Need answers for the The New York Times Connections PuzzleFor me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a puzzle. You’re given 16 words and asked to sort them into four groups that are somehow related. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can fit into multiple groups. Read on for today’s Connections clues and answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, listed from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Handsome or appointment.
Green group index: Mean words.
Blue group index: Fill it out.
Purple group index: Not a chair, but a ____.
Answers for today’s connection groups
Yellow group: Romantic partner.
Green group: Insult.
Blue group: Fuel pump options.
Purple group: ____ painting.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is romantic partner. The four answers are flame, lover, steady, and sweetheart.
Green Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is insult. The four answers are burn, sting, prick, insult.
Blue Words in Today’s Connections
The topic is the choice of gas pumps. The four answers are diesel, plus, super and regular.
Purple Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is ____ table. The four answers are coffee, periodic, swimming pool and water.
How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to groups of four related words. Click on the four words that you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Look closely at the words and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection is only part of the word. Once, four words were grouped together because each began with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”