The last throes of winter define the themes of today’s challengingConnectionspuzzle, with a ton of similar concepts that are hard to pair into groups. I found today’s categories to be quite hard to find, especially since many of the words available were frustratingly similar. However, with the right clues, you may narrow down the context used for today’s puzzle to find multiple solutions.
Similar to theNYTLetter Boxedgame, today’sConnectionspuzzle asks you to find patterns that are hard to see at first. From the beginning of today’s puzzle, you’ll see phrases that are all close to one another through their various definitions. Since youonly have four chances to make mistakes, it can be hard to find the right words to create a group when so many are already alike.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
April 24 #683
I managed to solve today’s puzzle bytrying to visualize the various definitions of each wordI came across. For example, for ICEBERG, I imagined the physical frozen objects often found in cold waters, but I also remembered that it is a type of lettuce I could see myself putting into a salad. Both definitions carry a new context, opening up new possibilities for category groups to make more sense.
To help you search for the right definitions of available words, here are some great hints about each of today’s puzzle categories:
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.
“BATMAN"VILLAINS
POLAR BEAR
SNOW
I quickly caught on to this portion of the puzzle, mainly due to how BABY POWDER and MILK already pair together well. This initial connection made me think thatthis portion of the puzzle has to do with the appearance of its phrasesrather than their functions. This led me to include SNOW and MILK, with the former being the hardest to add due to how it could also work with many other words in today’s puzzle.
LEAF
ROMAINE
This was the most challenging part of the puzzle, in my opinion, as I had to look up ROMAINE first as a type of lettuce. LEAF is simple enough to include, butICEBERG should be used to refer to iceberg lettuce, not an aspect of winter with SNOW or POLAR BEAR. Once I realized this, I was able to look up BUTTER as butterhead lettuce, completing this section of the puzzle by including that word.
PENGUIN
SCARECROW
This part of the puzzle was tricky for me at first, as I imagined PENGUIN to connect more to SNOW, POLAR BEAR, and ICEBERG from other categories. However, what tipped me off to the Batman connection was the inclusion of JOKER and SCARECROW, whoonly pair with each other as villains of The Dark Knight. This helped me separate PENGUIN from other sections and add BANE to put together part of Batman’s rogues' gallery.
PITCHERS
WALLS
This part of the puzzle is definitely the most challenging, as each of these words has seemingly no connection whatsoever at first. That being said, I thought about how ears of corn are harvested as crops from a CORNFIELD, which gave me the right idea.Thinking about phrases like"the walls have ears"helped me to include WALLS, then PITCHERS, and MUSICIANS for more literal definitions tied to this category.
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