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If you do not want to take a chance in today’sConnectionspuzzle, you may want to pause and look at these clues before you submit any guesses. Even without spoilers, a couple of clues can go a long way to helping you figure out what the categories are and what words might go in them.SolvingConnectionsis always a delicate process, and there are many ways to go about it that will help you get a positive outcome.
If you want to get a bigger challenge out of your puzzling time, you can always check out theNYTLetter Boxedpuzzle. There are multiple avenues to solving these puzzles, but the trick isfinding five wordsyou can string together by connecting the letters across the box grid. Once you do, you will get a score, and you can compete against yourself and your friends for the following days. It’s an addictive game because you always feel like you are just one step away from solving it.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
OCTOBER 2 #478
Sometimes, all it takes is one rogue word to make players feel less at ease, especially with Connections. Putting together the full picture of the puzzle can be quite hard, especially if there is one word you are not familiar with. In fact,there were several words I was not familiar with in this puzzle, which made it more difficult than it should have been. Here are the clues for today’s puzzle:
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If you want to pull out all the stops, you will want tolook at the other hints we have for you. Check out the below to ensure you are moving in the right direction.
GAMBLE
RISK
This one could be easy or hard, depending on how you approach the question. If you focus too much on the CHANCE aspect, you will likely mention the RISK andhow it is a GAMBLE to follow through on it. BET is a little more generic, but it gets the point across. CUBE and DICE are icons of these types of distractions sometimes. But is is an excellent way to get yourself out of the house, if nothing more.
JULIENNE
SLICE
This wasn’t easy, partially due to chance words in the previous category. JULIENNE stands out as a particularly odd word, and I decided to use it as a starting point for other types of words like her. One of them ended up being Julienne, which, as it turns out, is away to cut up pieces of meatand not anything more sinister. This is a relief to someone whose mother would watch Dateline 24/7 all the time. And, in fact, all of these words have to do with how you use a knife in the kitchen.
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JOKER
TAXI DRIVER
This category was a little harder to come up with, at least as a final answer. I know JOKER, HEAT, and TAXI DRIVER were all potential films, but I had to look to see if that was true. I have heard of most of them in passing, as opposed to knowing them very well. However, looking at the movies, I realized that while they didn’t share a common year or origin story,they all shared an actor, Robert De Niro.
SLOT MACHINE
VENUS DE MILO
The answers for this one kind of sound like a bar joke - four people walk into a bar, an armless statue, a god, a machine in a casino, and an animal in the ocean. I wasn’t sure what they all had to do with each other, particularly the SLOT MACHINE, but I remember even asking myself if it had to do with arms when I saw “Octopus” in the puzzle. That can certainly make things challenging if you have no idea what the stories were. Maybe one day, Venus can get her arms back.
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