Today’s Connections puzzle is all about the themes of information and organization, but don’t be surprised if a little chaos sneaks in among the word pairings, challenging even the most experienced players. While I detected some clear patterns, certain terms are designed to lead you astray. Following a few subtle hints could be the key to turning your game around, leading you from frustration to victory.
The vocabulary featured in today’s puzzle is generally straightforward, aside from one notable exception. This is intentional; the aim is to prompt you to recall phrases based on your first instinct, which might not align with the alternate meanings the puzzle is actually hinting at. Similar to a Wordle game, you only have four chances to make an error before it’s game over in Connections today.
Hints for Today’s Connections Categories
April 21 #680
I managed to crack today’s puzzle by separating specific terms from their commonplace definitions. If there’s a theme today, it’s a mix of order and chaos; many terms evoke organized systems or shapes, while one particular category disrupts that order by presenting words that don’t seem to fit together until you understand their context.
If you find yourself stuck, consider these helpful hints:
- One category relates to elements found in food.
- Another category involves descriptors for surprising news.
- There is a category dedicated to parts of a webpage used for organizing information.
- Lastly, one category includes items that all share a twisted shape.
Today’s Connections Answers
April 21 #680
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
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INFO ON A NUTRITION LABEL |
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FAT |
IRON |
PROTEIN |
SODIUM |
This part of the puzzle posed a challenge for me at first; I initially linked PROTEIN and FAT with the word CELL in terms of biological structures. However, I quickly recognized that both IRON and SODIUM are common elements present in food. This realization allowed me to connect the dots back to FAT and PROTEIN, leading me to the successful answer.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
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METAPHOR FOR SOMETHING UNEXPECTED |
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BOMBSHELL |
CURVEBALL |
TWIST |
WRENCH |
A recent family revelation hit me like a BOMBSHELL, which made me more attuned to this category’s theme, especially with the inclusion of CURVEBALL, commonly used in baseball. As I considered the implications of the words, TWIST and WRENCH surfaced due to their disruptive nature, aligning perfectly with today’s puzzle themes.
Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
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THINGS YOU CAN INSERT INTO A SPREADSHEET |
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CELL |
COLUMN |
ROW |
SHEET |
I initially believed that CELL would serve as the root for many related words outside of this category, but as I delved deeper into the puzzle instead of tackling my work, I adjusted a COLUMN and ROW in a spreadsheet open on my screen. Recognizing that the key components of an organized SHEET are its CELL, ROW, and COLUMN parts led me directly to the answer for this section.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
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HELICAL THINGS |
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CORKSCREW |
DNA |
FUSILLI |
SPRING |
The last section of today’s puzzle initially threw me off since I was unfamiliar with FUSILLI. After doing a quick search, I found out that FUSILLI is a type of pasta shaped like a CORKSCREW. This understanding helped me see which terms qualified for this category, allowing me to identify DNA for its helical structure and SPRING for its coiled appearance, rounding out this segment of the puzzle.
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