Are you having trouble with today’s Connections? We at ComicBook got you covered, as we’ve got the correct answers and categories, alongside hints and tips, for today, April 19th’s Connections from The New York Times. NYT has tons of games like Strands and Wordle, but the challenging yet fun category-based gameplay of Connections has proven to be quite the hit.
With today’s puzzle, we’ve got a fun lineup of words, including a certain spy, as well as some cool categories. In any case, we have played today’s puzzle and have everything, like the correct answers and hints, that you’ll need to solve today’s Connections.
The New York Times’ Connections gives you 16 different words, and your goal is to sort them into four secret categories. Pick four words or phrases that could be related and, if correct, it will group them into their common association, or connection, if you will. Each category has its own color, with Yellow being the easiest to solve, then Green, Blue, and the hardest, Purple.
The categories can range from music genres or lightsaber colors in Star Wars to words with animals in them or things that can be shaken. You only get four turns to get it right and, if you run out, you lose your streak and the categories are revealed.
In today’s Connections, the words, just like yesterday, are an interesting bunch that can be intimidating at first, but aren’t as hard as you may think. It’s always good to keep in mind for future puzzles that many of the words have multiple meanings, so pay attention to them as you see any matches.
The words in today’s Connections are as follows: Hot, Devil, Golden, Intro Class, Lab, Bully, Sandy, Address, Dry, Cannabis, Lecture, James Bond, Talk, Chow, Vast, and Speech.
If you don’t want to spoil the answers to each category but would like a hint, here is one for each of them:
- Yellow: Time to read out loud
- Green: How would you describe the Gobi?
- Blue: These puppies have nicknames
- Purple: Times three equals these
If you want to know the correct themes for April 19th’s Connections, here are the categories:
- Yellow: Spoken Presentation
- Green: Adjectives for a Desert
- Blue: Dog Breeds, Informally
- Purple: Represented by Three-Digit Numbers
If you want to know the correct placements as to which words go into which categories, here are today’s Connections answers:
- Yellow: Address, Lecture, Speech, Talk
- Green: Dry, Hot, Sandy, Vast
- Blue: Bully, Chow, Golden, Lab
- Purple: Cannabis, Devil, Intro Class, James Bond
Connections is one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
Here's a hint for today's Connections categories. Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
- Yellow: Commonly given in schools or colleges
- Green: Used to describe the Sahara
- Blue: Common pets
- Purple: Coded by numbers
Here are today's Connections categories. Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
- Yellow: Spoken presentation
- Green: Adjectives for a desert
- Blue: Dog breeds, informally
- Purple: Represented by three-digit numbers
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions. Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections #678 is:
- Spoken presentation: ADDRESS, LECTURE, SPEECH, TALK
- Adjectives for a desert: DRY, HOT, SANDY, VAST
- Dog breeds, informally: BULLY, CHOW, GOLDEN, LAB
- Represented by three-digit numbers: CANNABIS, DEVIL, INTRO CLASS, JAMES BOND
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
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