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ForbesToday’s NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers for Sunday, October 27 (#504)By means of Kris Holt

Hey, everyone! I hope you have one murderer weekend (you know, because it’s almost Halloween). I had a relaxing conversation with my partner, thanks for asking. You’re going to have a great week, I’m sure.

Today NYT Connections hints and answers for monday october 28th are coming soon.

Play connections

Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. Every day you get a new puzzle at midnight. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.

You will be shown a grid of 16 words. Your job is to divide them into four groups of four by discovering the connections between them. The groups can be things like clickable items, names for study participants, or words preceded by a body part.

There is only one solution to each puzzle, and you have to be careful when it comes to words that fit into more than one category. You can play the words in any order so you might see the connections between them.

Each group has a color code. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult. The purple group often uses puns.

Select four words that you think go together and press Send. If you make a guess and you’re wrong, you lose a life. When you’re close to the right group, you might see a message saying you’re just one word away from the right group, but you still need to figure out which one to swap.

If you make four mistakes, the game is over. Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen with some tips and, if you’re really struggling, today’s information Connections answers. As with Word and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

If you have a NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connectionsso you can go back and play the games you missed.

Apart from the first 60 or so games, you should be able to find my hints for each grid via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.

What are the connection tips for today?

Scroll slowly! Just after today’s hints for each Connections groups, I will reveal what the groups are, without immediately telling you which words fit into them.

Today’s 16 words are…

• GAMES
• LOVE
• PLEASE
• DELAY
• PRESTO
• MEAN
• THANK YOU
• SHAZAM
• AUDIBLE
• ABRACADABRA
• MEAN
• TIDES
• TO SUGGEST
• TO HAVE
• PANDORA
• CHERISH

And the tips for today’s groups are:

• Yellow group – hear this
• Green group — imply, indicate
• Blue group – enter into an eternal commitment with this
• Purple group – if you say this, something remarkable can happen

What are the current connection groups?

Do you need some extra help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into it spoiler area.

Today’s groups are…

• Yellow group — audio apps
• Green group – please indicate
• Blue group – Church of England wedding vow verbs
• Purple group — magic words

What are today’s answers to connections?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to explore today’s information Connections answers.

This is your final warning!

Today Connections answers are…

• Yellow group — audio apps (AUDIBLE, PANDORA, SHAZAM, TIDAL)
• Green group — indicate (MEAN, SIGNIFY, SPELL, SUGGEST)
• Blue Group – Verbs for the Church of England Marriage Vow (CHERISH, HAVE, LOVE, LOVE)
• Purple group — magic words (ABRACADABRA, PLEASE, PRESTO, THANK YOU)

It’s nice to get back to winning ways with a perfect game. Here’s how I fared:

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I immediately noticed that there was a group of magic or magic-related words: ABRACADABRA doesn’t have a million meanings. But just before I guessed SPELL, ABRACADABRA, PRESTO and SHAZAM, I realized that this last word had to match the yellow letters.

Seeing HAVE, HOLD, and CHERISH side by side after the grid was rearranged made it easy to spot the blues (I’ve heard those vows at a few weddings). The greens were next, leaving the purples – who had two different but also very important magic words than I initially expected – to take the win.

That’s all it takes for today Connections clues and answers. Make sure to visit my blog for tips and the solution to Tuesday’s game if you need it.

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I thought the American remake, Let me inwas okay, but it can’t match the original. I have yet to watch the TV adaptation though.

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