There are definitely some red HERRINGs in this puzzle!
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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?
It would help to know about music, finance, and cooking.
Nothing too obscure, but dont blame me if you dont know what BOUILLON is.
(Its the French word for soup broth, and the English word for dehydrated soup broth.)
Green category - Put on some tunes.
Blue category - Square off?
Purple category - It may not be Halloween anymore, but this one reminded me of a skeleton.
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
Yes, theres a fill-in-the-blank.
Theres also a grouping where the words (by their meaning) have a slightly tricky something in common.
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?
BOUILLON and STOCK can be components of SOUP, but those three words are in three different categories today.
A CD can be a compact disc, or a Certificate of Deposit account.
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.
(Im also not sure whether WAX cylinders might make an appearance.)
But what if CD goes with STOCK, BOND, and maybe even a stock OPTION?
(I remember seeing those easy open CD!
Im puzzling over BOUILLON when I realize it often comes incubes, as do SUGAR and ICE.
To finish out the group, what about DIE, as in the singular of DICE?
Yep, thats it.
Thats when I realize they are allbones.
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!
