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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is really challening, I thought. If you need help sorting them into groups, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
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: Look out back.
Green group hint: Mix the letters.
Blue group hint: Sounds like something in the alphabet.
Purple group hint: Get the Lemon Pledge.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Things seen in a yard.
Green group: Anagrams.
Blue group: Letter homophones.
Purple group: Dust ____.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is things seen in a yard. The four answers are gnome, grill, shed and sprinkler.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is anagrams. The four answers are ares, ears, sear and sera.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is letter homophones. The four answers are are, elle, que and queue.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is dust ____.The four answers are bowl, bunny, devil and jacket.
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Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included «things you can set,» such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included «one in a dozen,» such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included «streets on screen,» such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included «power ___» such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included «things that can run,» such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
