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Hey, everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend! I just got access to Connections stats, so it’ll be much easier for me to keep track of things from now on. I should maybe start including screenshots as proof how I get on with each game.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.
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 items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.
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 usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.
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. As with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
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…
- STEAMING
- POKER
- AIR
- BAKING
- LAUNDRY
- RANKING
- BOILING
- STATION
- HEATING
- ORIGAMI
- POSITION
- FUMING
- STANDING
- VENTILATION
- LIVID
- CONDITIONING
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — infuriated
- Green group — place, reputation
- Blue group — they make up the name of a term for indoor climate control systems
- Purple group — BANKRUPTCY and MAKING THE BED could fit in here
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 — hopping mad
- Green group — status
- Blue group — words that make up the acronym “HVAC”
- Purple group — activities that involve folding
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 — hopping mad (BOILING, FUMING, LIVID, STEAMING)
- Green group — status (POSITION, RANKING, STANDING, STATION)
- Blue group — words that make up the acronym “HVAC” (AIR, CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATION)
- Purple group — activities that involve folding (BAKING, LAUNDRY, ORIGAMI, POKER)
Not a perfect game for me, but I’m glad to secure back-to-back wins.
I found today’s game to be a little tricky. I started out with a guess of STEAMING, BOILING, BAKING and HEATING before realizing the error of my ways and getting the yellows. The greens were next once I realized STATION belonged with them.
I made another mistake with the blues by including BAKING instead of AIR (I did not know what “HVAC” stood for). I should have figured out the purple group, but it doesn’t matter that I did not. I still won. Hooray!
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 feel like delivering some rock and roll today, so here’s some Audioslave. Chris Cornell had an incredible voice, and that, aligned with the might of three quarters of Rage Against The Machine, made for an incredibly powerful combination.
