If you are looking for Connections Friday May 24, 2024 answers, keep reading — I will share some clues, tips, strategies, and finally solutions for all four categories. Along the way I'll explain the meanings of the trickier words and we'll see how everything fits together. Please note, there are spoilers below for the May 24 issue of NYT Connections #348! If you want some tips (and answers) for today's game of Wired, keep reading.
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Below, I'll give you some indirect hints on today's connection answers. Further down the page I will reveal the topics and answers. Scroll slowly and get the tips you need!
Topic prompt for today’s connect puzzle
Here are some grouping tips from today’s Wired (no spoilers):
Yellow Category - These things will help you flush it all away.
Green Category - Words you might use to describe holiday movies on Lifetime or Hallmark.
Blue Category - These words are connected by verbs that apply to all words. For example, BACK, BEER, and WHIP also fall into this category.
Purple Category - Fill-in-the-blank category with common words referring to change or evolution.
PLEASE NOTE: Today's Connect Puzzle contains spoilers!
We're about to give you some answers. If you don't want to spoil the whole thing, scroll slowly. (Full solution a little below.)
A note on the tricky bits
SAP and CHUMP can both be used to describe people with comical qualities, but they don't go together.
Today cheese goes well with corn, but not with eggs.
Today's blue category will be easier to understand if you think of the common movements people make with their knuckles, perhaps as a nervous habit or to cartoonishly threaten someone.
What are the categories of connectivity today?
Yellow: water removal pipe
Green: Food associated with emotions
Blue: something to be cracked
Purple: ___ change
Be extra careful: here’s the solution
Ready to get the answers to today’s connectivity dilemmas? I've given them all below.
What's the yellow word in today's connection?
The yellow grouping is considered the most straightforward. Today's theme for the yellow group is drainage pipes, and the words are: drain pipe, pipe, pipe, sewer.
What's the green word in Connections today?
The green grouping should be the second easiest. Today’s theme in the green category is food related to emotions, and the words are: cheese, corn, SAP, SCHMALTZ.
What's the blue word in today's Wired?
The blue group is the second hardest. Today's theme for the blue category is "THINGS TO CRACK" and the words are: EGG, KNUCKLES, SMILE, WINDOW.
What is the purple word in today's connection?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today’s theme in the purple category is ___change, and the words are: CHUMP, CLIMATE, LOOSE, and SEA.
How I solved my connection issues today
Pipes, drains, air ducts and windows appear to fit together as components of a building. I am alone". Oh, maybe SEWER instead of WINDOW, to understand more about pipes. ?
SAP and CHUMP can be combined, but I'm not sure yet what.
Cheese, corn, and eggs are all things that can be yellow, but it feels too imprecise.
The word "climate" made me think of climate change ( a heavy sigh of existential dread ), and I realized that "___change" might be the category. This is suitable for CHUMP, LOOSE and SEA. ? Well, we're making progress.
Ah, SAP, SCHMALTZ, CHEESE, and CORN combine as words to describe something too sweet or annoyingly serious (sappy, schmaltzy, cheesy, corny). ?Oh, they are food too. Neat!
Only KNUCKLES, EGG, SMILE and WINDOW remain. Wow, I have no idea what could connect these words. ?Oh, okay.
Connecting Puzzle #348 ???? ???? ???? ???? ????
How to play connect
I have a complete guide to playing Connections , but here's a recap of the rules:
First, find the Connections game on the New York Times website or their game app (formerly known as the Crossword Puzzle app). You will see a game board with 16 tiles, each with a word or phrase. Your task is to select a set of four tiles that have something in common. Usually they are the same type of thing (for example: RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, and SNOW are all types of wet weather), but sometimes a play on words is involved (for example, BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN, and WISH are all types) List : Last Wish lists, guest lists, etc.).
Select four projects and click the "Submit" button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be displayed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess is incorrect, you'll be given a chance to try again.
You win when you correctly identify all four groups. But if you make four mistakes before finishing, the game will be over and the answer will be revealed.
How to win connections
The most important thing to know when it comes to winning connections is that grouping is tricky to design. Expect to see overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle appeared to include six breakfast items: bacon, eggs, pancakes, omelets, waffles and cereal. But it turns out that BACON belongs to the same group of painters as CLOSE, MUNCH, and WHISTLER, while EGG belongs to a dozen groups of painters (along with JUROR, ROSE, and MONTH). So don’t hit “submit” until you’ve confirmed that your foursome only contains these four things.
If you're stuck, another strategy is to look at words that don't seem to be connected to other words. If when you see "Whistler" all that comes to mind is the painting nicknamed "Whistler's Mother," then you probably get the idea. When I was figuring this out, I ended up searching on Google to see if there was a painter named Close, since Close didn't fit any obvious themes either.
Obviously, another way to win when you're stuck is to read some helpful tips - which is why we share them every day. Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!
