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Hey there, everyone! I hope you’re having a terrific weekend, especially if the weather’s finally starting to warm up in your neck of the woods.
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:
- WAVE
- DANCE
- SEA
- CAVE
- TON
- BUCKLE
- FLOP
- SNAP
- BUTTON
- WHISTLE
- MASS
- SHOUT
- GIVE
- LAUGH
- COLLAPSE
- SLEW
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — lots
- Green group — give way, crumble
- Blue group — get someone to notice you
- Purple group — linked by a central part of the body
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
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Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — large amount
- Green group — fall in under pressure
- Blue group — ways to get attention
- Purple group — belly ____
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
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Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — large amount (MASS, SEA, SLEW, TON)
- Green group — fall in under pressure (BUCKLE, CAVE, COLLAPSE, GIVE)
- Blue group — ways to get attention (SHOUT, SNAP, WAVE, WHISTLE)
- Purple group — belly ____ (BUTTON, DANCE, FLOP, LAUGH)
The green group is very fitting today as my 14-game win streak has crumbled apart.
My first guess was a case of close but no cigar as I went with COLLAPSE, BUCKLE, FLOP and CAVE. That left me one word away from a group, but I thought I’d change strategy for now.
I then thought I’d spotted a group of noises you make with your mouth: SHOUT, LAUGH, WHISTLE and SNAP (as in to react angrily to someone). Nope, though that was annoyingly close to the blues and I didn’t realize the actual connection.
I reversed course once again to complete the greens, but that was the only group I secured. A guess of MASS, WAVE, SLEW and TON, then swapping TON for SEA again got me close, but that’s where my game and lengthy winning streak fell apart. I probably should have taken another stab at the blues since I was only one word away from figuring out that group, but alas.
We start again tomorrow.
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.
