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: Places in your neighborhood.
Green group index: Stay back, warn.
Blue group index: The killing of crows is one.
Purple group index: Names of politicians, shortened.
Answers for today’s connection groups
Yellow group: Buildings around the city.
Green group: To hinder.
Blue group: Names of animal groups.
Purple group: Beginnings of American Presidents.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
Answers to NYT Connections puzzles for July 17, 2024.
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is buildings around the city. The four answers are bank, laundromat, post office and supermarket.
Green Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is hinder. The four answers are brake, slow down, hinder and inhibit.
Blue Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is animal group names. The four answers are pack, pride, school, and swarm.
Purple Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is the beginnings of American presidents. The four answers are bide, cart, nix and washing.
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.”