Find the links between the words to win today’s Link game.
If you are looking for hints and answers for Friday Connections? You can find them here:
We hope your weekend is off to a great start! I just received a projector and Chromecast that I ordered for my bedroom, so once I get everything set up, I’ll be laying in bed for a day of watching movies. (I’ll make the most of the warmer weather over the next few days, I promise.)
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers come immediately.
How to play Connections
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…
- CAUSE
- SOAP
- NETTLE
- CERIUM
- ATTACK
- INCENSE
- INSPIRE
- GO CRAZY
- JELLYFISH
- CULTURE
- RAPID
- LOTION
- HALO
- PRODUCE
- WASP
- METROID
And the tips for today’s teams are:
- Yellow team — make something happen
- Green group — these are usually pleasing to one of the senses
- Blue team — ouch, that hurts!
- Purple group — you can access some of them on a Sony or Microsoft device
What are today’s connection groups?
Need some extra help?
Attention: we are starting to enter spoiler area.
Today’s teams are…
- Yellow team — brings
- Green group — things that are often flavored
- Blue team — things that might sting
- Purple group — video game franchise
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 team — brings (CREATE, INSPIRE, PROJECT, CAUSE)
- Green group — things that are often scented (CANDLE, INCENSE, LOTION, SOAP)
- Blue group — things that can sting (AFFECT, JELLYFISH, HURTING, WASP)
- Purple group — video game franchises (CIVILIZATION, HALO, MADDEN, METROID)
That’s three straight perfect games and overall wins. Here’s how I did:
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Booo, I was so close to achieving what I call a real perfect game to rank the groups from most to least difficult without mistakes.
The purple team stood out to me immediately. I appreciate that not everyone is a gamer, but I felt that putting Nintendo in mind would make it too easy.
I took a minute to absorb the mesh and see if I could get a true perfect game. It took me a second to see what happened to the WASP, HURTING, and JELLYFISH and I laughed when I realized it was supposed to be an insult.
I thought a team focused on concepts instead of physical objects would be the greens, but alas, no perfect game today. Yellows, then the greens gave me a threepeat.
That’s all there is for today Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for tips and the fix for Sunday’s game if you need them.
PS I honestly had it lined up for my most recent recommendation before playing today’s grid, so it’s like kismet. I played the wonderful, devastating Neva this week. It is a beautiful game about the passing of time and the need to act to save the environment. You can read more about my thoughts (and get some more indie game recommendations) and watch the trailer below. Neva definitely worth a few hours of anyone’s time this weekend:
