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Today’s NYT Connections features a clever blend of practical rotation concepts and words that sound like single letters, blending humor and intelligence.
The theme presents four distinct themes every day, without any connection between them.
It tests vocabulary skills by requiring players to discover hidden links without the themes being stated initially.
Today’s NYT Connections grid is live with a bunch of random words; at least, at a glance, they look random. The objective of players is to arrange them in four categories, each containing four words that match the theme. The twist? Some of these words can have meanings and players may find both of those in the puzzle. Therefore, choosing the right category where the word fits is the hardest part.
NYT Connections is among the daily puzzles that The New York Times provides, and it is the most popular among readers. In this game, there are 16 words (or phrases) that have to be put into four groups of four. Every group has a connection - either a theme, a phrase, or a category.
The groups are marked with colors according to their difficulty level:
Yellow is typically the most direct.
Green calls for a little more logical thinking.
Blue is more oriented to cultural or linguistic knowledge.
Purple is more likely to contain complex wordplay or references to popular culture.
Every round gives three wrong guesses before the end of the game; every selection becomes crucial.
Here are helpful nudges for today’s puzzle.
Yellow Group Hint: Terms related to rotation.
Green Group Hint: Terms that indicate full circle.
Blue Group Hint: Franz Kafka book titles
Purple Group Hint: Words that sound like a letter.
Yellow: CIRCUIT
Green: LP
Blue: METAMORPHOSIS
Purple: TEA LEAVES
Yellow group (COMPLETE TURN): CIRCUIT, LAP, ORBIT, REVOLUTION
Green group (CIRCULAR THINGS): FULL MOON, LP, PIZZA PIE, PUPIL
Blue group (KAFKA WORKS, WITH ‘THE’): CASTLE, JUDGMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, TRIAL
Purple group (STARTING WITH LETTER HOMOPHONES): EYE CONTACT, PEA SOUP, SEA CHANGE, TEA LEAVES
NYT Connections is tricky. Like every other NYT puzzle, it has a specific method to solve, which requires a rich vocabulary. Connections appeal to those who love challenges. Unlike others, this puzzle offers four different themes every day, making it both complicated and exciting. These themes never get repeated. Therefore, the solutions require a solid vocabulary to identify word connections.
