The New York Times has another hit puzzle on its hands following the June 2023 launch of Connections.
It is now the news outlet’s second most-played game after the hugely popular Wordle. While Wordle, which was created by Josh Wardle, requires players to find one word a day, Connections challenges players to find common threads between a series of words. Players must group them and name the categories.
Like Wordle, the new game can be played online on web browsers and mobile devices. If you’re not yet familiar with the game, Newsweek has provided some instructions below to get you started.
How To Play ‘Connections’
Each puzzle consists of 16 words, with each group of words separated into four categories. The uniting themes are from a broad range of categories.
If all four words are correctly placed into each set, those words will be removed from the board. Each incorrect guess counts toward the mistake tally. Players can make up to four mistakes before the game ends.
Should it make the process of guessing the connections easier, players can shuffle and rearrange the board.
The board also has a color-coding system representing levels of difficulty. Yellow represents the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. A group’s color will only be revealed once the words in a group have been correctly connected.
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To make the task even trickier, sometimes a word can belong to more than one category—but there is only one correct answer.
Connections editor Wyna Liu has advised that if you notice that there are five or more words that belong to one category, try pivoting to a different category before making your first guess.
“Doing so might take one of those extra cards out of contention, or at least remove a few cards from the board, making other categories easier to see,” Liu said.
The answers for today’s Connections puzzle will be revealed at the end of this article, so please scroll down with caution if you want to work them out for yourself.
‘Connections’ #320 Clues for Friday, April 26
Newsweek has some hints to help you figure out today’s Connections categories.
Yellow: These words could be associated with Old World sophistication.
Green: For these words, think of vacationing in a warm destination.
Blue: These words are associated appealing to a person’s feelings.
Purple: Each of these words are a combination of numbers and letters.
‘Connections’ #320 Answers for Friday, April 26
Yellow Category: REFINED SENSIBILITY
Yellow Words: Elegance, Grace, Style, Taste
Green Category: CATCH SOME RAYS
Green Words: Bake, Bask, Sun, Tan
Blue Category: EMOTIONALLY SWAY
Blue Words: Affect, Impact, Move, Touch
Purple Category: NUMBERS WITH FIRST LETTERS REPLACED BY ‘S’
Purple Words: Sen, Sight, Sine, Sour
Did you guess the answers correctly? If so, congratulations. If not, there will be another opportunity to crack the puzzle tomorrow.
Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
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