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Hey there, folks! Welcome to the start of a new week. I’m feeling refreshed after a couple of weeks off and spending time with friends and family, so I’m raring to go for what should be a busy week for me.
Today’s 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 8
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:
- TRIANGLE
- BASKETBALL
- CARROT
- STICK
- CART
- HORSESHOE
- POLE
- CLUB
- PITCHFORK
- HOLE
- CIRCLE
- GOLDFISH
- STAFF
- PUMPKIN
- ROD
- TEE
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — things of a similar hue
- Green group — prolonged and thin items
- Blue group — spotted on the links
- Purple group — shapes of a certain alphabet
Connections Groups For January 8
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — things that are orange
- Green group — long, skinny objects
- Blue group — seen on a golf course
- Purple group — shapes of capital Greek letters
Connections Answers For January 8
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 — things that are orange (BASKETBALL, CARROT, GOLDFISH, PUMPKIN)
- Green group — long, skinny objects (POLE, ROD, STAFF, STICK)
- Blue group — seen on a golf course (CART, CLUB, HOLE, TEE)
- Purple group — shapes of capital Greek letters (CIRCLE, HORSESHOE, PITCHFORK, TRIANGLE)
My overall winning streak is up to 14 after my second straight perfect game.
My first inkling was that there was a group of golf-related words, but I couldn’t see anything that went with CLUB, HOLE and TEE. So, I dropped that idea momentarily and spotted the greens. It was then that I clocked CART and completed the blues.
I think the yellow group is deceptively difficult today. As my mind raced through the possibilities, I realized that CARROT and GOLDFISH are both orange, then got the other two words to wrap up the yellows. That left the purples and I never in a million years would have made that connection.
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 Tuesday’s game if you need them.
