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Hey, folks! Welcome to the start of a new week, the last work week of the year for many of us.
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 December 18
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:
- FIRST
- AMATEUR
- BROADWAY
- JIFFY
- HAPPY
- SECOND
- RUSH
- PARK
- CHIEF
- FIFTH
- FLASH
- PRINCIPAL
- MADISON
- WINK
- MAIN
- ELEVENTH
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — a blip in time
- Green group — foremost
- Blue group — important thoroughfares in America’s most popular city
- Purple group — linked by a division of time
Connections Groups For December 18
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — brief moment
- Green group — primary
- Blue group — avenues in N.Y.C.
- Purple group — ____ hour
Connections Answers For December 18
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, JIFFY, SECOND, WINK)
- Green group — primary (CHIEF, FIRST, MAIN, PRINCIPAL)
- Blue group — avenues in N.Y.C. (BROADWAY, FIFTH, MADISON, PARK)
- Purple group — ____ hour (AMATEUR, ELEVENTH, HAPPY, RUSH)
For the second day in a row, I missed out on a perfect game. Still, my overall winning streak is up to 11.
I figured out right away that there was a group of New York City avenues, but with several ordinal numbers in the mix, I had to knock out a couple of those first before I could complete that group.
I got the green words right away, but the yellows gave me some trouble. I tried various combinations including RUSH before landing on the correct answer with no lives to spare. Uh oh. Thankfully, I spotted the purple connection pretty quickly after thaat. I submitted the blues then the purples for the win. Phew.
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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