Need the answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brainteaser. You’re given 16 words and asked to put 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 more than one group.
And do you also play Wordle? We’ve got today’s Wordle answer and hints too.
We’ve also got today’s answer and some general tips for Strands, a new game from the Times that’s just moved out of beta and into the NYT’s Games app.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Might happen.
Green group hint: Don’t be fresh.
Blue group hint: Finned critters.
Purple group hint: Spectacle sections.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Future likelihood.
Green group: Back talk.
Blue group: Fish.
Purple group: Components of eyeglasses.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is future likelihood. The four answers are chance, forecast, outlook and prospect.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is back talk. The four answers are attitude, cheek, lip and sass.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is fish. The four answers are bass, fluke, perch and pike.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is components of eyeglasses. The four answers are bridge, lens, rim and temple.
How to play Connections
Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though 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 toughest. Look at the words carefully, and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
