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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 Categories
Here are a few small hints for the 304th Connections game to get you started:
Brown, Dogs, Fiction, Unchained
How Did We Solve This Connections Game?
April 10th came pretty easily to us, though Purple was a little hard to spot.
We spotted chief and director and were thinking about leadership positions, then chair and head just fell right into place, finishing off Yellow. The category was officially “Person in Charge.”
Lawn and field were immediately evocative of grass. Green, as in a golf course, also fit that. Grounds also fit, but a little more loosely, since grounds doesn’t unambiguously refer to a grassy area rather than, say, a forested area, but it was close enough. Very appropriately, the Green category was “Grassy Area.”
Blue proved to be a little more evasive than the first two categories. The connection between chest, coco, hazel, and pea just spontaneously occurred to us after looking at it for a minute. They’re all words that precede a type of nut! Hazelnut, peanut, and so on.
The last category wasn’t immediately obvious, and unless you pay attention to movies (and their directors), there is a good chance you won’t get this one. Purple was “Second Words in Tarantino Movies.”
How Do You Guess Connections Categories?
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.
