So many BIRDS today, and yet none of them are what they seem.
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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?
Today is a good puzzle for movie buffs.
One category relates to movies, and another to famous fictional characters.
Green category - Other possible entries in this group could be PSYCHO and LIFEBOAT.
Blue category - Always the bridesmaid…
Purple category - Think dairy.
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
Theres a fill-in-the-blank with three nouns and a verb; theyre trying to be cute.
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?
DUCK and GOOSE are both BIRDS, but youll find those three words in different categories today.
HOBBES is also the stuffed tiger in the comic strip Calvin and HOBBES.
A COTTAGE is a little house in a bucolic setting.
It is also amuch-malignedmember of the cheese family.
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.
But Im not sure about a fourth, so its time to move on.
I see the cheeses next: COTTAGE, CREAM, STRING, and SAY.
(Say cheese!)
Then we have SKIRT, ESCAPE, DODGE, and DUCK.
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!
