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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 6
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:
- DISCO
- WAVE
- CRYSTAL
- BONE
- SWING
- LOCK
- ROCK
- AFRO
- FUNK
- FIGHT
- GUTTER
- TANG
- MUSK
- SWAY
- FOUL
- ODOR
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — distinctive odor
- Green group — shift position from one side to another
- Blue group — pick ‘ems
- Purple group — related to a spherical object
Connections Groups For January 6
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — strong smell
- Green group — move back and forth
- Blue group — things to pick
- Purple group — ____ ball
Connections Answers For January 6
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 — strong smell (FUNK, MUSK, ODOR, TANG)
- Green group — move back and forth (ROCK, SWAY, SWING, WAVE)
- Blue group — things to pick (AFRO, BONE, FIGHT, LOCK)
- Purple group — ____ ball (CRYSTAL, DISCO, FOUL, GUTTER)
My overall winning streak is up to 12, but only just.
The yellow group was pretty straightforward (there aren’t too many meanings for MUSK). After some consideration, FOUL and GUTTER led me toward the purple group.
Then it took me… far longer than I would have liked to get the last two groups. I was hung up on the idea that there was a group of musical genres (AFRO, ROCK and SWING) but I was way off the mark. It turns out that all I needed was a short nap. After that, I deduced the greens with just one life remaining, which left me with the blues.
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.
