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Hey there, everyone! I hope you’re having a fantastic weekend, whether you’re putting your feet up, doing something fun, both or whatever else is making you happy.
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:
- SALTY
- PEPPER
- BAKED
- CAKE
- SPRINKLE
- ONION
- BITTER
- EARTH
- SWEET
- SCATTER
- COUCH
- UPSET
- HOT
- PLYWOOD
- SORE
- STREW
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — in a sour mood
- Green group — chuck around
- Blue group — stratified
- Purple group — types of tubers
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 — feeling some type of way
- Green group — throw here and there
- Blue group — things with layers
- Purple group — ____ potato
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 — feeling some type of way (BITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET)
- Green group — throw here and there (PEPPER, SCATTER, SPRINKLE, STREW)
- Blue group — things with layers (CAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD)
- Purple group — ____ potato (BAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET)
My quest for a perfect game failed for another day, but I’m delighted to take my overall streak up to 19 wins. I think that’s a record, but 20 definitely would be. So, wish me luck for tomorrow!
I got the greens right away then fell into a trap. I was a little stumped, so I guessed a group of BITTER, SWEET, HOT and SALTY, but that was a red herring. Thankfully, I figured out the blues soon after that, with ONION and CAKE giving me an opening into them. The yellows were next, leaving the purples (for which I did figure out the connection) 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 Monday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I cannot wait for Euro 2024 to start later this week. My beloved Scotland are taking on hosts Germany in the opening game and I’ll be urging them on with every fiber of my being. I have a playlist with six different versions of this, one of the team’s unofficial theme songs:
