If you are looking for Connections Saturday, May 11, 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 11 issue of NYT Connections #335! 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 - major attractions.
Green Category - The greatest weakness of a certain monster.
Blue Categories – These are the ones you might read when you need a laugh.
Purple Category - Fill-in-the-blank questions where the first word is synonymous with organization, committee, or team.
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
Sandwiches are fine with soda, but not with onions or garlic.
Onions and garlic don’t go together either.
CRACKED is the name of a comedy website, a bit like The ONION.
What are the categories of connectivity today?
Yellow: the best-selling one
Green: Vampire's weakness
Blue: satirical publications, familiar
Purple: Club___
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 "ONE WITH TOP BILLING", and the words are: HEADLINER, LEAD, PRINCIPAL, and STAR.
What's the green word in Connections today?
The green grouping should be the second easiest. Today's theme in the Green category is Vampire Vulnerability and the words are: Cross, Garlic, Silver, Sun.
What's the blue word in today's Wired?
The blue group is the second hardest. Today's theme in the blue category is satirical publications, familiar, and the words are: crack, lantern, madness, onion.
What is the purple word in today's connection?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today’s theme for the purple group is CLUB ___, and the words are: MED, MUSIC, SANDWICH, and SODA.
How I solved my connection issues today
HEADLINER has a very unique meaning as the main attraction at a music festival or concert. It looks like it might be used with PRINCIPAL, STAR and LEAD, which basically mean the same thing. ?
Seeing "SUN" and "CROSS" next to each other reminded me of Slaying a Vampire - see, there's "GARLIC" and "SILVER" too, which fit that theme as well. ?
The remaining eight words didn't immediately grab my attention. SANDWICH, ONION and SODA are all culinary terms. "MAD," "CRACKED," and "LAMPOON" all seem to be words with negative sentiments, but none of these clues seem to lead anywhere.
I Googled LAMPOON to spark my idea and looked at the dictionary definition, but then also saw results for Lampoon magazine. It reminds me of MAD magazine, The Onion, and... well, what else? Oh, by the way, CRACKED is also the name of a comedy brand. ?
I don't know what the last category is, so let's submit the remaining words and see. ? Oh, it’s “CLUB ___”. That was so tough!
Connecting Puzzle #335 ???? ???? ???? ????
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!
