GoKawiilLooking for the most recent NYT Connections puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.
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 Times associate 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.
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle was a little tricky, I thought. Let’s hope you remember your high school math terms. I do love the era depicted in the blue group, so that was a fun one. For the purple group, however, I wonder if anyone in the US uses the term “cos lettuce.” (Is this another “sausage dog” situation?) Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
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: Think more broadly.
Green group hint: Often made with crayons.
Blue group hint: Place to be in 1966.
Purple group hint: I was told there would be no math.
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