Puzzle games can be addictive. Maybe not Randy Orton plays The Fire Ringaddictive (we hope), but definitely habit-forming.
Your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections Brainbuster by The New York Times has four groups of words with a common theme or commonality, but shuffled in a random order for you to figure them out. Remember to take your time – many words have multiple meanings, so think twice before you click.
Words of the day: TONGUE, BAND, RANCH, NECK, FRENCH, LANGUAGE, DRESS, CABIN, BANDAGE, CRAFTSMAN, Smooch, SCISSORS, SPEECH, KISS, PRAIRIE, And DIALECT.
Today’s NYT Connections tips
The rules are simple: the yellow group is the easiest, the purple group is the hardest (and usually contains the most obscure puns), the blue and green groups are somewhere in between. Choose four words at a time – if you get four wrong, you lose.
Without giving too much away, here are your clues:
YELLOW: Yakkity Yak Yak
GREEN: First Base
BLUE: Emergency care
PURPLE: Home is the best place
Today’s NYT Connections Groups
Still confused? Now we’re in spoiler territory. Each group’s theme has a name. Here are today’s:
YELLOW: Oral communication
GREEN: Kissing
BLUE: First aid kit items
PURPLE: House styles
Today’s NYT Connections answers
Didn’t fail? No problem – the Just loves to throw some serious curve balls, and you’ve probably tried it before you’ve had your morning coffee. We’ll tell you all about it here and wish you better luck next time! Or if you managed it: congratulations!
YELLOW: dialect, language, language
GREEN: French, Kissing, Making Out, Neck
BLUE: BANDAGE, BANDAGE, SCISSORS, ADHESIVE TAPE
PURPLE: HOLIDAY HOME, CRAFTSMAN, PRAIRIE, RANCH