Today’s NYT Connections puzzle featured 16 words that players had to group into four categories. Players had to figure out the links between the words, with each group being color coded based on difficulty. The yellow group is the easiest, while the purple group is typically the hardest and often involves wordplay.
To help players along, hints were provided for each group. Today’s hints included “blueprint” for the yellow group, “take pleasure in eating” for the green group, “ways to refer to yourself or others sin nombres” for the blue group, and “an adjective that could be used for the new, sleeker iPad Pro” for the purple group.
The answers for today’s Connections puzzle were revealed to be: DRAFT, PLAN, OUTLINE, SKETCH in the yellow group, DINE, FEAST, FEED, SUP in the green group, ELLA, ME, SUS, YO in the blue group, and FIT, JIM, PICKINGS, SHADY in the purple group. The player described a smooth gameplay experience, with the purple group being immediately obvious.
The player had a moment of difficulty with the blue group due to their lack of knowledge in Spanish. Initially thinking YO and SUP were informal greetings, they eventually realized that DINE, FEAST, and FEED belonged together. This left SUP as the correct word for the group and helped secure a perfect game.
Overall, the player expressed satisfaction with their performance in today’s Connections game and encouraged others to check their blog for hints and solutions for future puzzles. The player also referenced Eminem and his alter ego Slim Shady, a rapper who was prominent in the early 2000s, as a nod to one of the puzzle groups.
