Todays board looks like a stationery store, but the four categories each have their own unique HALLMARKs.
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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.
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Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge?
Nothing too obscure, no.
Green category - What makes something unique.
Blue category - A comedian, eh?
Purple category - What if we dont stay?
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
The purple category is built on a things with… kind of connection.
The other categories are straightforward.
Ready to hear the answers?
Keep scrolling if you want a little more help.
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.)
What are the ambiguous words in todays Connections?
(In fact,the original HALLMARKwas a STAMP.)
A BOOK is known for being a bound collection of pages.
The pages are going to be the focus here.
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.
A HALLMARK is a distinctive FEATURE or TRAIT with its own unique STAMP.
A JOKER is a CUTUP, you know, a person who is always goofing around.
I couldnt figure out what connects them (has to be some kind of fill-in-the-blank, right?)
so I started guessing.
My gut told me to go with BOOK and that was a hitthings with leaves.
WORD, LETTER, SENTENCE, and PARAGRAPH were the ones that remained.
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 have another go.
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!
