Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered.
What Is Connections?
Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme. That common element could be anything. We have seen everything from games that rely on the number of letters in the words to categories that require you to spot an extra letter at the end of the word. Sometimes they’re references to economics, other times they reference fairy tales. There is no telling what sort of association there will be between words.
Once you’re confident you understand the connection, select 4 words, then hit “Submit.” You have only four attempts in total, so don’t be too guess-happy.
Hints for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are a few small hints for the 330th Connections game to get you started:
How Did We Solve This Connections Game?
May 6th was a little tough.
The first group I spotted was Purple. I quickly saw fool, lovers, magician, and tower and thought they must be related to fantasy stories. In actuality, Purple was “Tarot Cards, with The.” It turns out my guess was largely just luck!
Join, link, couple, and tie all seemed pretty straight forward. They’re verbs that can mean “to attach,” though the specific connotations vary. The Yellow group was actually “Connect.” Close enough in my book.
Bother and pain immediately struck me as verbs, but that didn’t really go anywhere. Taking them as nouns, however, proved more fruitful. A bother and a pain are both nuisances. With “Nuisance” (the actual name of the Green group) in mind, handful and pest were pretty easy to pick out.
Blue was curiously difficult this time. It included the words few, many, several, and some—at first glance, this was confusing, since some of them were antonyms. It didn’t click until I was directly given the answer by the game: “Quantity Words.” In retrospect, the inclusion of the word “some” probably should have clued me in that the specific amount wasn’t important.
How Do You Guess Connections Groups?
There is no quick, reliable way to approach Connections like there is with Wordle, since Connections isn’t algorithmic. However, there are a few things to keep in mind that can help.
If you didn’t solve this one, don’t feel too bad—there’s always tomorrow! And those words may align with a topic you’re interested in, giving you a leg up on the competition.
