Today’s Connections Hint and Answer July 11 for 396

You only have a few days left before you can enjoy the weekend. If you want to distract yourself and find a way to pass the time, you should try to understand theConnections response for today, July 11.

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 level of difficulty – 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 – The items you use at school.
• Green – Which is extremely important.
• Blue – The act of transferring something.
• Purple – Messages displayed on illuminated panels.
• The ruler belongs to the yellow group, the key to the green and the hand to the blue.

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

July 11th Connection Words

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:

Adhesive tape	Registration	Hand	Send
Applause	Key	Pass	Main
Ruler	To walk	Clip	Pen
Essential	Scissors	Give	Exit

Connections response for July 11

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

• School supplies – Pen, ruler, scissors, adhesive tape.
• Fundamental – Essential, Key, Main, Stable.
• Transfer – Give, extend, pass, finish.
• Light panels – Applause, exit, recording, march.

Today’s connect puzzle was kind enough to come up with some fairly easy groups to find. The yellow group was the first one I got. It’s hard to avoid associating words like pen, ruler, and scissors, when thinking of our school days. The second group I found was the blue one. Give, Pass, and Send were enough to give me a strong clue about one of the groups. My next groups were the green and purple groups that I found by comparing the remaining words.

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!