right here.<\/a><\/p>\nThe 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. So, onto the hints and answers:<\/p>\n
What Are Today\u2019s Connections Hints?<\/p>\n
These are the hints that are laid out on the puzzle board itself, but after that, we will get into spoiler territory with some hints and eventually the answers.<\/p>\n
ALLEYSPORTTACKLELANETOMCOURTKITBOBDONBILLWEARGEARPATWAYPUT ONSTUFF<\/p>\n
The hints for the Connections groups today are:<\/p>\n
Green Group – Looking flyBlue Group – GPS termsYellow Group – Bring the thingsPurple Group – Call me by my nameWhat Are Today\u2019s Connections Groups?<\/p>\n
Alright, the full spoilers follow here as we get into what the groups are today:<\/p>\n
Green Group – Dress InBlue Group – Street SuffixesYellow Group – EquipmentPurple Group – Nicknames that Have Other MeaningsWhat Are Today\u2019s Connections Answers?<\/p>\n
The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category. Spoilers follow if you do not want to get this far. The Connections answers are:<\/p>\n
Green Group – Dress In (DON, PUT ON, SPORT, WEAR)Blue Group – Street Suffixes (ALLEY, COURT, LANE, WAY)Yellow Group – Equipment (GEAR, KIT, STUFF, TACKLE)Purple Group – Nicknames that Have Other Meanings (BILL, BOB, PAT, TOM)<\/p>\n
Green Group commits the rare sin of using two words when almost always we just see one. I suppose SPORT and TACKLE were ones that were supposed to go together, maybe LANE for bowling as well and COURT for basketball. But if you picked that as a group you would have missed entirely.<\/p>\n
Blue Group wasn\u2019t that bad but ALLEY is a relatively rare suffix when you\u2019re going places. I guess \u201cstreet\u201d would have been a little too easy on its own, as that\u2019s the most common one. Nothing about freeways in there either.<\/p>\n
Yellow Group is pretty generalized, but mainly referencing sports and I guess fishing? A TACKLE box? That\u2019s the only way I know that word. \u201cSTUFF\u201d is a bit general compared to the rest of it. I only got that last one by default, and it wasn\u2019t even Purple Group.<\/p>\n
Purple Group was so easy! I know the puzzle thinks it\u2019s clever by making those name have other meanings, but all your had to do was find any name and put them together where the category could have just been \u201cnames.\u201d Interestingly, we have a fifth clue that would have qualified without question, as DON is in that group as its alternate meaning is right there in a different group. Kind of strange, and you do not see that often.\\<\/p>\n
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