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Think shoe anatomy is the easiest category today? Most players struggle with words hiding disgusting endings that aren't immediately obvious!
NYT Connections begins with only sixteen words. Players must identify four correct categories in a test of intuition and vocabulary. Consider grouping the relatively straightforward yellow one at first, but beware: purple can be hard!
Let’s understand the hints to solve the equation today.
Today's Theme: "PARTS OF A SHOE": These structural elements make up different areas of footwear. Each component serves a specific function in shoe construction and comfort.
Today's Theme: "ACCOMMODATION": These words relate to space availability and seating arrangements. They describe how people or things can be physically situated in a venue.
Today's Theme: "REPUTATION": Terms signify the standing a person has in society or the individuals as perceived by others. Each word depicts carrying general opinion or status according to different contexts or ideas.
Today's Theme: "ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR 'YUCK'": These words conclude with sounds expressing disgust or revolting end. The final syllables sound like common exclamations of revulsion.
Practice with hints from previous game puzzles. This will sharpen skills for the coming games.
For the Yellow category, the focus is always on direct connections as similar to 29 April 2025. Today's hints are on shoe parts, especially components that make up for physical items
For the Blue category about things to climb, apply a different recognition strategy than 26 April 2025's hint about person surnames with the same first name. Today's category groups items by a shared potential action rather than nomenclature patterns.
The Purple category tests your ability to recognize word endings that sound like expressions of disgust, which connects to 27 April 27 2025's hint about words containing similar prefixes. Both require attention to word patterns.
For those who want the complete solutions to today's puzzle:
Yellow (Easiest): HEEL, SOLE, TONGUE, UPPER
Blue (Medium-Challenging): CAPACITY, CHAIRS, ROOM, SEATING
Purple (Hardest): FACE, IMAGE, REGARD, STANDING
Green (Medium): DYNASTY, ENGROSS, MIMMICK, MILDEW
Puzzle designer Wyna Liu developed Connections for the NY Times, part of the NYT Games family, in 2023. Today's Connections puzzle offers an engaging mix of concrete knowledge (shoe parts), practical concepts (accommodation), abstract terms (reputation), and linguistic wordplay (disgusting endings).
