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.
The name of a popular toothpaste brand, not just an heraldic term.
Commonly associated with the long-running TV series, not a potato side dish.
A coastal town in New Jersey, which could mislead solvers into looking for geographic connections.
These words all describe activities or operations done in secret, from covert missions to hush-hush affairs.
A comforting quartet from across the pond — these terms are all potato-based dishes commonly found on British pub menus.
A coat of arms is made up of several parts: the shield, crest, helmet, and mantling, collectively known as achievements of the bearer.
Each multi-word phrase cleverly ends with a modal auxiliary verb: MAY, WILL, MUST, and CAN, turning ordinary names into a grammatical puzzle.
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.
