Today’sConnectionspuzzle has a lot of potential to be confusing and difficult, but there are also ways to notice the right details to make things easier on yourself. There are a lot of words that could go elsewhere,and a lot of words that have deceptive meanings. However, there are a lot of clues that can help you avoid the potential pitfalls that are present in the puzzle. We will help you by giving you some of those clues to get you to the end of the puzzle.
If you want to try a different puzzle that evokes the same feelings, you can get that feeling from theNYT’sWordlepuzzle.That puzzle has a lot of the same logical leapsthat you have to make in order to solve the puzzle, but it focuses on letters instead of words. There is also a slight advantage on theWordlebecause you know that there will always be a 5-letter word.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
DECEMBER 23 #561
As usual, there are four categories but they all have their own unique challenges.There are words that have similar meanings to words in different categorieswhich can make it a challenge to figure out where things go. However, some of these challenges can be easy to overcome with the right hint. To help you do so, here are the hints you need to help you finish the puzzle.
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If you still need more help deciphering the puzzle,the category names are ready and waiting for youto help you finish off the puzzle.
SUPER ____
YEW
YOU
This category was a little challenging but I was able to figure this one out.THOU is the potential pitfallif you think that words meaning “you” are the category instead. However, I saw EWE and YEW and was able to deduce that that was the right thing to do. Normally, I don’t do well when it’s based on the sound of the word rather than the definition, but today I was luckily able to get this one without many issues. It is nice when things are a little easier than you would expect.
SCOOP
V
This was actually the second category I got, and it had to do with seeing SCOOP and CREW together. I was also looking for what the remaining single letters were going for since U was already taken. V made sense as a neckline, and luckily it does belong here.I had a harder time figuring out what the last one might be, as none of them made tons of sense to me, but BOAT was the only one that seemed like it should go here, making it easier to guess the right answer.
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M
THOU
By the time I came down to the last one, it was a little harder and I wasn’t sure what was happening in the last 8 words. However, the clue that did it for me was seeing GRAND and K and putting it together that they both meant 1000 in certain contexts. I knew that M was the Roman numeral for 1000, but weirdly enough,it was THOU that was the hardest for me to add in. However, once I saw it, I shook my head at myself, added it in, and was able to move on to the last category.
SUPER ___
8
GLUE
TUESDAY
This category did not make sense to me until I finished it off at the end of the puzzle. I am aware of all of these things,but I don’t think about most of them very oftenso that makes it a little harder to put them all together. That being said, it was nice to be able to finish off the puzzle and avoid losing my streak. Then I could finish things up and go about my day with a different puzzle.
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After I finished upConnections, I loaded upDordleas my next puzzle of the day. It is a fun twist onWordleand I like the challenge of solving two different puzzles at once instead.
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Yes
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