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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:
- CRAZY
- PEANUTS
- PRIZE
- FIRM
- PIGPEN
- SOUND
- GIFT
- CHARLEY
- STABLE
- STY
- DARK
- CARAMEL
- DUMP
- POPCORN
- SOLID
- MESS
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellows — an untidy bedroom, perhaps
- Greens — robust
- Blues — elements of a certain snack brand
- Purples — linked by a quadruped
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 — disorderly place
- Green group — sturdy
- Blue group — found in Cracker Jacks
- Purple group — ____ horse
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 — disorderly place (DUMP, MESS, PIGPEN, STY)
- Green group — sturdy (FIRM, SOLID, SOUND, STABLE)
- Blue group — found in Cracker Jacks (CARAMEL, PEANUTS, POPCORN, PRIZE)
- Purple group — ____ horse (CHARLEY, CRAZY, DARK, GIFT)
My run of four perfect games is over, while I barely managed to keep my overall streak intact. I’m up to nine straight wins.
The yellows were clear enough, as were the greens. It was then that I ran into some trouble.
I figured that the three snack words (CARAMEL, PEANUTS and POPCORN) fit together but I didn’t know what would go with them, so I just made some random guesses until I landed on PRIZE with my last life. I’ve never had Cracker Jacks, so had no idea that you get a prize with a pack.
The purples probably should have clicked, but I thought the spelling of “charley horse” was “charlie horse.” It’s interesting to see the NYT try to catch folks off guard here, since it’s an inversion of yesterday’s purple connection of “horse ____.” I didn’t even have to change the purple hint.
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 Monday’s game if you need them.
