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 connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can fit into multiple groups.
And you, do you also play Wordle? We also have the answer and clues for today’s Wordle.
We also have today’s answer and some general tips for Strands, a new game from The Times that just came out of beta and arrived in the NYT Games app.
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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: To wish.
Green group index: Like the New Yorker.
Blue group index: Think 007.
Purple group index: Increase the volume.
Answers for today’s connection groups
Yellow group: Strive.
Green group: Magazines.
Blue group: Characters from James Bond films.
Purple group: Words that precede “pop” in musical genres.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is desire. The four answers are desire, envy, pine and yen.
Green Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is magazines. The four answers are Fortune, Mad, Nature and O.
Blue Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is James Bond movie characters. The four answers are Bond, M, Moneypenny and Q.
Purple Words in Today’s Connections
The theme is words that come before the word “pop” in music genres. The four answers are bubblegum, euro, k, and power.
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.”