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Today’s Connections puzzle isn’t easy, which is why Newsweek has provided clues to help you score another win.
Following the success of Wordle, a word-based game that was acquired by The New York Times in January 2022, the publication launched Connections in 2023.
The goal of the brainteaser is to find common links among a set of words, though it can often be quite a tall task. Keep reading for Newsweek‘s hints, but do scroll with caution if you’d like to work them out for yourself, as the answers will also be provided below.
How To Play ‘Connections’
When it comes to playing Connections, the rules are rather simple. Players are given a set of 16 words they must separate into four categories based on common themes. These categories are color-coded and vary in difficulty, with purple considered the hardest category and yellow considered the easiest. The green and blue categories are considered medium difficulty.
For example, in Monday’s puzzle, the purple category was “Words famously pronounced different ways,” and the terms associated with it were “aunt,” “either,” “tomato” and “vase.”
Wyna Liu, a puzzle editor at the NYT who creates the daily Connections games, recently shared her top tips for conquering the puzzle with Newsweek, advising readers to avoid “rage solving.”
“My best piece of advice is to wait as long as you can before guessing. You may see the board and have completely identified the category, seeing five words that could belong in that category,” she said in June. “Don’t try to guess the four words in that category, because even though you know what the fifth member is, you won’t know which of the four it might not be.”
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Below are Newsweek‘s helpful tips to assist you with Tuesday’s game:
Yellow: To snatch or pull with force
Green: Nicknames you might give to a boy or man
Blue: Yoga class items
Purple: Words before “Cap”
‘Connections’ #611 Answers for Tuesday, February 11
Yellow Category: WREST
Yellow Words: Jerk, Tug, Wrench, Yank
Green Category: BUSTER
Green Words: Bub, Bud, Jack, Man
Blue Category: YOGA ACCESSORIES
Blue Words: Block, Bolster, Mat, Strap
Purple Category: ___ CAP
Purple Words: Hub, Knee, Mad, Night
Excellent job if you solved Tuesday’s game correctly, but don’t be too hard on yourself if you didn’t. You’ll get another chance on Wednesday when a new game will be available for you to try.
Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone, so be sure to check back with Newsweek each day for more handy hints and answers.
Want to test your brain further before the next Connections drops? Try giving these other popular word games a go.
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Megan Cartwright is Newsweek’s Deputy Entertainment Editor, based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. pop culture and entertainment news stories. Megan joined Newsweek in 2022 from New York where she was the Senior Editor for In Touch, Life & Style and Closer magazines and had previously interned at MTV, Cosmopolitan and InStyle. She is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Languages: English.
You can get in touch with Megan by emailing m.**********@******ek.com.
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