I love Connections, and I hate Connections. This NYT puzzle makes me feel smart when I solve it, and like a complete bozo when I blow it. (If you’re down to your last chance and need some help, I post daily answers for Connections as well as NYT’s Wordle, Strands, Connections: Sports Edition and Mini Crossword puzzles.)
Connections was released in beta in June 2023, and it soon became the second-most-played game The New York Times has, behind only the mighty, lasting Wordle. Connections gives you 16 words, and you have to fit them into four groups of four categories. It always throws you plenty of red herrings, though. One word might fit into multiple possible categories, but there’s only one solution that allows every word to find a group.
Using Google search data for “Connections hint” from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024, online word-game tool Word Unscrambler (guess what it does!)…
