Today's Connections challenge was quite tricky. Players found the blue category more difficult to decipher than the purple one. The purple category uses a strategy that the creators of Connections seem to favor: think of one word that corresponds to four of the clues.
Read on for clues and answers to today's Connections.
The New York Times has introduced a Connections Bot, similar to the one used for Wordle. After you play, you can visit the bot to receive a numeric score and get an analysis of your answers. Additionally, 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've achieved a perfect score, and their win streaks.
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: Trading tokens.
Green group hint: Smash together.
Blue group hint: When did (or will) it happen?
Purple group hint: Let's eat
Yellow group: Info on a baseball card
Green group: Scrunch, as fabric
Blue group: Time adverbs
Purple group: Food
The yellow words in today's Connections
Theme: info on a baseball card. The four answers are bio, player, stat, and team.
The green words in today's Connections
Theme: scrunch, as fabric. The four answers are bunch, gather, pucker, and ruffle.
The blue words in today's Connections
Theme: time adverbs. The four answers are later, now, soon, and then.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is food. The four answers are fast, finger, junk, and soul.