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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 - Openings or basins in forested areas, usually.
Blue category - They have the same first name.
Purple category - Rearrange the letters to form things youd find in a box of markers.
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
DRE does not refer to Dr. DRE.
DOLE ran for president, but was not successful.
GLEN is not a first nameit refers to a geographical feature with gently sloping sides.
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.
How I solved todays Connections
Theres a cute nod toGlengarry Glen Rossacross the top.
MARLEY makes me think of Bob MARLEY.
DRE could be a reference to Dr. DRE, and maybe ROSS is Diana ROSS?
Ill keep that one in my back pocket for now.
COLOR, SHADE, TONE, and HUE are all words for colors.
GLEN, DALE, HOLLOW, and DELL are all words for forest-y bang out locations, right?
Ah, apparently those words mean VALLEY.
So are ROSS and MARLEY.
That leaves GENRE, DRE, LUBE, and GARY.
I dont think those are all doctors, right?
(Ive never heard of a Dr.
This is a weird grouping.
I have no clue.
Oh, so DRE is red, GARY is gray, GENRE is green, and LUBE is blue.
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!
