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Hey there, folks! I hope you had a fun and/or relaxing weekend and that you’re raring to go for the week ahead. Let’s get things off to a positive start by keeping your Connections streak going.
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:
- SIDE
- SURFACE
- BUTTERFLY
- DOMINO
- FREESTYLE
- PLACEBO
- MAKE UP
- CRAWL
- COSMETIC
- BABBLE
- EXTERNAL
- AD-LIB
- COO
- IMPROV
- SHALLOW
- NURSE
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — come up with on the spot
- Green group — activities of the very young
- Blue group — frivolous, lacking depth
- Purple group — linked by the impact of a cause
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 — invent as you go
- Green group — things babies do
- Blue group — superficial
- Purple group — ____ effect
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 — invent as you go (AD-LIB, FREESTYLE, IMPROV, MAKE UP)
- Green group — things babies do (BABBLE, COO, CRAWL, NURSE)
- Blue group — superficial (COSMETIC, EXTERNAL, SHALLOW, SURFACE)
- Purple group — ____ effect (BUTTERFLY, DOMINO, PLACEBO, SIDE)
I’m on a roll right now. That’s five straight perfect games and six wins on the bounce.
At first I thought there might be a group of swimming terms, thanks to BUTTERFLY, CRAWL and FREESTYLE. However, IMPROV and the lack of a hyphen in MAKE UP helped me figure out the yellows.
The greens were up next, given that my initial swimming idea was out of the window. Once I saw DOMINO and SIDE together, the purples clicked, leaving the blues for 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 Tuesday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I had a grand old time seeing Queens of the Stone Age for the first time in over a decade the other night. The last three albums pale in comparison to the older work, but there was more than enough in the set to keep us long-term fans happy. Never thought they’d pull this one out, but I was delighted they did:
