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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 - When two things just go well together.
Blue category - Characters that need strings or a dextrous hand to move around.
Purple category - Mans best friend, but theyre missing a piece.
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.)
HINT doesnt refer to giving someone help, its more like a HINT of peppery flavor.
If you know dog breeds, youll have an easier time spotting todays purple category.
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.
COMPLEMENT and MATCH could go together.
Oh, isnt TRIUMPH the Insult Comic Dog another character?
He, LAMB CHOP, and OSCAR are all puppets.
Not sure about the fourth one.
Ah, I think I know the fourth puppet: PUNCH, as in PUNCH and Judy.
Lets try those four together: PUNCH, OSCAR, TRIUMPH, LAMB CHOP.
That leaves BOX, POINT, SET, and RETRIEVE.
Oh, those are all dog breeds, minus the er sound at the end.
BOXer, POINTer, SETter, RETRIEVEr.
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 hit it one more time.
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!
