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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features one of those classic purple categories, where you wonder if anyone out there really solved it without first solving the other three and letting the purple answers fall in. Need help? Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Where students hang out.
Green group hint: Chewing the scenery.
Blue group hint: Going to catch you!
Purple group hint: Think frat and sorority names.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Parts of a college campus.
Green group: Exaggerated, as a performance.
Blue group: Close in on.
Purple group: Starts of Greek letters.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a college campus. The four answers are cafeteria, dorm, library and quad.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is exaggerated, as a performance. The four answers are camp, dramatic, hammy and overdone.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is close in on. The four answers are corner, surround, trap and tree.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starts of Greek letters. The four answers are bet, delt, lamb and the.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
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