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NYT Connections of today, creating an utter chaos of disarray from those foundation synonyms meeting European cities, where "MADRID" could be Real's home, or something quite different indeed.
Players reported that their biggest challenge is distinguishing between rational words and proper nouns: eating "GROUNDS" could mean reasoning or a physical location, creating categorical chaos!
Let’s understand the hints to solve the equation today.
Today's Theme: "RATIONALE" expressions define underlying grounds or reasons for a matter. There are different ways of describing the very core of an argument.
Today's Theme: "FORMS OF SNOW" describe differing states of frozen precipitation. Each of these classes refers to a texture or consistency of snow.
Today's Theme: "FAMOUS '___' NAMES" complete well-known names when preceded by a title or first name. Each forms part of a famous person's full name or title.
Today's Theme: "WORDS BEFORE 'REAL' (SPANISH SOCCER TEAMS)" words under discussion are those that come before the name "Real" when spoken about in Spanish football club titles. Each is a city with a "Real" soccer team.
Practice with hints from previous game puzzles. This will sharpen skills for the coming games.
For the Yellow category with words of reason, ponder how, on 13 May 2025, the "PLACES TO SHOP" theme dealt with actual physical locations. Today, the focus shifts to mental spaces-greater abstractions-putting reasoning on.
The Blue category with the famous names so differs from the "THINGS TRACKED BY WEB ANALYTICS" digital metrics of 12 May 2025. Today it leans on cultural knowledge instead of technical wording.
For those who want the complete solutions to today's puzzle:
Today, this Connections Puzzle uses a neat trick of exploiting the overlap of physical and digital terminology. The clever placement of Spanish soccer teams creates an unforeseen, puzzling international twist that surely could confuse even the more experienced of solvers.
