If you are looking for Connections Thursday, May 23, 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 23 issue of NYT Connections #347! 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 - You can use these words to describe how someone cheated on you.
Green Category - Words that may be used to end a relationship.
Blue Category - These are words that may strike someone who reads current events or works in the media.
Purple categories - Hidden word categories containing things you might say to your friends when they come over.
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
Yogurt and milk are both dairy products, but today they cannot go together. Despite its association with cooking, neither word fits SUPPER.
Today, think of milk as a verb.
COPY can be a verb meaning "to imitate," but it is also a word used to describe text, such as in a magazine or online publication.
Today's purple category is one of those "words hidden within other words" categories that may seem tripping up, but I think if you greet this category with enthusiasm you'll have an easier time handling it.
What are the categories of connectivity today?
Yellow: exploit
Green: Complete, over time
Blue: newspaper table
Purple: words starting with greetings
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 the theme of the yellow group is utilization, and the words are: utilization, utilization, milk, use.
What's the green word in Connections today?
The green grouping should be the second easiest. Today’s theme for the green category is “FINISHED, AS TIME” and the words are: DONE, OVER, THROUGH, UP.
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 newspaper desk, and the words are: city, copy, culture, and sports.
What is the purple word in today's connection?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today's purple category theme is "Words that start with greetings" and the words are: HEYDAY, HIJINKS, SUPPER, YOGURT.
How I solved my connection issues today
Use, exploit, and exploit all seem to be synonyms for exploit, but I'm not sure yet what accomplishes that. I can see overworking (as in "getting one thing done" on someone), but I'd like to see it for a while before I commit.
HEYDAY and HIJINKS stand out because they both begin with greetings ("Hey" and "Hi"). Yes, it looks like YOGURT ("yo") and SUPPER ("sup") are suitable as words starting with a greeting. ?
DONE seems to work well with THROUGH, OVER, and UP to describe when something is finished, such as "We're done" or "It's time." ?
Oh, and use, exploit, and leverage go hand in hand with milk, as does "getting the most out of it." ?
This means copywriting, culture, sports and cities go hand in hand. Maybe these are all part of a newspaper? "Newspaper Counter," the New York Times said. ?
Connecting Puzzle #347 ???? ???? ???? ????
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!
