If you are struggling to solve today’sConnectionspuzzle, there are plenty of ways we can help you get through the barrier to success. There are some tricks in this puzzle, but this one felt more straightforward than others recently. However, sometimes simplicity can cause other errors,so it is crucial for you to not relax and take everything at face value, as there are always tricks hiding in plain sight. You can avoid some of these tricks by pulling some of the tricks up your sleeve.
If you are looking for a challenge, theNYT’sLetter Boxedpuzzleis the way to go. It is difficult but it has an addictive factor as well.Bouncing around the walls just feels fun, and creating a long string of words is satisfying. There are a lot of things that players can do to make it to the end of the puzzle, despite its difficulty. You will have to do several different things all tied up into one to finish the puzzle, but it is a fun challenge to get through.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
FEBRUARY 01 #601
There are a lot of similar-sounding words in this puzzle, or that’s how it felt as I attempted to solve it. While I found it a little simpler, I also questioned several of my guesses before I submitted them,just because of seeing other words that might change them. However, if you trust your instincts, you should be able to get this one fast.
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If you still need some help, there are plenty more clues that can help you solve the puzzle. The most straightforward are thecategory names, which you can see below.
TINGE
TONE
This category I actually got later on, but that was because I thought some of the other categories were easier. That is in part due to MATCH,as I thought it was a potential word that could fit here before I knew exactly what the category was. I also wasn’t looking at these words until later, so that was part of it. There are a lot of small difficulties with this puzzle, although that could easily compound if you are not able to resolve them.
DETECTIVE
SUSPECT
This one was the second category I got, and I found it fairly easy. In context, I got the third category before anything else. If I hadn’t I thinkQUESTION would have been quite a big red herringthat would easily cause someone to stumble here. DEAL is another potential stumbling point, but I think I got very lucky with the category I got first without thinking too much about it. That then allowed me to clear this one with the same sort of simplicity, although it could have gone very different.
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DISPUTE
QUESTION
This one felt obvious to me, but again I could see how that would not necessarily be the case. There are a lot of different ways someone could miss here, with MATCH likely being the biggest one.MATCH could take the place of QUESTION and change the nature of the category a little, but hopefully knowing the category name would keep you from that. I happened to select these words fairly instinctively and quickly, which saved me from a lot of frustration.
MATCH
POSE
This last one I also got last, but it did have the most potential to throw off other categories in my opinion. MATCH and DEAL were the biggest ones, as previously mentioned, but CHORD also was something I considered and then discarded for some of the categories. There are a lot ofdifferent ways to makeConnectionsharder or easier for yourself, and luckily today was one of the ways I made it easier for myself.
Other Games Like Connections
If you still want to have a fun puzzling time today, there are more options waiting for you in the box below. I would recommendWorldle, as it is one of my favorite trivia-related puzzles.
Is It Free To Play?
Wordle(NYT)
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues.EveryWordleanswercan be found in our daily updated list.
Yes
Hello Wordl
Very similar toWordle, where players change the number of letters in the word.
The Password Game
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Worldle
Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints.
