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Hey there, folks! I hope you’re having an excellent weekend. Apologies for the lateness of Saturday’s column. I scheduled it incorrectly. Whoops. Anyway, let’s make sure we keep your Connections streak going, eh?
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:
- DRUM
- TRACK
- SYMPHONY
- WIG
- CONDUCTOR
- WAX
- CYMBAL
- IDEAL
- CAR
- MODEL
- MARK
- SIMMER
- EXAMPLE
- SCIMITAR
- STATION
- SYMBOL
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — emblematic
- Green group — rail-related
- Blue group — partial homonyms
- Purple group — linked to a body part
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 — embodiement
- Green group — related to trains
- Blue group — starting with the same sound
- Purple group — ear____
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 — embodiement (EXAMPLE, IDEAL, MODEL, SYMBOL)
- Green group — related to trains (CAR, CONDUCTOR, STATION, TRACK)
- Blue group — starting with the same sound (CYMBAL, SCIMITAR, SIMMER, SYMPHONY)
- Purple group — ear____ (DRUM, MARK, WAX, WIG)
That was my second perfect game and win in a row.
CONDUCTOR gave me an entry point into the greens, then seeing WAX and WIG helped the purples click. The yellows were next and that left the blues (which I would not have figured out).
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. Taking a brief break from my “British bands Kris listened to a lot while growing up” series to drop in this one. I’ve had this song stuck in my head for a minute and I love the live version that ropes in a cover of “Shout.” I’m looking forward to seeing Green Day for the first time in forever this summer.
