Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Hey there, folks! I hope you’re having a fantastic weekend.
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…
- FINE
- BUTTER
- MINT
- DOUGH
- POINT
- LINE
- FAIR
- TRADE
- BRAZIL
- PINE
- FIELD
- PRONG
- BUSINESS
- TIP
- GOOD
- TINE
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — like an apex or nib
- Green group — words you might hear on Antiques Roadshow
- Blue group — career-oriented
- Purple group — linked by a type of dry fruit or seed
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
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Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — slender projections
- Green group — conditions for collectibles
- Blue group — profession
- Purple group — words before “nut”
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 — slender projections (POINT, PRONG, TINE, TIP)
- Green group — conditions for collectibles (FAIR, FINE, GOOD, MINT)
- Blue group — profession (BUSINESS, FIELD, LINE, TRADE)
- Purple group — words before “nut” (BRAZIL, BUTTER, DOUGH, PINE)
My third straight perfect game brings my overall win streak up to seven.
Seeing BRAZIL and PINE next to each other made it pretty clear what the purple connection was, but I decided to clear another group first. That was the yellows, thanks to PRONG and TINE. The purple group was next up.
I wasn’t totally sure about the greens and blues, but the four green words just kinda made sense together, even though I didn’t figure out the connection. That left the blues 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 really enjoyed hearing this song wake me up this morning. Along with Queen, R.E.M. were one of the first big bands that my parents got me into. I was fortunate enough to see them a couple of times before the split (the band, not my parents, who are still happily together). As with Daft Punk, I occasionally get sad that R.E.M. are no longer together but jeez, what a hell of a run they had.