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Today’s Connections puzzle throws some toughies in there. The purple category drove me crazy, but when I said the various clues to myself and considered what phrases they might belong in, I found the answer. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
Hints for today’s Connections groups
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: Think about.
Green group hint: Don’t do that!
Blue group hint: Profession.
Purple group hint: Like the Great Pacific Garbage ____
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Contemplate.
Green group: Rude things to do.
Blue group: Vocation.
Purple group: ____ patch.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is contemplate. The four answers are brood, muse, ponder and reflect.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is rude things to do. The four answers are interrupt, litter, point and stare.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is vocation. The four answers are craft, line, trade and work.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ patch. The four answers are cabbage, nicotine, rough and soul.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
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