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Hey, folks! I hope your week is off to a terrific start. Let’s make sure we keep your Connections streak going as well.
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…
- CLOUD
- SHOE
- SUBJECT
- OBJECT
- BULL
- GUINEA PIG
- COTTON BALL
- FOG
- DANDELION
- MIND
- MATTER
- VOLUNTEER
- PROTEST
- PARTICIPANT
- SHEEP
- DISAPPROVE
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — like whipped cream or a pillow
- Green group — someone who takes part in an experiment
- Blue group — um, actually…
- Purple group — linked by something that makes noise on a car or animals have on their heads
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 — fluffy white things
- Green group — one in a research study
- Blue group — take issue
- Purple group — ____horn
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 — fluffy white things (CLOUD, COTTON BALL, DANDELION, SHEEP)
- Green group — one in a research study (GUINEA PIG, PARTICIPANT, SUBJECT, VOLUNTEER)
- Blue group — take issue (DISAPPROVE, MIND, OBJECT, PROTEST)
- Purple group — ____horn (BULL, FOG, MATTER, SHOE)
At last, I got another perfect game. I’m now up to 16 straight wins.
I got the greens first, with GUINEA PIG and VOLUNTEER making that clear. CLOUD and DANDELION then opened the door for the yellows. I was a little uncertain about the blues as I took a bit of a stab in the dark by including MIND, but that worked out. That left the purple group, which I did not figure out but my brain is on festival/heatwave recovery so I’m allowed not to.
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 Wednesday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Not sure how this song got stuck in my head over the last day, but it did and I will share it will you. I’m not the biggest Manic Street Preachers fan in the word, but goodness, do they have some great songs: