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Hey folks, I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend — especially if you’re lucky enough to be enjoying an extended one.
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:
- RUFFLE
- PAN
- TEASE
- WISE
- LAY
- TRIM
- KETTLE
- SET
- FRINGE
- PLACE
- GEEZ
- POT
- PUT
- SEIZE
- GRIDDLE
- FRILL
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — often placed on burners
- Green group — decorative edge, sometimes made with lace
- Blue group — position
- Purple group — plural homonyms of basic language units
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 — found on a stove top
- Green group — ornamental border
- Blue group — deposit, with “down”
- Purple group — words that sound like plural letters
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 — found on a stove top (GRIDDLE, KETTLE, PAN, POT)
- Green group — ornamental border (FRILL, FRINGE, RUFFLE, TRIM)
- Blue group — deposit, with “down” (LAY, PLACE, PUT, SET)
- Purple group — words that sound like plural letters (GEEZ, SEIZE, TEASE, WISE)
Three straight perfect games takes my overall streak up to five wins.
The yellows jumped out at me immediately, quickly followed by the blues, the only positional verbs on the grid.
GEEZ, SEIZE and TEASE all rhymed, but I thought there had to be something else to it. However, I figured out the greens to leave the purple group. I didn’t quite figure out that connection, which had me rolling my eyes.
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’m curious — would any of you be interested in watching me solve (or try to solve) each Connections grid in video format? It’s an idea I’m toying with. Let me know in the comments or by email.
P.P.S. Like many people with a big appreciation for music, I’m a huge fan of NPR’s Tiny Desk. Nelly Furtado made an appearance on the series this week. She and her collaborators managed to squeeze in many of her biggest hits, albeit in medley fashion for the most part. It put a big ol’ smile on my face, and I hope you enjoy it too.
