Whether you Connections winning streak or start a new one, Newsweek contains all the tips you need to win the word game.
Since its introduction by The New York Times in June last year Connections has quickly become a popular online hit.
The game uses a mix of techniques such as homophones and wordplay to challenge players, ensuring that the puzzles are rarely easy.
It is now the second most played game in the newspaper, after the word puzzle Wordle.
In this guide we will explain how to play Connectionsgive tips and tricks and provide clues to help you solve the Sunday puzzle.
The answers to today’s riddle are towards the end of the article, so proceed with caution.
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Connections challenges players to categorize 16 words into four groups based on their associations.
Each group is color-coded to reflect its level of difficulty: yellow is the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. The puzzles are rarely easy, but often include homophones, wordplay, and other techniques to challenge players. If players get stuck, they can rearrange the words on the screen using the shuffle button.
Wyna Liu, crossword editor at Just Who developed Connectionsrecently shared her tips for playing the game Newsweek.
“My best advice is to wait as long as possible before guessing,” she said.
“You may see the board and have already fully identified the category because you see five words that could belong in that category,” she continued. “Don’t try to guess the four words in that category because even though you know what the fifth member is, you don’t know which of the four it might not be,” which will ultimately cause you to waste a turn.
“Don’t do what I do, which is ‘resolve out of anger,'” Liu added.
Connections #434 Notes for Sunday, August 18
Newsweek has some tips to help you understand today’s Connections Categories.
Yellow: Words associated with the first thing you hear when you wake up in the morning.
Green: Words you might use when expressing a thought.
Blue: If you like sweets, you may be familiar with these words.
Purple: These words can be associated with one of the most famous fairy tales.
Connections #434 Answers for Sunday, August 18
Yellow category: alarm buttons
Yellow words: Alarm, hour, snooze, time setting
Green category: Synonyms for the expression “here is a thought”
Green words: Maybe, let’s say, let’s assume what if
Blue category: Words for candy
Blue words: Kiss, nerd, dwarf, giant
Purple Category: The name of the Seven Dwarves with the last letter removed
Purple words: Do, dope, complain, sleep
Did you guess the answers correctly? Then congratulations. If not, there will be another chance to solve the puzzle tomorrow.
