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Happy Saturday, folks! I hope you have amazing weather, wherever you are, so you can make the most of the weekend. The forecast here calls for rain for much of Saturday and Sunday, but I’m hoping it holds off long enough for me to squeeze in a swim each day.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.
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 items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.
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 usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.
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. As with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
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…
- TONGUE
- TAPE
- RANCH
- NECK
- FRENCH
- LANGUAGE
- DRESSING
- COTTAGE
- BANDAGE
- CRAFTSMAN
- MAKE OUT
- SCISSORS
- SPEECH
- KISS
- PRAIRIE
- DIALECT
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — say it loud
- Green group — xoxo
- Blue group — essentials for cuts and scrapes
- Purple group — lay your weary head here
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 — spoken communication
- Green group — canoodle
- Blue group — first aid kit items
- Purple group — house styles
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 — spoken communication (DIALECT, LANGUAGE, SPEECH, TONGUE)
- Green group — canoodle (FRENCH, KISS, MAKE OUT, NECK)
- Blue group — first aid kit items (BANDAGE, DRESSING, SCISSORS, TAPE)
- Purple group — house styles (COTTAGE, CRAFTSMAN, PRAIRIE, RANCH)
A second straight perfect game brings me up to 26 wins in a row.
This was one of those games in which everything gelled together as I was writing out the word list. I had a good idea about the greens, but wanted to complete some other groups first to make sure my suspicions were correct. I got the yellows first, then the blues. The remaining words made the greens crystal clear, leaving the purple group for victory.
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.
P.S. The hint for today’s green group reminded me of The xx. I was never a huge fan of the band, but I did go to one of their shows and had a good time. This is perhaps their best-known (and arguably best) song:
