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The yellow category features common symptoms of an allergic reaction.
The green and blue groups focus on golf scorecard terms and platform-specific social media posts.
The purple category challenges players to identify features commonly associated with zebras.
Welcome to your Wednesday evening puzzle break! For word puzzle lovers, NYT Connections never gets old. Its fun, tricks, and the right amount of confusion keep solvers on their toes every day. Whether you are a casual puzzle solver or a regular one with more than a 70-game streak on the line, today’s grid is a delightful challenge.
Once you look at today’s grid, you will find some commonly used words like Hive, Score, Snaps, Tail, Vines, and more, but apparently, they share no common theme. Now, the twist is that all sixteen words share passive links, allowing them to be arranged into four groups. Once players choose the right words, the game will reveal the theme of that set.
If you’re new to it, Connections is a daily puzzle game from The New York Times where you group 16 words into four sets. The connections can be straightforward or totally hidden, from synonyms and themes to pop culture references.
Each group has a difficulty tier: yellow (easy), green and blue (moderate), and purple (hardest). You get a max of four mistakes, so precision matters. The twist? Some words fit into more than one category, and that’s where the real challenge begins.
Here are your hints, color-coded by difficulty (but no answers just yet):
Yellow Group (Easiest): These words are related to terms related to allergy.
Green Group (Medium): Love sports? These are the terms you can find on a golf scoreboard.
Blue Group (Moderate): Try to find words that are associated with platform-specific posts.
Purple Group (Hardest): The words are related to a specific animal we can find in a zoo.
One Word Per Group
Need a quick push? Here’s one example from each group:
HIVES
PAR
TWEETS
WHITE STRIPES
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Still confused about the solutions? Here are the exact categories for today’s puzzle:
Yellow (SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION): HIVES, ITCHING, RASH, REDNESS
Blue (ON A GOLF SCORECARD): HOLE, PAR, SCORE, STROKES
Green (PLATFORM-SPECIFIC POSTS): PINS, SNAPS, TWEETS, VINES
Purple (FEATURES OF A ZEBRA): HOOVES, MANE, TAIL, WHITE STRIPES
Check Out the Image Below to Learn How to Make the Sets of Today's Puzzle:
NYT Connections have never been easy. Sometimes the words are a bit simple to connect, but they challenge gamers' vocabulary with tough ideas. Today’s challenge also presents players with some common words, but in a twisted way that makes them challenging to connect without a bit of help.
The purple group may stump some, especially if wordplay isn’t your forte, but the rest of the puzzle plays fair. So, whether you solved it in one go or had to peek at a few NYT Connections hints today, the real win is that burst of satisfaction at the end.
Come back tomorrow for a new grid, new clues, and more of that Connections magic!
