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You will need to filter out the noise and pick the best answers in today’sConnectionspuzzle, which has many interconnected words that you must parse into different categories. Today’s puzzle is a bit tricky, with words that could be in multiple categories. To prevent that, we have put together some clues that might help you decipher the puzzle, and some spoilers for those that need them.
If you want to get more out of your puzzling time, you may want to look at theNYTLetter Boxedpuzzle. It has an interesting challenge of trying tostring together up to five words by using up every letter around the box. I find it to be a higher difficulty for the way my brain works and I tend to overthink it, but the brain exercise is well worth it if you can get into the rhythm of it.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
SEPTEMBER 07 #453
If you are looking for a few hints to help you out, we have four clues to help you decipher what the various categories might be.
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If you are still trying to deduce where the words should go, you can check out the box below to see what the category names are.
ROTATE
SCALE
Your success with this category is likely determined by your familiarity with various photo-editing tools. That being said, most people can and dotransform images on their phones without the use of heavy software, so you may well be familiar with these terms.
Trying to successfully SCALE an image is probably the hardest to do without software, but CROP does have an association with horses and POLO, which might cause you to guess wrongly if you miss this category.
GLOVE
TEE
The unfortunate part about this category is how those unfamiliar with it might see a lot of these terms as possible polo terms, leading to some confusion and crossover with words like CROP and MUSTANG. Even COACH could be a potential word added to those to a horse category. However, DRIVER and TEE might help you determine the differences andkeep you on the golf track for this category.
5 Letter Words Wordle Hasn’t Used Yet (Updated Daily)
Wordle, the popular word-guessing game hosted by The New York Times, has over 1,700 words remaining as possible solutions.
ROCKS
TANK
These words might seem unrelated at first glance, especially if you are not thinking about TANK as a synonym for aquarium. However, FILTER and PUMP do go together, and ROCKS are a must-have in anyfish home you plan to make.
Just think carefully about placement and maybe don’t get too big of rocks if you do not want to wake up to your favorite guppy dead under a rock one morning. Not that I would know from personal experience.
MUSTANG
POLO
As it turned out, MUSTANG and POLO did go together but for completely different reasons than you would think it should. Brand logos are always interesting to pick apart, andmaking your logo a horse usually tends to keep people’s attention. That being said, I would have never thought of the COACH logo as being a horse, since typically you only see the word or the double C. But you learn something new every day.
Other Games Like Connections
Come to think of it, I have never really associated GODIVA with a horse either, but they also don’t use their full logo on everything they sell and I rarely buy ultra-premium chocolate. Perhaps my lack of consumerism is the problem. Either way, if you want to stop contemplating the nature of capitalism and just enjoy a different puzzle, check out one of the fun ones below:
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Wordle(NYT)
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Crosswordle
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Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find somehelpful tips in ourPassword Gameguide.
