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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?
RAGOUT, by the way, is a French word meaning a simmered stew.
Its a relative of ragu, an Italian word often applied to meat sauce served on pasta.
Green category - Think French.
Blue category - World travelers will have an advantage here.
Purple category - These guys are shooting hoops.
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
Theres one category based on the spelling/pronunciation of the words.
Another relates to 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?
A PARFAIT is a dish made by layering something creamy with fruit or other fillings.
The word comes from French and means perfect.
The T is silent, just like in BOUQUET.
TURKEY is only a BIRD today on your Thanksgiving table.
In this puzzle, it refers to the country (properly spelled Turkiye, but close enough).
Forget all of that today, though, and think of basketball player Steph CURRY.
What are the categories in todays Connections?
GREATS
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 N.B.A.
GREATS and the words are: BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN.
How I solved todays Connections
I love all the food words for a food themed holiday!
I puzzled over the rest for a long time.
RAGOUT and CURRY are both foods made of a simmered mixture of ingredients.
JAMES and JORDAN could both be names.
TURKEY was one of five countries I saw on the board.
Finally, I asked myself what does RAPPORT have to do with anything?
and saw that it shared a silent T with BOUQUET, RAGOUT, and PARFAIT.
Still, I was stuck.
I still had my five countries, and couldnt make sense of the other three words.
Larry BIRD and Michael JORDAN are both legendary basketball players; they go with Steph CURRY and LeBron JAMES.
Finally, I had four countries: TURKEY, POLAND, TUNISIA, and JAPAN.
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!
