Heres another jungle of wildlife terms, only some of which actually mean their animal namesakes.
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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!
Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge?
A LAMA is a spiritual leader in Tibetan buddhismno relation to the camelid pack animal known as the llama.
A TAMARIND is a tree that produces a sour fruit in bean-like pods.
No relation to the little monkey called a tamarin.
No relation to Bonobos, the pants company.
A GIBBON is another primate, this time a long-armed ape.
Green category - No monkeying around.
Okay, maybe a little.
Blue category - Going to flavortown?
Purple category - Stop copying me!
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
Nope, just the ordinary ambiguity.
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 farther down.)
What are the ambiguous words in todays Connections?
It can refer to a shade of red, as well.
A coin fresh out of such a factory is in MINT condition.
Ill give you the hint that you should think of the flavor today.
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.
Instead I focus on LAMA, which is a religious figure (no relation to llama).
With PASTOR, CARDINAL, and MONK I have a group of clergy.
TOMATO, TAMARIND, and MANGO are all fruits.
There isnt a fourth, but MINT is another flavor.
I submit these with my fingers crossed and getchutney flavors.
MIME now stands out.
With PARROT, MIRROR, and APE we get words for mimicking.
And finally we get our four simians: BABOON, GORILLA, BONOBO, and GIBBON.
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 hit it one more time.
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!
