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It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it’s time for another game of Connections!
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 January 24
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:
- POPPY
- CLOCK
- ROSE
- CONE
- IRIS
- EXPOSE
- CAMERA
- MUM
- CALCULATOR
- GRAMMY
- LENS
- RESUME
- PATE
- PUPIL
- CALENDAR
- DADA
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — iPhone and Android apps that share the same first letter
- Green group — essentials for vision
- Blue group — pet names for loved ones
- Purple group — add accents for a different sound
Connections Groups For January 24
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Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — smartphone features beginning with “C”
- Green group — parts of the eye
- Blue group — familial nicknames
- Purple group — words pronounced differently with accent marks
Connections Answers For January 24
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 — smartphone features beginning with “C” (CALCULATOR, CALENDAR, CAMERA, CLOCK)
- Green group — parts of the eye (CONE, IRIS, LENS, PUPIL)
- Blue group — familial nicknames (DADA, GRAMMY, MUM, POPPY)
- Purple group — words pronounced differently with accent marks (EXPOSE, PATE, RESUME, ROSE)
My first perfect game in a few days brings my overall winning streak up to 11 games in a row.
There are really only two ways you can go with GRAMMY, and barring the names of any other major awards here, I knew it had to be something along the lines of pet names for family members. So, I got the blues first. The greens were next, despite the possible red herring combo of LENS and CAMERA.
The yellows didn’t give me any trouble either, while left the purple words for victory. I don’t suppose I would have figured that connection out, even though my Duolingo streak for French is currently sitting at 430 days (honest).
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 Thursday’s game if you need them.
