connection is the newest puzzle game from The New York Times. In this game, you sort 16 words into four secret groups (for now) by finding relationships between the words. The puzzles reset every night at midnight, and each new puzzle has a different difficulty level. Wardletrack your winning streak, and compare scores with your friends.
Some days are harder than others. If you’re having a little trouble solving today’s problem, connection To solve the puzzle, check out our hints and tricks below, and if you still can’t figure it out, we’ll give you today’s answer at the end.
How to play Connection
in connectionYou’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your goal is to organize these words into sets of four and identify the connections that connect them. These sets might include concepts such as the title of a video game franchise, sequels in a book series, shades of red, and the names of chain restaurants.
Typically, some words will fit into multiple themes, but there is only one answer that is 100% correct. Shuffling and rearranging your grid of words can help you get a better sense of potential connections.
Each group is color-coded: the yellow group is the easiest to see, followed by the green, blue, and purple groups.
Choose 4 words and hit submitIf you guess correctly, four words will be removed from the grid, revealing the theme that connects them. If you guess incorrectly, it will count as a mistake. You can only make four mistakes before the game ends.
Today’s Connection Tip
We’ll help you make the connections today by sharing four themes, and if you need more help, we’ll also share one word from each group below.
Today’s Theme
- feel in some way
- Throw it here and there
- Something with layers
- ___ Potatoes
One Answer Reveals
- Certain emotions – bitter
- Throw it here and there – Pepper
- Layered – Cake
- ___ Potatoes – baked
Today’s Connection Answers
Still no luck? Don’t worry, this puzzle is designed to be hard. Just want to see today’s results? connection The answer is given below:
- Any emotion – bitter, salty, painful, upset
- Scatter here and there – pepper, scatter, sprinkle, scatter
- Layered objects – cake, soil, onion, plywood
- ___ Potatoes – Baked, Couch, Hot, Sweet
connection The grids are varied and change every day, so if you didn’t solve today’s puzzle, check back tomorrow.
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