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Today’s Connections puzzle is a fun one. Here’s another hint: The green category has to do with the color green. 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 number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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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: Know what you’re agreeing to.
Green group hint: It’s not easy being this.
Blue group hint: American heritage places.
Purple group hint: Riddle me this.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Fine print.
Green group: Characters with green skin.
Blue group: Features of the National Mall in D.C.
Purple group: Famous riddle-givers.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is fine print. The four answers are asterisk, catch, condition and strings.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is characters with green skin. The four answers are Elphaba, Grinch, Hulk and Shrek.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is features of the National Mall in DC. The four answers are Capitol, Mall, Obelisk and pool.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is famous riddle-givers. The four answers are bridge troll, Mad Hatter, Riddler and Sphinx.
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.
