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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 - They all emit light.
Blue category - Theyre all associated with a specific European region.
Purple category - They have similar endings.
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.)
There is an animal-related category, but theres an extra one that doesnt belong.
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.
How I solved todays Connections
A very happy New Year to all my little Connections friends!
Lets dive into the first puzzle of 2025.
GATECRASH is an odd one.
What does that even mean?
Hm, apparentlyit meansto show up at a party that one is not invited to.
There are several squirmy-wormy animals on the board: EARTHWORM, SLUG, FIREFLY, SALAMANDER, EEL.
FIREFLY is the one that fits the least.
Maybe that goes with GLOWSTICK, AURORA, and RADIUM as things that glow.
Im going to try GLOWSTICK, AURORA, RADIUM, and FIREFLY first.
Oh, what the heck, lets try it anyway: EARTHWORM, SLUG, EEL, SALAMANDER.
That leaves WINDMILL, CLOG, TULIP, and CANAL.
Hmm, are those all objects associated with the Netherlands?
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 give it another spin.
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!
