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Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you’re having a fantastic week. Let’s keep your Connections streak going.
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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 January 18
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:
- PRIME
- LOVE
- GREEN
- COVER
- PEACOCK
- BLUE
- SUPREME
- POSTURE
- WHITE
- PARAMOUNT
- SCARLET
- MAIN
- CHAIN
- GRANDSTAND
- YELLOW
- STRUT
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — draw attention to yourself
- Green group — the preeminent
- Blue group — colors associated with the largest country in South America
- Purple group — linked by a note or one of 26 in English
Connections Groups For January 18
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — show off
- Green group — foremost
- Blue group — colors in Brazil’s flag
- Purple group — ____ letter
Connections Answers For January 18
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 — show off (GRANDSTAND, PEACOCK, POSTURE, STRUT)
- Green group — foremost (MAIN, PARAMOUNT, PRIME, SUPREME)
- Blue group — colors in Brazil’s flag (BLUE, GREEN, WHITE, YELLOW)
- Purple group — ____ letter (CHAIN, COVER, LOVE, SCARLET)
Yet again, I failed in my bid for a perfect game, but I only made one mistake today, so it wasn’t too tragic. My overall winning streak is up to five games.
I really enjoyed today’s game, and that’s because there were a couple of big red herrings. My first instinct was that there was a group of streaming services, including PRIME, PEACOCK and PARAMOUNT, but I didn’t see a fourth one that made sense. SUPREME was then my entry point for the greens.
After that, I suspected there might be a group of Clue characters, so I guessed a group of GREEN, WHITE, PEACOCK and SCARLET. No dice. That meant PEACOCK had to go with the rest of the yellows.
I was then a little stumped for the blues and the purples. I didn’t see the connection between either group, so I decided to simply guess the color-related words to see what would happen. That gave me the blues and left me with the purples for the win. Fun game.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connection’s clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Friday’s game if you need them.
