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Hey there, folks! Welcome to the weekend. I’m excited to see Queens of the Stone Age for the first time in over a decade tonight. I hope you’ve got some fun and/or relaxing plans lined up.
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:
- JOKER
- HAIR
- RING
- WITCH
- LION
- CLOWN
- SINNER
- WARDROBE
- TENT
- SCARECROW
- MAKEUP
- WIZARD
- PROPS
- SMOKER
- TRAPEZE
- LOVER
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellows — the big top and under it
- Greens — acquaintances of Dorothy
- Blues — essential parts of the movie making process
- Purples — things Steve Miller confessed to being
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 — seen at the circus
- Green group — The Wizard of Oz figures
- Blue group — film departments
- Purple group — “I’m a ____” (lyrics in “The Joker”)
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 — seen at the circus (CLOWN, RING, TENT, TRAPEZE)
- Green group — The Wizard of Oz figures (LION, SCARECROW, WITCH, WIZARD)
- Blue group — film departments (HAIR, MAKEUP, PROPS, WARDROBE)
- Purple group — “I’m a ____” (lyrics in “The Joker”) (JOKER, LOVER, SINNER, SMOKER)
Three straight perfect games means I now have four wins in a row.
There were some potential red herrings here, such as words related to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. But I took a few minutes to think through everything before I got started and didn’t get caught out.
I got the blues first followed by the greens. Then, as I was looking at JOKER and SINNER, the song popped into my head, giving me the purples. That left the yellows, and I did figure out the connection before submitting that group.
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 Sunday’s game if you need them.
P.S. There’s only one option for today’s song/recommendation, so please enjoy this classic:
