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.
It naturally evokes small food particles, making solvers think of cereal shapes like flakes or puffs.
A famous film award, easily mistaken for a movie title in the actress category.
A mythical demon that could be grouped with the witch and supernatural elements of a dark tale.
These four words are key elements from the classic fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel: a trail of breadcrumb, the dark forest, the witch's oven, and the witch herself.
Each word describes a common shape or type of cereal piece: a cluster, a flake, a loop, and a puff.
These are all movies starring Demi Moore: Disclosure, Ghost, Striptease, and The Substance.
Each word ends with a term for a mode of transport: bus, car, train, and ship, revealing a clever hidden pattern.
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.
