There is a devilish trick in todays puzzle, so buckle up.
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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?
Youll want to know your horoscopes for this one.
Some musical background wouldnt hurt, either.
It wont help you.
Green category - You might see these in the stars.
Blue category - You might buy these for your turntable.
Purple category - The only way youre going to solvethiscategory is by referring to one of the previous categories.
Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?
Oh my, yes.
Theres some category-spanning monkey business going on here today.
Youll need to know alternate names for the same category,andget a bit creative to even find them.
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?
TAU is a greek letter, and aprotein that builds up in the brain in Alzheimers.
Neither of those meanings (or any other meaning) are important today.
Just consider it as a syllable on its own.
you could play SCALES and NOTEs on a piano, but those are in different categories today.
Only one refers to music.
CAPITOL and COLUMBIA can both be cities, but they are also both record labels.
All of the three-letter words go together today.
Thats more of a hint than I usually give you, but youre probably going to need it.
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.
RWhat are the purple words in todays Connections?
The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.
(I briefly consider SCALES, but thats not notation.)
What is TAU besides the greek letter, or the amyloid protein?
Which are, in turn, the CRAB, TWINS, BULL, and SCALES.
(VIRGIN can sit this one out.)
Finally were left with CAPITOL, COLUMBIA, VIRGIN, and ISLAND, which are record labels.
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!
