It’s currently one of the most popular puzzle games—a Connections Bot, similar to the one used for Wordle. After you play, you can visit the site to receive a numeric score and have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can track their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they achieved a perfect score, and their win streak.
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: Pay up.
Green group hint: Tempting purchase.
Blue group hint: When's intermission?
Purple group hint: Like street or avenue.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Impose as a penalty.
Green group: Checkout line impulse buys.
Blue group: Movies of various lengths.
Purple group: ____ road.
The yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is impose, as a penalty. The four answers are assess, charge, fine, and levy.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is checkout line impulse buys. The four answers are candy, chapstick, charging cable and magazine.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is movies of various lengths. The four answers are epic, feature, film series and short.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is ____ road. The four answers are dirt, high, rocky, and silk.