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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 - Stuff you could press.
Blue category - You might skim these in the checkout line.
Purple category - They have potentially violent objects in them.
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.)
(SIGN is a verb.)
PEOPLE has celebrity news and gossip in its pages.
Scan the ends of the words on the board to find todays purple category.
(Youre looking for objects you wouldnt want to be on the receiving end of.)
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.
RETAIN could refer to RETAINing information or RETAINing water, for examplethe general concept of holding onto something.
That might fit with ENGAGE, but I dont see others.
TIME and MENU might be things along the top toolbar of a computer.
SIDEBAR could maybe fit, too.
GRIMACE is a weird one.
Oh, GRIMACE above SEMBLANCE makes me realize they both have weapons at their ends: mace and lance.
CROSSWORD and RAINBOW (sword and bow) fit with that too.
BANNER could also mean standout, like a BANNER year for profits.
It could also maybe refer to the types of ads seen at the tops of webpages.
Oh, maybe RETAIN is more related to RETAIN their services as a freelancer.
That could fit with SIGN, ENGAGE, and CONTRACT.
STAR, BANNER, and BILLBOARD could all work as standout synonyms.
I guess HEADER is the only one that really fits those.
Oops, thats a miss.
That leaves PEOPLE , STAR, BILLBOARD, and TIMEoh, those are all magazines.
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 take another crack.
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!