Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.
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Hey, everyone! I hope you’re having an excellent weekend. I’m easing back into reality after some much-needed time away, but I’m already planning my next couple of trips.
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:
- FRANK
- FRUIT
- EGG
- DIRECT
- PLAIN
- PRODUCE
- WRITE
- MUM
- RETURN
- ACT
- REWARD
- EVERYTHING
- VAMP
- POPPY
- WERE
- BENEFIT
And the hints for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — positive results of effort
- Green group — variants of a food item that’s way better in Montreal than New York (yeah, I said it)
- Blue group — actions for which one might receive an Oscar
- Purple group — classic movie villains, for short
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 — something gained from hard work
- Green group — kinds of bagels
- Blue group — contribute to a movie
- Purple group — starts of monsters
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 — something gained from hard work (BENEFIT, FRUIT, RETURN, REWARD)
- Green group — kinds of bagels (EGG, EVERYTHING, PLAIN, POPPY)
- Blue group — contribute to a movie (ACT, DIRECT, PRODUCE, WRITE)
- Purple group — starts of monsters (FRANK, MUM, VAMP, WERE)
I was one silly mistake away from a perfect game, but I'll take my fourth straight win and be happy about it.
I got the blue group first but not before making an error by including VAMP (as in to improvise on stage) instead of PRODUCE. Like I said, a silly mistake to make. I corrected it pretty quickly.
The yellows were up next and pretty straightforward. It was then that I clocked the purple words. That left the greens for the win, and suddenly I’m very tempted to make a trip to Montreal’s Fairmount Bagel.
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’ll skip the song recommendation today in favor of a movie one, based on today’s game. What We Do In The Shadows is an excellent mockumentary about several vampires who live together and have to get used to a newcomer. It’s so much fun. I really should finally watch the TV show that spun off from it.
