Much longer words than you may be used to inConnectionspuzzles are prominent today, making it harder to find the right answers. The puzzle for today was challenging for me, especially compared to previous days when the available words were easier to interpret. However, larger words mean more straightforward definitions, making the right hints more helpful than ever.
Compared tomanyWordle5-letter wordsthat have been used daily, today’sConnectionspuzzle uses some of the longest words in an NYT game. Despite the added complexity, this makes words have fewer definitions, but far less connective tissue pairing them together.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
April 25 #684
I was able to trip into success with today’s puzzle, solving one category accidentally through sheer trial and error. That being said, there are a couple of themes you can follow to help you get started. Through my experiments with certain pairings, I discovered that today’s puzzle focuses onbeginnings and titles, marking how categories are organized based on what to call concepts rather than what they do.
For those struggling with today’s puzzle, here are some helpful clues to give you a good head start on figuring out each category topic:
If you want to go all out with some of your clue-searching,you should look at the category namesto get some extra help. There are also spoilers for each category if you find yourself needing to solve a single category to finish up.
___TUBE
MENTHOL
WINTERGREEN
This part of the puzzle was the easiest for me, as BUBBLEGUM already had me thinking of gum flavors to begin with. Although I usually stick to normalBUBBLEGUM, CINNAMON, and MENTHOL are common flavorsthat I’ll sometimes get sticks of from my friends when we get together. Similarly, most brands of gum have a WINTERGREEN flavor, which is also common enough to include, as that word doesn’t have another definition that stands out.
SPARK
SPRINGBOARD
This section of the puzzle had me stumped at first, but only after I had already put SPARK and CATALYST together. These two words represented a spark of inspiration in my head, or the formation of an idea. To help me find the other words, I remembered that sometimes youSPRINGBOARD an idea to others to start a project, which acts as a LAUNCHPADto a greater concept when everyone brainstorms at the same time.
UNFORGETTABLE
WITCHCRAFT
This part of the puzzle was the most difficult for me, as many of the terms in this category left me confused. Originally, I put AUTUMN LEAVES with SUMMERTIME and WINTERGREEN to represent seasons, but this only held part of the right answer. Then, I realizedboth WITCHCRAFT and UNFORGETTABLE were songs from the 1950s, leading me to look up the other terms as music to help them fit into the proper category.
TEST
VACUUM
On the surface, I struggled to find connections between these words, but FALLOPIAN was the one I started with. This word may seem complex, but itonly has one recognizable definition that would make sense for the puzzle - the Fallopian tube body part. I then focused on the word"tube"to narrow down the other words into the same category, starting with TEST and VACUUM and including INNER at the very end.
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