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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?

Theres a category here thats based on a game.

Green category - Quick!

Blue category - Im not playing games with you here…

Purple category - Press it.

Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?

Theres a fill-in-the-blank for the purple category.

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?

WING, WINK, and WIND are all in different categories today.

WING and TALON are parts of a flying creature, but its not a DRAGON.

The FLASH is a fast superhero, but today were using the word metaphorically.

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.

(I normally do a little more due diligence.

This definitely could have gone much more poorly.)

In a FLASH, in a WINK, in a SECOND, in a HEARTBEAT.

Another set of gut feelings that panned out for me.

It took me a minute to get the next one.

Why would PANIC be here?

Why would BELLY be here?

The last one was a mystery to me.

Ihaveplayed mahjong, some digital at least, but dont quiz me on the rules.

BAMBOO, SEASON, DRAGON, and WIND are among the tiles.

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 retry.

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!