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The Puzzle Breakdown
Looking for answers? You are here. The New York Times Mini Cross Word has its place. So do Wordle and Strands. But Connections? It bites harder today.
This particular puzzle is a workout. The yellow category gives it to you easy, once the pattern clicks. The purple one? Mental gymnastics. You have to want to suffer a little to get it.
Did you know there is a bot? Yes. Just like Wordle has a tracker, Connections wants you to nerd out on the numbers. Sign in with the Times Games section and watch your win streaks grow or shrink. Track how many puzzles you’ve crushed. See your perfect score count. It is addictive data for the completionist types.
Players can now follow their progress, including win rate and the number of perfect scores.
Hints: Before You Guess
Rank matters here. From the easy stuff to the head-scratchers.
- Yellow: They sound the same.
- Green: Something breaks. Can’t stay together.
- Blue: Think baseball teams. One more Yankee.
- Purple: Rearrange the letters. Ignore the vegetable aisle.
The Answers
Yellow group.
It is all about the sound. Homophones. The words are pair, pare, pear and père. Simple. Clean.
Green group.
Violent verbs. Rupture. The answers? blow, crack, pop and split. If you can keep it intact, you are looking at the wrong category.
Blue group.
Baseball fans know this. MLB player identities. We are talking nicknames, essentially. Padre, Red, Royal and Twin. The Yankees are out, but everyone else is fair game.
Purple group.
The heavy hitter. Fruit anagrams. You have to shuffle the alphabet soup. cheap becomes peach. Earp becomes pear. lump becomes plum. wiki becomes kiwi.
Do you really want to type out all those variations?
Past Pain Points
Why look back? Maybe to spot the pattern early. These puzzles sting differently.
- Toughest #1: “Things that can run.” Candidate, faucet, mascara, nose. We thought that was clever at the time.
- Toughest #2: “Power ___” Fill in the blank. Nap, plant, ranger, trip.
- Toughest #3: Streets that live on screens. Elm, fear, jump, sesame.
- Toughest #4: “One in a dozen.” Egg, juror, month, rose.
- Toughest #5: Things you set. Mood, record, table, volleyball.
You’ll get another one tomorrow. It might be easier. Or it might break your streak.
