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Happy Thursday, gang! I hope you’re having a stellar week.
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:
- SPELL
- CHECK
- EGG
- BILL
- PERIOD
- TAB
- TIME
- LIMIT
- FUR
- CAP
- CONTAIN
- VENOM
- CORK
- CURB
- STRETCH
- LID
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — sealants
- Green group — a while
- Blue group — keep under control
- Purple group — elements of an Australian mammal
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 — container closures
- Green group — duration
- Blue group — regulate
- Purple group — trademarks of a platypus
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 — container closures (CAP, CORK, LID, TAB)
- Green group — duration (PERIOD, SPELL, STRETCH, TIME)
- Blue group — regulate (CHECK, CONTAIN, CURB, LIMIT)
- Purple group — trademarks of a platypus (BILL, EGG, FUR, VENOM)
My first perfect game in a while brings me up to eight wins in a row.
I found this game very straightforward overall. I got the groups in order with no major issues. It was almost a little too easy, so I’m dreading what’s on the docket for us tomorrow.
I was surprised by one thing, though. I had no idea that the platypus is a venomous animal. This game is fun and educational.
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 Friday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Today in British artists I listened to a lot while growing up, I’m turning my attention to a band whose songs were among the very first I learned how to play on guitar: Stereophonics.
I got into this Welsh band in 1999 when they broke through with their second album, Performance and Cocktails. It’s a great record and they’re still going strong now (singer Kelly Jones’ voice hasn’t changed a bit), but here’s one from the first album:
