Start with the spoiler-free hints. Go deeper only when you need to. Reveal answers on your own terms.
A direction for each group — no names given.
What kind of thinking each group asks for.
Pointed nudges on the words built to fool you.
Every Connections board plants a few decoys. Here are today’s, and why they pull you the wrong way.
This looks like the name of a rock duo, which might make you think of music categories—but it's something entirely different.
You might connect this with bird noises rather than a type of brief online update.
This word commonly refers to climbing plants, not the short looping videos it can also denote.
The word suggests quick breaking sounds or clothing fasteners instead of ephemeral photo messages.
These are all physical signs of an allergy, ranging from mild skin irritation to more severe reactions. The group cleverly ties together common medical terms that might be mistaken for general discomforts.
Each term is a standard entry you'd record while tracking a round of golf. The clever part is how they mimic everyday words like 'hole' or 'score' but belong to a sport's lingo.
Each word refers to the default name for a post on a distinct social media platform—Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter, and Vine. The trick is that these nouns have other common meanings, making them easy to misplace in non-tech categories.
All four are physical traits belonging to a single striped animal. What makes the group especially sneaky is that 'White Stripes' doubles as a famous band name, which can throw solvers off the animal track.
Wyna Liu plants a brilliant red herring by including 'WHITE STRIPES,' which at first glance seems musical, not biological. The Blue category uses platform-specific post names that seem like ordinary nouns (PINS, SNAPS, VINES, TWEETS), making them dangerous for misgrouping. Pairing a straightforward medical symptom set with a sports scorecard and an animal anatomy group creates a balanced puzzle that rewards both pop culture and everyday knowledge.
a textbook decoy
requires lateral thinking
Solving the easiest group first reshapes how you read the entire board.
The editors reuse certain misdirection patterns. Learning to spot them saves guesses.
Purple is never what it first appears to be. Six structural patterns explain most of them.
Film titles, band names, and celebrity surnames hide in plain sight.
