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Sometimes fortune is not your friend when it comes to the latestConnectionspuzzle, but to counteract that we have the clues you need to finish solving it. Sometimes it takes a village, and perhaps having a friend work together with you could help solve the puzzle every day. However, if none of your friends seem interested, we are still here to be your friend and help you get this puzzle done.
Another game that will test your fortune is theNYT’sTilesgame. This game is all about pattern recognition, as it requires you tosolve the puzzle two tiles at a time. However, those two tiles must be strung together with another tile to keep a streak going, so you have to pay attention to multiple patterns going on at once.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
SEPTEMBER 11 #457
To help you in your quest for an easy win, we’ve got a few hints to help out with today’s categories. If it’s not enough, we provided the full spoilers at the end.
10 Best Connections Tips, Tricks, & Strategies
Four categories with four words each sounds simple, but the daily challenge of the Connections game can prove difficult without a few tips to help.
If those hints are not enough of a tidbit for you, we have more waiting in the form of the category names in the table below:
MINT
PILE
This category I actually solved last, which is kind of telling. Only FORTUNE and MINTsuggest the idea of money, in my opinion, while BUNDLE and PILE could be in reference to a large amount of anything. To me, the two feel very separate, and it felt strange that this was supposed to be the easy category today. Still, at least I managed to solve the puzzle, which is what is important at the end of the day.
PEARL
TIDBIT
This category felt like the easiest one today, as the words feltmuch more cohesive and connected than the others. It helps that I use most of these in conversation, as I do love a good TIDBIT, and they are often fun things to share with others. These words feel similar enough that this feels like it should have been the yellow category.
8 Vertex Strategies To Quickly Solve The Picture
The New York Times Vertex game asks you to form a picture by connecting dots, but you have to understand the image to solve this puzzle quickly.
MOSQUITO
PALEONTOLOGIST
This one felt easier as well, just because these are all things associated with the concept of DINOSAUR at this point in cultural history. Likely due to themovieJurassic Parkthat the category specifically references. Even if these things are not true to life, the idea of MOSQUITO and AMBER being wrapped up in paleontology is intuitive for that reason. It helps that I played a lot of theLego Jurassic Parkgame.
GRIMACE
LAVENDER
It felt obvious to me that AMETHYST and LAVENDER went together, and after that looking at my remaining options I figuredEGGPLANT was also purple. Figuring out the last one was a little harder, and it ended up being more of a guess that got me to GRIMACE.
Checking my phone, that emoji is not purple and the expression does not tend to be associated with the word, so a quick Google search later led me to one of the old McDonald’s mascots, truly things of nightmares. So thank you,Connections, for awakening childhood trauma best left forgotten.
Other Games Like Connections
If you like me also had to recover from the trauma, perhaps a different more relaxing puzzle is the thing for both of us. I suggestWorldle, simply because it has nothing to do with scary purple monsters.
Is It Free To Play?
Wordle(NYT)
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues.EveryWordleanswercan be found in our daily updated list.
Yes
Worldle
Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints.
The Password Game
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find somehelpful tips in ourPassword Gameguide.
Absurdle
Try to solve a game ofWordlewithout any help. With each guess, the game reveals as little information as possible, even changing the word if need be.
