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Hey, folks! I hope you had a fun and/or restful weekend. I took things easy for the most part, between cleaning my place and kicking back to enjoy WrestleMania. (I did so-so with my predictions!)
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:
- FLASH
- CLASH
- WINK
- SPAT
- ZIP
- CANE
- LOVE
- HEARTBEAT
- TIFF
- SQUAT
- SCRAP
- MONOCLE
- TANGLE
- TOP HAT
- JIFF
- JACK
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellows — a blip
- Greens — tussle
- Blues — nil, nada
- Purples — associated with the Planters mascot
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 — brief moment
- Green group — dispute
- Blue group — slang for zero
- Purple group — accessories for Mr. Peanut
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 — brief moment (FLASH, HEARTBEAT, JIFF, WINK)
- Green group — dispute (CLASH, SCRAP, TANGLE, TIFF)
- Blue group — slang for zero (JACK, LOVE, SQUAT, ZIP)
- Purple group — accessories for Mr. Peanut (CANE, MONOCLE, SPAT, TOP HAT)
Alas, my nine-game winning streak is over.
The greens and purples tripped me up today. At the outset, I made three guesses at the greens, all of which included SPAT (I had no idea that is a type of footwear).
I changed tactics to get the yellows and blues with no trouble. However, for my final guess I still included SPAT with the greens — meaning I used every combination of “dispute” words available except for the correct one.
For what it’s worth, I thought the purples related to the Monopoly mascot. I’d never heard of Mr. Peanut.
In any case, a new streak starts tomorrow.
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.
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