Newsweek offers tips to help players solve the popular word game Connections and maintain their winning streak, similar to the well-known game Wordle. The New York Times acquired Wordle in January 2022 for a seven-figure sum due to its widespread popularity, leading them to launch Connections the following year to capitalize on the success. Connections has quickly gained popularity and become the second-most-played game for the newspaper.
Connections tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association. Each category is named after a color to signify its difficulty level, with yellow being the easiest and purple being the most challenging. Players must avoid guessing incorrectly four times to keep the game going, with no time limit for completing the task. At any point, players have the option to shuffle the words on the board to try and make connections.
If players are struggling to find links between words, the game’s editor Wyna Liu recommends trying to solve a different category first to narrow down the selection. This approach can help eliminate some options and make it easier to identify connections between words. It also helps players to avoid “item overlap,” where a word can fit into multiple categories. Players are advised to wait as long as possible before making a guess to prevent using up their four chances too quickly.
Newsweek provides hints for players to solve specific categories in that day’s Connections game. For example, categories may include words related to mistakes, names of objects in a garden, insects that make honey, or first names of baseball legends. Players can use these clues to guide their guesses and work towards completing the categories successfully. The game is released daily at midnight in the player’s local time zone, giving them a new challenge each day.
‘Connections’ #430 for Wednesday, August 14, includes categories like mistakes, garden objects, honey-making insects, and baseball legends’ names. Players can work through these categories and their associated words to complete the game successfully. Even if players are unable to solve a particular puzzle, practice can improve their skills, and they can look forward to tackling new challenges in future games. Newsweek provides hints and tips to support players in solving the Connections game and encourages them to keep playing and improving their word puzzle skills.
