If you feel like today’sConnectionspuzzle is giving you a bit of a lark, you might want to try using these hints and tricks to help out. There are a lot of different ways to go about solving a puzzle, but there are ways to make it a little easier andto get things right before you run out of guesses. If you need some extra help today, we have the usual slew of tips to get you to the end of the puzzle and help you achieve victory.
If you need to get some extra gaming time in, thentoday’sSpelling Beepuzzleis a good way to go. The puzzle is a good one, with some depth to it as you attempt to figure out what words you may make from the letters you are given. It’s a brain-teaser if you’re willing to give it a good go, but you also don’t have to get all the words for each given day if you don’t want to. You can justget a score for however many you can think ofand go about your merry way.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
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If you need to get some hints but don’t want any spoilers,then this section is for you. I found the middle two categories the hardest to solve, as I didn’t end up having to solve the last one. There are a lot of reasons why that is the case today, but it mainly has to do with when you approach each category,as that will change what words are available to you. If you’re looking for those hints, check out these clues:
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.
If you want a little more help, you canget to the category names in the boxes below. There are spoilers waiting for you as well, just in case you need that extra push.
LARK
WHIM
I don’t think I have heard “caprice"outside of music before, so that’s fun. I love being able to get new words, and it’s one of my favorite parts of playingConnectionsevery day. I do like this category a lot in general. Particularly the word “lark,” it’s just such a good word. I did get this one first,as I was able to see from IMPULSE and WHIM that this was the direction I needed to go in. FANCY actually took me the longest to find, as my eyes just sort of skimmed over it.
SORT
TYPE
I got this one second, as I saw KIND and TYPE, and was able to figure out the rest from there.I also love the word “ilk"so today’s puzzle was just a good one for me. It made it possible to get to the end of the puzzle without as much stress since I got the first two a little easier than I did the past couple of days. It’s nice to get to the end of the puzzle without feeling that frustration, but I did have a hard time with the next two categories.
12 Letter Boxed Strategies To Win Quickly
The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.
TENNESSEE
VENUS
I got lucky with this one I think, because I did think about ROBIN Williams and made a stab in the dark that that was what the puzzle was going for. It happened to be correct,but it was much more of a lucky coincidencethan intentional on my part. Sometimes, it just does take a little bit of instinct, and thinking too hard is actually worse for you than just letting your instincts take over. It’s not always recommended, but sometimes it works.
NICE
READING
It was funny because I actually did keep saying “HERB” to myself in different pronunciations. I didn’t get it with the other ones right away. It’s also ironic because the summer I lived in England we passed by READING quite often,so I knew how it was supposed to be pronounced there by sheer coincidence. As far as I know, the US does not have an equivalent - or I haven’t run into it.
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