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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 brain teaser. You’re given 16 words and have to sort them into four groups that are connected in some way. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that fit into more than one group.
And do you play Wordle too? We have today’s Wordle answer and hints too.
We also have today’s answer and some general tips for Strands, a new game from the Times that just came out of beta and hit the NYT’s Games app.
Read more: NYT Connections could be the new Wordle: our hints and tips
Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Below are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, arranged from the easiest yellow group to the trickiest (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Write down.
Green group hint: Braid.
Blue group hint: Unique shows.
Purple group hint: Sentence beginning with a word for a border made of shrubs.
Answers for Today’s Connections Groups
Yellow group: Chronicle.
Green group: A mess of hair.
Blue group: TV shows without “S.”
Purple group: Words after “hedge.”
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: These 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 chronicle. The four answers are diary, logbook, report and register.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is mess of hair. The four answers are mane, mop, shock and mess.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is TV shows minus the “S”. The four answers are: cheer, friend, scrub and weed.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is the words after ‘hedge’. The four answers are: fund, hog, maze and trimmer.
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 that you think belong together. The groups are color-coded, but you won’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is hardest. Look closely at the words and think of related terms. Sometimes the connection is just part of the word. Once, four words were grouped together because they all started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
