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Hey, everyone! Happy Friday. The weekend is right around the corner. But first, there’s one more round of Connections to enjoy. And this one is a doozy.
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…
- CINDERELLA
- TAILGATE
- GREEN LIGHT
- RUMPELSTILTSKIN
- FERRIS WHEEL
- BUMPER-TO-BUMPER
- DAVID-AND-GOLIATH
- THUMBS-UP
- BUTTERMILK
- RAGS-TO-RICHES
- MERRY-GO-ROUND
- CLEARANCE
- UNDERDOG
- TILT-A-WHIRL
- GO-AHEAD
- ROLLER COASTER
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — fairground attractions
- Green group — go for it
- Blue group — long shots
- Purple group — front-loaded with the backside
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 — amusement park rides
- Green group — approval
- Blue group — types of come-from-behind stories
- Purple group — beginning with synonyms for rear end
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 — amusement park rides (FERRIS WHEEL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, ROLLER COASTER, TILT-A-WHIRL)
- Green group — approval (CLEARANCE, GO-AHEAD, GREEN LIGHT, THUMBS-UP)
- Blue group — types of come-from-behind stories (CINDERELLA, DAVID-AND-GOLIATH, RAGS-TO-RICHES, UNDERDOG)
- Purple group — beginning with synonyms for rear end (BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, BUTTERMILK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN, TAILGATE)
It’s always nice to get a perfect game, especially so when it’s extending my overall win streak to 31 days.
An involuntary “oh, boy” left my lips as soon as I saw this grid, but it’s not as tough as it might seem at first glance. I didn’t see a word/phrase that would go with CINDERELLA, DAVID-AND-GOLIATH and UNDERDOG at first, so I switched my attention elsewhere and quickly found the greens.
Just after that, I realized RAGS-TO-RICHES went with the rest of the blues. The yellows were then easy enough to spot. That left the purple group (which I did not figure out at first but was absolutely delighted by) 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 Saturday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I turned to the shuffle mode on my trusty main playlist for today’s song recommendation and came up trumps. I’m a big fan of Charlotte Cardin and this one is, as the kids say, a banger.
