Today’s Connections Tip and Answer July 16 for 401

Whether you’re ready for the rest of the week or still trying to get back into high gear, it’s time to understand the Connections response for today, July 16 It’s a great way to start the day.

If you’ve never played it, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all the words are well… connected. This connection could come from the fact that they share a similar meaning, are part of a place name, objects found in a kitchen, or anything else really!

Although it may seem easy, the connection groups each have a different difficulty level – yellow being the easiest and purple being the most difficult. For this reason, practice Today’s Login Response This can be quite complicated. You may get one group right away, but another may be a mystery to you. Luckily, we are here to help!

Originally developed at the New York Times’ annual game jam, Connections was released in beta in June 2023. It has since become one of the most popular games featured by the NYTimes, second only to Worlde. Although some connections have been made to the BBC’s Only Connect program…

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some clues for today’s Connections riddle:

• YELLOW – Ways to represent a feeling.
• Green – Try new things.
• Blue – Famous musicals.
• Purple – Words that go well with Pierre.
• Short belongs to the yellow group, Trial to the green group and Kinky to the blue group.

Remember: yellow is the easiest group to find, followed by green and blue, with purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Connecting Words for July 16th

Here are the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you make a connection before visiting today’s answer:

Stove	Pilot	Short	Rabbit
Cross	Parker	Pervert	Trial
Piper	Fiddler	Grumpy	Exploratory
Joyfully	Gruff	Preliminary	Jersey

Connections response for July 16

Without further ado, here is Connections’ response for today:

• In a bad mood – Big, small, gruff, irritable.
• Experimental – Exploratory, pilot, preliminary, test.
• Broadway Musicals Begin – Fiddler, Jersey, Kinky, Joyfully.
• Rock____ – Pan, Parker, Piper, Rabbit.

Although I am a big fan of Fiddler on the Roof, I have to admit that this word didn’t come to mind when I saw the word in today’s puzzle. However, I recognized more than one Peter among the words after reading them out loud. This is the second time this week that I got the purple group first. The second group I found was the green group because of Pilot, Preliminary, and Trial. Now, I found the last two groups after trying to mix up the remaining words several times.

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but if you’ve already solved that problem today, the New York Times has other games to offer. As for word-based games, the NYTimes offers Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, and Strands, which is still in beta. If you feel like taking a break from words, you can also try Tiles — a pattern-matching game — or Sudoku.

Outside of the NYTimes, there is Semantle, where you have to find the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t matter in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value of your guesses to plot your way to the answer. However, if you prefer to stick to the Connections format, it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. There are hundreds of Connections-style puzzles there, but the twist is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in the mood to read, we explained why the NYTimes’ crossword puzzle is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, head of games for the NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s connections!