If you are looking for Connections Friday, May 31, 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 31 issue of NYT Connections #355! 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 - For example, you would see these things in museums collected by artists.
Green categories - These are the things you can climb if you're ambitious.
Blue Category - This is stuff you would see more often before the MP3 era.
Purple categories - These are words related to specific body movements.
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
Fujifilm and Olympus are coming together today, but it's not because they are both camera brands.
JACKET, HOOD and BODY are all words related to clothing, but today they cannot be put together.
If you think of a verb that links several words together, you'll have an easier time handling today's purple category.
What are the categories of connectivity today?
Yellow: corpus
Green: Mountain___
Blue: components of LP
Purple: Things that shock people
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 CORPUS, and the words are: BODY, CANON, OEUVRE, and WORKS.
What's the green word in Connections today?
The green grouping should be the second easiest. The theme of today's green group is MOUNT ___, and the words are: FUJI, HOOD, OLYMPUS and WHITNEY.
What's the blue word in today's Wired?
The blue group is the second hardest. Today's theme in the blue category is the components of a record, and the words are: INSERT, JACKET, RECORD, SLEEVE.
What is the purple word in today's connection?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today's purple category theme is "THINGS PEOPLE SHAKE" and the text is: HANDS, MARACA, POLAROID, SNOWGLOBE.
How I solved my connection issues today
Fuji, Canon, Olympus, and Polaroid are all camera brands, but they're right next to each other in the center of the puzzle, which raises red flags.
The MARACA is a percussion instrument that produces sounds when shaken. This works well with snow globes and Polaroids, which are also something to shake.
I think OLYMPUS and FUJI might be combined as names of mountains, which would also fit HOOD and WHITNEY. ?
Oh, hands are also something to shake, like when you say hello. Let's see if this applies to POLAROID, MARACA and SNOWGLOBE. ?
It appears that the words "BODY," "CANON," "OEUVRE," and "WORKS" are combined to describe the results of someone's work over the course of their career. ?
The rest are INSERT, JACKET, SLEEVE and RECORD, which are all things related to physical music media. ?
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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 design is tricky. 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 contains only 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!
