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Puzzle Overview
In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words and pick four words that have a connection to each other. You do this four times until all 16 words in the puzzle are grouped. The tough part is that puzzle editor Wyna Liu chooses words that could fit in multiple groups.
The Times has a Connections Bot to analyze your answers and track your progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, and win streak.
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a tricky purple category, but the others are straightforward. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
Group Hints
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough purple group.
Yellow group hint: Artist’s materials.
Green group hint: Seat yourself!
Blue group hint: If you’d like to make a call…
Purple group hint: There’s a hidden proper noun in the end of each of these four words.
Group Answers
Yellow group: Sculpture media.
Green group: Restaurant seating options.
Blue group: Telecom.
Purple group: Ending in Chinese dynasties.
Word Breakdown
The theme is sculpture media.
The four answers are bronze, clay, marble and plaster.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is restaurant seating options.
The four answers are banquette, booth, chair and stool.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is telecom.
The four answers are carrier, network, operator and provider.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ending in Chinese dynasties.
The four answers are bbqing, homing, Lohan and Wu-Tang.
