Today is another tricky one, with all those dishes!

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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.

And further 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?

Im not sure if I should count this as special knowledge, or wordplay.

Blue category - Something to take off at the end of a long day.

Purple category - Something that contains multitudes.

Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?

Yes, but I cant think of a spoiler-free way to tell you what kind!

There are some special words here.

The all-caps styling masks the feature were looking at.

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?

(I am told one shouldwaffle it.)

It can also be a synonym for bullshit.

While a LASER might bring to mind battles with a flying SAUCER, these are in different categories today.

Ill even go as far as to suggest you place the SAUCER with the DISHes.

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.

That one was correct.

RADAR, LASER, and SCUBA stand out as acronyms.

(SCUBA, for example, is a Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.)

I dont have a fourth, though.

SPAM is often said to be an acronym, but the company denies this.

The game accepts this offering.

I hate to do this, but at this point Im reduced to guessing.

I have no idea whats supposed to go with HOOK, WIRE, and STRAP.

Ugh, that was right.Bra parts.

(I was thinking of, I dont know, some kind of early telephone.)

Finally, we get to do the dishes.

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 give it another spin.

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!