Connections is about finding things that don’t look like they go well together, but they do. Deadpool and Wolverinefor example, the now the most successful R-rated film of all time. Today’s Connections won’t make you a whopping billion dollars and it’s not R-rated, but it’s as exciting as ever to challenge your brain.
Your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections
Words of the day: NERD, GRUMP, SNOOZE, WHAT IF, SAY, DO, DOPE, RUNT, SLEEP, KISS, ASSUMED, ALARM, HOUR, MAYBE, TIME SET, And GIANT PAPER
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: Rise and shine
GREEN: Hypotheses
BLUE: Sweet tooth
PURPLE: Heigh ho
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: Alarm buttons
GREEN: “Here’s a thought…”
BLUE: Candy pieces
PURPLE: Seven dwarves minus last letter
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: ALARM, HOUR, SNOOZE, SET TIME
GREEN: MAYBE, SAY, SUPPORT, WHAT IF
BLUE: KISS, NERD, RUNT, WHOPPER
PURPLE: DO, DO, MURME, SLEEP