Happy New Years Eve!
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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!
Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge?
Yes, but if you know why champagne is called champagne, youre halfway there.
Green category - I can see clearly now…
Blue category - Time for a European vacation.
Purple category - Hooray!
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
Only the ambiguity weve come to know and love!
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?
CHAMPAGNE can be a sparkling wine, or the name of the region in France where its produced.
What are the categories in todays Connections?
DOUBLE BEWARE: THE SOLUTION IS BELOW
Ready to learn the answers to todays Connections puzzle?
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.
The theme for todays purple category is HAPPY NEW YEAR!
and the words are: BALL, COUNTDOWN, FIREWORKS, KISS.
How I solved todays Connections
So many New Year-themed words!
But obviously they cantallbe in a New Years Day category.
I started with RESOLUTION, which goes with CLARITY and other words relating to DETAIL.
CLUB, TEAM, GROUP stood out, but it took me a minute to link them with PARTY.
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 have another go.
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!
