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If you want to win today’sConnectionspuzzle, there are a few ways to make this easier. There are a lot of seemingly disconnected words in the puzzle, as well as many “fake categories” that could trip players up. This made it harder for us to solve today, so we also knowhow to help you avoid those pitfalls. Here are our tricks for solving today’s puzzle and avoiding the traps.
If you likeConnections, you will likely want thedailyWordlepuzzle, which has many similarities. Instead of words, you areplaying with letters and figuring out where they all go in the five available slots. If you guess correctly and quickly enough, you will come up with a five-letter word in the puzzle that has never been used before. Itrequires a lot of logical deductionand feels really good when you get it right.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
SEPTEMBER 28 #474
Today, as stated, an interesting combination of words can lead to a lot of frustration due to some of the “fake” categories that players might find. It was difficult for us, and some of thereal categories were harder to spot because of it. To help you avoid these traps, here are four clues:
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If you still need some help after examining these clues, we have more information for you. Knowing the category nameseliminates the fear of fake categories, and you may be more sure of what you are guessing. Here, then, are each of the names of the categories for today.
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CROSS
HYBRID
This one felt the easiest and was, in fact, the first category I solved today. Seeing CROSS and HYBRID made me suspicious, and those suspicions were confirmed when I found COMPOUND and BLEND. This is not always a perfect guess inConnections, as sometimeseven four words together are a trap, but luckily, it was correct for this category today. I feel like there is a better way to describe what these all mean, but “Composite” does work.
STICK
WEDGE
LODGE ended up tricking me for a while, as I thought of itmore as a building than an action. Especially with HOUSE and HOTEL, I thought it was more likely a category related to real estate or vacation destinations if CRUISE was also added in. STICK and PLANT can go together in multiple different ways, so those two made sense, but figuring out that it was supposed to be an action was hard when all of these words were also nouns with different meanings.
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HOUSE
TOKEN
I was surprisingly not far off on the idea of a real estate category, but more because the game ofMonopolyis all about real estate and getting a DEED to those properties. However,I wasnot expecting it to be gamified real estate, so figuring out that TOKEN also belonged here was much harder. In the end, I didn’t manage it, but luckily my mistake is your gain. Despite my misstep, it was fun to see another game mentioned here.
QUALITY
REMOTE
I never made it to this category, but as I already stated, CRUISE was tricking me early with those other potential destinations. I dideventually make the connection to CRUISE control, but figuring out which other words went with it was harder. I thought perhaps it had to do with cars, and I almost had this category with CRUISE, QUALITY, and REMOTE, but I put it with STICK instead of BIRTH. I was unlucky today because of this, but you can win because of my misfortune.
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