The daily puzzle game Connections, published by the New York Times, challenges players to group 16 words into four categories based on common themes. For those attempting the puzzle on November 8, 2023, hints are available to assist in uncovering today’s themes and solutions. This guide provides useful tips for those engaging with the puzzle, as well as the correct answers for the day.
Understanding Connections
Connections requires participants to identify four groups of four words, each sharing a specific theme. For example, words like “Hook,” “Nana,” “Peter,” and “Wendy” all relate to characters from the story of Peter Pan. Players must navigate through the puzzle while avoiding misleading connections designed to confuse them.
To successfully complete the game, a player must determine all four Connections without making more than three mistakes. A fourth error results in an automatic reveal of the solution. Each group is color-coded based on the difficulty of discovering the connection, with the colors representing: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).
Hints for Today’s Puzzle
For those seeking guidance on today’s Connections puzzle, hints are provided to help navigate the challenges:
- Yellow: This might fix a leak, for example.
- Green: Hand something over.
- Blue: See any languages?
- Purple: Try adding a pronoun.
Additionally, two extra hints offer further assistance: “Robot” and “programming” belong to different groups, and every theme except for purple includes a word starting with “P.”
If players need even more help, the following words belong to each group:
- Yellow: Stop
- Green: Pronounce
- Blue: Spoken
- Purple: Ching
The Correct Groups and Answers
For those who wish to know the themes linking the word groups in today’s puzzle, the following Connections have been identified:
- Yellow: Block, as an Opening (Close, Plug, Seal, Stop)
- Green: Put Forward, as an Announcement (Deliver, Give, Present, Pronounce)
- Blue: Kinds of Language (Body, Programming, Sign, Spoken)
- Purple: Words After “I” (Beam, Ching, Robot, Spy)
The most notable pairing in this puzzle was “present” and “give.” Initially, thoughts of gifts distracted from recognizing “pronounce” as part of the same group. The association of “pronounce” with “pronoun” may have provided additional clues for identifying the purple group, although some players may have struggled to make the connection.
As new puzzles are released daily at midnight, players can continue to challenge themselves and improve their skills. Whether successful or not, participants have the opportunity to try again tomorrow, just as they do with Wordle.
For those who managed to solve today’s challenge, congratulations! If not, remember that practice makes perfect, and new puzzles are just around the corner.
