Today’s Connections hints
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: Take hold!
Green group hint: Seen in a museum.
Blue group hint: Huddle up!
Purple group hint: Zzzzz…
Today’s Connections answers
Yellow group: Parts to be grasped.
Green group: Kinds of sculptures.
Blue group: American football positions.
Purple group: Starts of bedding.
CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts to be grasped
The four answers are grip, handle, hilt and knob.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of sculptures.
The four answers are bust, mobile, relief and statue.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is American football positions.
The four answers are end, guard, safety and tackle.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starts of bedding.
The four answers are blank (blanket), comfort (comforter), pill (pillow) and she (sheet).
How to play Connections
In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to one another. You do this four times until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that Times puzzle editor Wyna Liu chooses words that could fit in multiple groups. The obvious guess — Hey, those are four animals! — is almost always going to be wrong. I’ve compiled my favorite tips for Connections if you need a boost.
The Times 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 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.
