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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is tough. I just went to the dentist, so one of the categories made me shudder and run to floss. If you need help sorting the answers into groups, you’re in the right place. 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 the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
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: Tape or glue might help.
Green group hint: Barely touch.
Blue group hint: Time to brush.
Purple group hint: Think alphabet.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Adhere.
Green group: Graze.
Blue group: Parts of a tooth.
Purple group: Words that sound like two letters.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is adhere. The four answers are fix, paste, plaster and stick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is graze. The four answers are brush, kiss, skim and stroke.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a tooth. The four answers are crown, enamel, pulp and root.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is words that sound like two letters. The four answers are any (NE), arty (RT), decay (DK) and essay (SA).
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.
