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Today’s Connections<\/p>\n
Credit: NYT \/ Erik Kain<\/p>\n
Welcome back, Connectioneers! If you\u2019re looking for help with today\u2019s puzzling NYT Connections puzzle, I\u2019m here to offer my assistance with some extra clues and the solutions to the Yellow, Blue, Green and Purple groups.<\/p>\n
Sunday has come and so the weekend is already rapidly hurtling toward its end. But never fear, the day is long and hopefully lazy and we have some fun puzzle games to play as the rain falls outside.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t forget to check out my weekend streaming guide<\/a> for all the best TV shows and movies to watch this weekend. There\u2019s some great new stuff out, both at home and in theaters.<\/p>\n ForbesWhat To Watch This Weekend: New Shows And Movies To Stream On Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV And MoreBy Erik Kain<\/a><\/p>\n Let\u2019s group some words.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for Saturday\u2019s Connections guide, it\u2019s right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/p>\n How To Play Connections<\/p>\n Connections is the second-most popular NYT Games puzzle game outside of the main crossword itself, and an extremely fun, free offering that will get your brain moving every day. Play it right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The goal is to take a group of 16 words and find links between four pairs of four of them. They could be specific categories of terms, or they could be little world puzzles where words may come before or after them you need to figure out. And they get more complicated from there.<\/p>\n There is only one set of right answers for this, and you only get a certain number of tries so you can\u2019t just spam around until you find something. There are difficulty tiers coded by color, which will usually go from yellow, blue\/green to purple as difficulty increases, so know that going in and when you start linking them together.<\/p>\n You pick the four words you think are linked and either you will get a solve and a lit up row that shows you how you were connected. If you\u2019re close, it will tell you that you\u2019re one away. Again, four mistakes you lose, but if you want to know the answers without failing, either come here, or delete your web cookies and try again. If you want to play more puzzles, you can get an NYT Games subscription to access the full archives of all past puzzles.<\/p>\n NYT Connections Hints And Answers \u2013 Saturday July 18<\/p>\n Below, we\u2019ll get into some extra hints for each Connections group \u2013 Yellow, Blue, Green and Purple \u2013 and then the official clues and answers.<\/p>\n Here are today\u2019s Connections words:<\/p>\n breakersyncswirlfusegamerelayflushconnectpairrefilldrainjoinswitchstraightpokerlongHere\u2019s an Extra Hint for Each Connections Group\ud83d\udfe1Yellow group \u2013 Say the power goes out, you\u2019ll need to check these.\ud83d\udfe2Green group \u2013 Maybe you have two devices and you need them to interact.\ud83d\udd35Blue group \u2013 After you go potty.\ud83d\udfe3Purple group \u2013 Don\u2019t let your anger\/sadness\/glee show.One Word for Each Connections Group: \ud83d\udfe1Yellow group \u2013 Breaker\ud83d\udfe2Green group \u2013 Sync\ud83d\udd35Blue group \u2013 Flush\ud83d\udfe3Purple group \u2013 PokerWhat Are Today\u2019s Connections Groups?Alright, the full spoilers follow here as we get into what the groups are today:\ud83d\udfe1Yellow group \u2013 Breaker, Fuse, Relay, Switch\ud83d\udfe2Green group \u2013 Connect, Join, Pair, Sync\ud83d\udd35Blue group \u2013 Drain, Flush, Refill, Swirl\ud83d\udfe3Purple group \u2013 Game, Long, Poker, StraightWhat Are Today\u2019s Connections Answers?The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category. Spoilers follow. The Connections answers are:\ud83d\udfe1Yellow group \u2013 Circuit Components\ud83d\udfe2Green group \u2013 Digital Coupling Verbs\ud83d\udd35Blue group \u2013 Things Toilets Do\ud83d\udfe3Purple group \u2013 ___ Face Expressions<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the finished grid:<\/p>\n Today’s Connections<\/p>\n Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/p>\n Today\u2019s NYT Connections is a 1\/5 on the Connections Bot difficulty scale so about as easy as they come, though it wasn\u2019t entirely without some tricks and red herrings. FLUSH \/ PAIR \/ POKER \/ STRAIGHT being the most obvious misdirect of the bunch. FUSE could easily go with JOIN and so forth. I guess the really easy group was Blue in the end. I mean, we all use toilets!<\/p>\n How\u2019d you do on today\u2019s Connections? Let me know on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find more guides to Wordle, Pips and Strands on my blog<\/a> where you can also follow me for TV and movie and video game coverage. Let me know if you have any fun puzzle games in your rotation that I should try on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a>. Have a great Sunday!<\/p>\n