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If you want to keep up your streak in today’sConnectionspuzzle, you may need a little bit of help. Luckily, today’s puzzle is a little less tricky than the past few, butsometimes it just takes one word to throw off your entire game. to help keep that from happening, we have the clues and tips you need to finish this puzzle with flying colors.
If you want a new view on words and would like to attempt to string them together in a puzzling way, then thedailyLetter Boxedpuzzlesare the ones for you. This puzzleasks you to string five words together using only the letters found around the box, and you must use all of the letters in the puzzle. This can be challenging, as finding the right starting point is difficult, and you can easily find yourself stuck. Luckily, you get as many chances as you need to get it right, unlike with other NYT puzzles.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
SEPTEMBER 29 #475
While today’s puzzle has fewer challenges than the last couple of days, some potential pitfalls can grab a player’s attention. There are alsosome words that people may not be familiar with, so it’s key to try to focus on words you know. If unsure, you can check these four clues to see where you might be stuck:
5 Letter Words Wordle Hasn’t Used Yet (Updated Daily)
Wordle, the popular word-guessing game hosted by The New York Times, has over 1,700 words remaining as possible solutions.
If you still need a bit of extra help, we can give you some more clues in the form of the category names, which will surely help boost your chances of victory.
UPHOLD
KEEP
Today, I thought thatKEEP and UPHOLD were fairly good tip-offs for this category. Adding FULFILL and HONOR to this category did not feel very difficult, but it was also not the first category I solved. I thought the words did a fairly good job of hiding among the others, particularly when I had not solved any of the categories yet. That being said, this one felt pretty straightforward after that, but I could see words like JUSTICE potentially throwing a wrench into the mix.
SHEET
SHAM
These words feel trickier when I look at them, but they were actually the first category I solved. Maybe it’s my obsession with blankets, but I saw BLANKET and SHEET and thought there might be something there. Looking around, SHAM, which is not a very commonly used word,could also be a kind of bedding, and I have so many THROW blankets, but it’s not even funny. This made it a little easier to figure that category out, although I might not have if I wasn’t familiar with this use of sham.
NYT Mini Crossword: 8 Strategies To Solve It Fast
This tricky little five by five crossword isn’t always as easy as it looks; here are a couple easy tips and tricks to beat your friends' times!
PASS
PLAY
This category was a bit easier due to my obsession with card games, and perhaps my family just playedUNO.UNOis a game that has all of these exact actions, except that you cannot really PASS. However, it is a well-known card game mechanic, especially in something likeLorcana. My growing shelves full of card games helped me out here, and I was glad to solve this one faster than I have in a while, although this is mostly due to this being a category about card games rather than sports.
LABOR
STATE
To be perfectly honest, these were all just words I hadn’t even looked at for most of my puzzle time with this game today. I am not sure I would have gotten this category if it was not last, although I am aware enough of the structure of a country’s politics to think about it eventually.ENERGY is perhaps the odd one out here, as the other three are slightly more prominentin the news and culture, but I am glad I mostly ignored these words until the end.
Other Games Like Connections
For today’s puzzle recommendation, I would tryAbsurdle, which makes more sense than the name suggests. It is quite wild when you first start, but after a few rounds, it becomes a lot of ridiculous fun.
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
Worldle
Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints.
The Password Game
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find somehelpful tips in ourPassword Gameguide.
Absurdle
Try to solve a game ofWordlewithout any help. With each guess, the game reveals as little information as possible, even changing the word if need be.
