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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 - Stuff for a relatively easy home reno project.
Blue category - Stuff on a menu with a common naming theme.
Purple category - A fill-in-the-blank, with an old-timey synonym for a race or competition.
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.)
A heads up about the tricky parts
Some sports and food knowledge may be helpful today.
SPROUTS refers to the green, spherical vegetable that tastes much better roasted than steamed or boiled.
SOAP BOX doesnt refer to a metaphorical thing one might stand on when theyre passionately yelling about a subject.
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
Interesting board today!
I also see some paint words (PAINT, ROLLER, TAPE).
Oh, isnt SOAP BOX derby a thing, with those cars that roll downhill?
Lets try that with DEMOLITION, KENTUCKY, and ROLLER.
After a Google, it seems likeHOME RUN derbyis the one that belongs there.
Oh, I just saw DROP CLOTH.
Ill get rid of ROLLER and put those two in the painting category.
All right, now for ROLLER, PAINT, TAPE, DROP CLOTH.
Looks like HAT TRICK, TRIPLE CROWN, THREEPEAT, and TRIFECTA go together now.
Lastly, BROIL, WINGS, SPROUTS, and CHEESESTEAK.
This feels like some southern or Philly-centric category I might not have the knowledge for.
FOOD NAMED AFTER CITIES.
Philly CHEESESTEAK and Buffalo WINGS I get.
Time to turn to Google for the other two.London BROILand Brussels SPROUTS I guess?
I found that harder than the purple!
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!
