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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.
And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers.
Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!
Green category - Things kids do at recess.
Blue category - Think about famous cartoon characters.
Purple category - You might see these words on Broadway, but they could use a spell check.
BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!
Were about to give away some of the answers.
Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled.
(The full solution is a bit further down.)
DUCK is a synonym for DODGE, but they dont fit together today either.
A certain MARTIAN was a famous character in an iconic cartoon.
Are you familiar with the names of famous musicals?
Theyre hidden in this puzzle somewhere.
What are the categories in todays Connections?
I give them all away below.
What are the yellow words in todays Connections?
The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward.
What are the green words in todays Connections?
The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest.
What are the blue words in todays Connections?
The blue grouping is the second-hardest.
What are the purple words in todays Connections?
The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.
KATZ is a weird one.
I first think ofKatzs Deli, but that doesnt seem right.
Oh, does it go with GREECE as a homonym for famous musicalsas inCatsandGrease?
Yep, theres HARE (Hair)and MAIM (Mame).
HIDE, DODGE, DUCK, and HOP are all evasive maneuvers.
Oops, one away.
Oh, its TAG instead of DUCK.
NYT says theyre all PLAYGROUND VERBS.
(I was more of aSpongebobkid.)
Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase.
Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common.
Select four items and hit the Submit button.
If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed.
(Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)
If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to give it another spin.
You win when youve correctly identified all four groups.
But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.
Expect to see overlapping groups.
So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four containsonlythose four things.
If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to havenoconnection to the others.
Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!
