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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?

It would help to recognize a few proper names.

Most, but not all, have a Hollywood connection.

(I only knew three of the four offhand, but I got this category easily anyway.)

Green category - Dont put these in the trash.

Blue category - Theres an EGOT in here.

Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?

The purple category is tricky, as usual.

This time, its about an alternative meaning to the four words.

There is also a group based on proper names.

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?

As an adjective, it can mean important.

TEMPO is a musical term as well, referring to the beat of the music.

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.

If you dont know who Henry Hudson is, I have more on him below.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?

The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.

You could say Im on the Connections beat at Lifehacker.

But unlikeyesterdays puzzle, the musical references dont form a category.

Next I looked at the names.

There were only three: HENRY, JENNIFER, KATE.

Who else might be hiding on the board?

Yep, thats it.HENRY Hudsonwas the explorer that the Hudson River and Hudson Bay are named after.

Or used to be, anyway.

That leaves DEFEAT, TIRED, TEMPO, and ASSIGNMENT.

I didnt get the connection there before submitting, but hey, a solve is a solve.

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 loop back and try.

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!