- Blue group — birds (CARDINAL, JAY, LARK, SWIFT)
- Purple group — jazz legends (HANCOCK, HOLIDAY, MONK, PARKER)
My first perfect game in a few days delivered back-to-back wins.
After clocking SWIFT, I scanned the rest of the grid to make sure none of the other words could be preceded by “Taylor,” because of course I did. As such, I spotted some other birds. Just to be sure SWIFT would be a part of that group, I went for the greens first, then got the birds.
The yellows were up next, leaving me with the purples. A good thing, because I did not make that connection. At first, I suspected HANCOCK would be part of a group of Declaration of Independence signatories.
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 Thursday’s game if you need them.
