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If you want to get a trifecta, or perhaps more appropriately, a quadfecta, inConnectionstoday, you will want a few hints to get you to the finish line. Particularly in today’s puzzle, someconfusing crossover words and multiple words could belong in the last category, which is often difficult anyway. This can cause a lot of confusion and frustration, particularly if you feel sure of a combination that is not working.
If you want to try something that is consistent but changing every day, you will want to check out sometips for The Password Game. While you will know what to expect for every rule every day, theanswers for each rule are different, and you will have to constantly change your answerto ensure it fits all the rules. It can feel frustrating, but the ridiculous nonsense you will have at the end can make it well worth it.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
SEPTEMBER 25 #471
If you want some nudges without spoilers for today’s puzzle, we have aclue for each category that can help you separate the wordsand deduce the answers. This is a little tricky with today’s words, given what the categories are, but we have worked out some clues that can help you.
8 Vertex Strategies To Quickly Solve The Picture
The New York Times Vertex game asks you to form a picture by connecting dots, but you have to understand the image to solve this puzzle quickly.
Once you have checked out those clues and decided they weren’t enough, we will have some more hints for you in the form of the category names. Check them out below to get afuller picture of the puzzle.
___ DERBY
TRIFECTA
TRIPLE CROWN
Today’s first and last categories involve sports, and one of the achievements mentioned in this category is gained by winning the KENTUCKY Derby, one of the words also in the last one. This can make things difficult and frustrating, but the key to this isthat it is specifically about the achievement, not the individual events. HOME RUN is also a potential red herring for this one, so it is difficult to parse out what belongs where.
ROLLER
TAPE
This one is probably the easiest of all the categories today, as the words are generally the most unrelated to the others. However,ROLLER is a red herring if you are paying attention to the last categorybecause a roller derby is, to me anyway, much more popular than some of the others. I was frustrated that it did not belong in the last category, but seeing PAINT, TAPE, and DROP Cloth made me resignedly realize that it belonged here.
Wordle History: Today’s Answer & All Past Words
Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.
SPROUTS
WINGS
This one could be hard, as none of the words that these things are actually named after are included in the words; you instead have to work that out on your own. Additionally, did you know there is a Philly CHEESESTEAK Derby? Apparently, all kinds of derbies are in this puzzle and outside of it. If you happen to be aware of it, that could be a potential pitfall, but the best guess isthat these are all foods or directly related to food, and none of the other words in this puzzle are.
KENTUCKY
SOAP BOX
This last one was tricky for all of the above potential words that could belong here. It caught my eye first, seeing KENTUCKY, ROLLER, and DEMOLITION and making the connection immediately. This also proved to be my downfall on today’s puzzle, as Icould have eliminated some of the red herrings before reaching itif I had not gotten stuck on it. I did manage to eliminate ROLLER after a couple of wrong guesses when I started looking elsewhere, but I did lose on an unlucky guess when I found out the CHEESESTEAK could be a derby and got excited.
Other Games Like Connections
If you still want to keep puzzling after solving this one, check out one of the ones listed in the box below. I would recommendWorldle, as it allows me tobrush up on my geography skills while also putting my country trivia to the testdaily.
Is It Free To Play?
Wordle(NYT)
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues.EveryWordleanswercan be found in our daily updated list.
Yes
Hello Wordl
Very similar toWordle, where players change the number of letters in the word.
The Password Game
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find somehelpful tips in ourPassword Gameguide.
Worldle
Name a country based only on its silhouette and a few geographical hints.
