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.
They’re not just for rain — these are also the colorful toppings on ice cream, creating a sweet misdirection.
You might think of a bridal party or a morning rinse, rather than a weather event.
Before thinking of a sitcom, your mind might go to birds, airplanes, or a plate of chicken.
Its primary meaning is a building level, hiding its lesser-known verb sense meaning to astonish.
These four words all describe types of rain, from a light drizzle to steady showers and sprinkles. They’re the weather forecaster’s bread and butter.
In verb form, these all mean to astonish or amaze someone. Whether you floor, rock, stun, or surprise, the reaction is jaw-dropping.
A lineup of beloved TV comedies that lit up Thursday nights. Community, Friends, Scrubs, and Wings each found a home on the same network.
Look closely at the start: Barbados hides 'barb,' Diggity hides 'dig,' Dissect hides 'diss,' and Slapdash hides 'slap.' A sharp-tongued wordplay.
Wyna Liu pairs gentle weather with sharp-tongued wordplay for a clever misdirection. The rain group lures solvers into a false comfort zone, while 'sprinkles' plants a red herring toward food. Verbs like 'floors' and 'rocks' exploit common noun meanings to hide their emotional impact. The purple category rewards morphological dissection, a signature Liu move, while the sitcoms demand pop-culture knowledge, adding a trivia barrier.
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.
