Start with the spoiler-free clues. Reveal the answers only when you've truly given up.
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.
Ghost is a modern dating term (bad thing to do), but it could also be read as a supernatural concept or a premonition, making it a red herring for those groups.
Ring is a cellphone mode, but it also means a piece of jewelry or a sound in general, which might distract solvers looking for a more literal connection.
Words like gut feeling, hunch, intuition, and sixth sense all describe a sense of knowing something before it happens. This is a straightforward grouping based on shared meaning.
Do not disturb, ring, silent, and vibrate are all settings or states you can put a phone in. This group is clear once you think of phone functions.
Breadcrumb, catfish, ghost, and love bomb are all slang terms for harmful or manipulative behaviors in dating. This requires familiarity with modern dating culture.
Air Cairo contains 'air' in 'Cairo', all hallows has 'all' in 'hallow', arm warmer has 'arm' in 'warmer', and the others has 'the' in 'others'. The connection is a clever wordplay on the structure of the phrases.
a textbook decoy
requires lateral thinking
