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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 - They smell.
Blue category - They all have furry companions.
Purple category - Said aloud, they sound like travel destinations.
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.)
A heads up about the tricky parts
Theres noGolden Girlscategory today.
In fact, all four of those words belong to different categories today.
There is, however, a different category of fictional characters.
Youll have an easier time with todays purple category if you have some geographical knowledge.
it’s possible for you to also just refer tothis Wikipedia pageif you need some help.
AMBERGRISis an ingredient commonly used in perfumes.
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.
OK,its apparently a substancethat comes from sperm whales and is used in perfumes?
I am guessing it goes with ROSE, VANILLA, and MUSK, which are also common perfume ingredients.
Instead, BLANCH goes with POACH, BOIL, and STEAM, which are all cooking methods involving water.
Oh, CHARLIE, WALLACE, SHAGGY, and DOROTHY all go togethertheyre the names of protagonists with dogs.
(CHARLIE Brown and Snoopy, WALLACE and Gromit, SHAGGY and Scooby, and DOROTHY and Toto.)
That leaves SOPHIA, KETO, SOUL, and ROAM.
Are those all city homophones?
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!
