If you are looking for Connections Monday, May 6, 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 6 issue of NYT Wired #330! 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 - Grouping things together.
Green Category - How would you describe an annoying younger sibling or a noisy puppy.
Blue Category - Measure with your heart, not with a spoon or cup.
Purple Categories - If you want to know more about the future, you can check these out.
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
COUPLE is a verb, not a noun.
BOTHER is a noun, not a verb.
If you are familiar with the images on the tarot cards, it will be easier for you to grasp the purple category.
What are the categories of connectivity today?
Yellow: connection
Green: Nuisance
Blue: quantifier
Purple: Tarot cards with "THE"
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 CONNECT, and the words are: COUPLE, JOIN, LINK, and TIE.
What's the green word in Connections today?
The green grouping should be the second easiest. Today’s theme for the green category is “NUISANCE” and the words are: BOTHER, HANDFUL, PAIN, PEST.
What's the blue word in today's Wired?
The blue group is the second hardest. Today's theme in the blue category is quantifiers, these words are: few, many, several, some.
What is the purple word in today's connection?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today's theme for the purple group is Tarot cards with "THE" and the words: Fool, Lover, Magician, Tower.
How I solved my connection issues today
Some, a few, a few, many, a few, and a few all work together, so let's keep looking until we can eliminate a few.
Upon closer inspection, I see that LINK, TIE, COUPLE, and JOIN all fit, so let's get rid of them. ?
Seeing FOOL and MAGICIAN side by side reminded me of tarot cards, and I remembered that LOVERS and TOWER were also the names of tarot cards. ?
Ah, now I realize that HANDFUL is a synonym for BOTHER, PEST, and PAIN. ?
The rest are "FEW", "SOME", "SEVERAL" and "MANY", which refer to groups or quantities of things. ?
Connecting Puzzle #330 ???? ???? ???? ????
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 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!
