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 brainteaser. You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you by using words that can fit into more than one group. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.
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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: Sports team homes.
Green group hint: Like avenue, or boulevard.
Blue group hint: Think the balancing zodiac sign.
Purple group hint: Moby Dick can do this.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Stadiums.
Green group: Street suffixes.
Blue group: Associated with scales.
Purple group: Things with spouts.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is stadiums. The four answers are arena, bowl, coliseum and dome.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is street suffixes. The four answers are alley, court, drive and lane.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is associated with scales. The four answers are fish, justice, Libra and solfege.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is things with spouts. The four answers are fountain, gutter, teapot and whale.
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 you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don’t know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”