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Hey, folks! I hope you’re having a fantastic weekend.
Anyway, 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.
Connections Hints For February 11
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:
- PLUTO
- DORY
- PURR
- AUTO
- NEMO
- DEMO
- BUZZ
- BARGE
- BUREAU
- AMERICA
- SCOW
- HOOK
- DRONE
- SLOOP
- MORGAN
- HUM
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — continuous noise
- Green group — watercraft
- Blue group — those in charge of watercraft
- Purple group — types of government or rule
Connections Groups For February 11
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — monotonous sounds
- Green group — boats
- Blue group — captains
- Purple group — prefixes with -cracy
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 — monotonous sounds (BUZZ, DRONE, HUM, PURR)
- Green group — boats (BARGE, DORY, SCOW, SLOOP)
- Blue group — captains (AMERICA, HOOK, MORGAN, NEMO)
- Purple group — prefixes with -cracy (AUTO, BUREAU, DEMO, PLUTO)
I really needed a win after yesterday’s slip up, and thankfully I got one.
My first inclination as I was writing out the word list was that there’d be a group of Disney/Pixar characters given the presence of PLUTO, DORY, NEMO, BUZZ and HOOK. As it turns out, there were a couple of Disney/Marvel characters, just not in a group of their own.
I figured something was up when I got to MORGAN and “Captain Morgan” immediately sprang to mind. That gave me an entry point for the blues. The yellows were up next, because goodness do I love onomatopoeia.
I tackled the greens next, but not knowing what a SCOW was, I included DEMO at first for my only mistake of today’s game. I corrected my error, then assembled the purples 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 Monday’s game if you need them.
P.S. For no other reason than I can’t stop listening to it, please enjoy this Gang of Youths cover of LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends.” It’s a fresh take on the original, but likewise euphoric, dripping with nostalgia and desperately sad all at the same time. It’s sublime.
