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How to play Connections

NYT Connections presents you with 16 words arranged in a 4×4 grid. Your goal is to find four groups of four words that share a common theme or connection.

Select four words you think belong together and submit your guess. If correct, the group is revealed with its category name and color. If wrong, you lose one of your four allowed mistakes.

Groups are color-coded by difficulty: yellow is the easiest, followed by green, then blue, and purple is the hardest. Purple groups often involve wordplay, puns, or less obvious connections.

The puzzle resets daily at midnight Eastern Time. Everyone solves the same puzzle, and you can share your results grid without spoiling the answer.

Play at nytimes.com/games/connections. A new puzzle every day.

Tips

• ›Scan all 16 words first before guessing. Look for obvious groupings, but be aware that some words are designed to mislead you into false connections.
• ›Start with the group you are most confident about. Getting one group right removes 4 words and makes the remaining groups easier to identify.
• ›Watch for words that could fit multiple categories. These red herrings are placed intentionally. The purple group often has the trickiest connections.
• ›Think beyond surface-level meanings. Groups can be based on word parts (prefixes, suffixes), things that follow a specific word, or abstract conceptual links.