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Happy Friday, troops! It’s almost the weekend, which is great news for many and maybe not so much for those who still have to work and study while everyone else is taking a load off.
In any case, 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 12
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:
- READ
- SHOCK
- POINT
- WHEEL
- SUBJECT
- BLEW
- DASH
- STAGE
- PERIOD
- MATTER
- CHAPTER
- ROWS
- TANK
- ISSUE
- PHASE
- CHORAL
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — a focus of a conversation
- Green group — era of existence
- Blue group — bits of a vehicle
- Purple group — some sound like parts of a rainbow
Connections Groups For January 12
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — topic of discussion
- Green group — section of one’s life
- Blue group — parts of a car, informally
- Purple group — color homophones
Connections Answers For January 12
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 — topic of discussion (ISSUE, MATTER, POINT, SUBJECT)
- Green group — section of one’s life (CHAPTER, PERIOD, PHASE, STAGE)
- Blue group — parts of a car, informally (DASH, SHOCK, TANK, WHEEL)
- Purple group — color homophones (BLEW, CHORAL, READ, ROWS)
My winning streak is over after 17 straight victories.
The greens and yellows were easy enough for me, but the other two groups gave me some real problems.
I stared at those eight words for several minutes, trying to find what links them but I ended up trial-and-erroring my way to failure. I did have an inkling that there was something to do with cars, but I don’t know enough about that realm to understand that SHOCK was one of the related words.
As for the purples, those were a real eyeroller. Maybe it’s just me and my accent, but CHORAL doesn’t much sound like “coral” to my ear.
C’est la vie. A new streak starts tomorrow.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connection’s clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Saturday’s game if you need them.
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