Find the links between the words to win today’s Link game.
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Hi there! Congratulations on making it to the end of the week. Unfortunately, I am convinced that today is really the last day of the pool season for me after looking at the weather forecast. So I’ve been researching rowing machines in hopes of being able to watch movies while working out at home instead of having to go to the gym (chill)
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers come immediately.
How to play the links
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play at NYT website or the Games app.
You are presented with a grid of 16 words. Your goal is to arrange them into four groups of four, identifying the links between them. Groups could be things like clickable items, names for research participants, or words before a body part.
There is only one solution to each puzzle and you should be careful when dealing with words that may fit into more than one category. You can mix up the words to help you perhaps see the links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, the blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the hardest. The purple team often includes wordplay.
Choose four words that you think go together and hit submit. If you make a guess and get it wrong, you’ll lose a life. If you’re getting close to making a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still have to figure out which ones to trade.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of a few pointers, and if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers. As with me Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and in group chats.
What are today’s hookup tips?
Scroll slowly! Right after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I will reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you what words are included in them.
Today’s 16 words are…
- FALL
- DASH
- DAISY
- DREAM
- TINKLING
- DOC
- DINNER
- COAT
- VALLEY
- DUE
- DIMPLE
- DISTRIBUTION
- DENT
- PIECE
- TYPE OF BOAT
- DIVOT
And the tips for today’s teams are:
- Yellow group — recess
- Green team — one child
- Blue team — Mickey’s buddies?
- Purple team — if you were cooking, figs or plums would be a decent substitute for links
What are today’s connection groups?
Need some extra help?
Attention: we are starting to enter spoiler area.
Today’s teams are…
- Yellow group — cavity
- Green group — small amount
- Blue team — Disney characters
- Purple Team — Date ____
What are the answers to today’s connections?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll down the page until you’re ready to learn today’s Connections answers.
This is your last warning!
Today’s Connections the answers are…
- Yellow Group — DENT, DIMPLE, DING, DIVOT
- Green group — small amount (DAB, DASH, DOLLOP, DROP)
- Blue Team — Disney characters (DAISY, DALE, DOC, DORY)
- Purple group — ____ date (DELIVERY, DINNER, DREAM, DEBT)
A perfect game gets me up to three wins in a row. Here’s how I did:
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This was a fun game! It’s not often that we get a fully parametric mesh like this.
DIMPLE was enough for me to understand the yellows, while DORY made my blues pretty clear. I also found the greens easily and that left the purples, which I deduced the link for, for my final win.
That’s all there is for today Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for tips and the fix for Saturday’s match if you need them.
PS I thought of this song again for maybe the first time in a decade. It’s a very beautiful piece about wanting to become a better person:
