الوسم: today’s connections

Today’s puzzle involves four categories, each with its own clues. Here’s a look at the hints and answers to help you progress.

Category Hints

The categories are arranged from easiest to hardest: Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple.

• Yellow: Related to importance.
• Green: Involves collections of the same number.
• Blue: Pertains to cards used in fortune telling.
• Purple: Connected to the optical organ.

Today’s Answers

• Yellow Category: Significant
  Words like big, important, major, and serious describe this category.

• Green Category: One in a septet
  Think of words like continent, deadly sin, sister, and wonder, which are parts of groups of seven.

• Blue Category: Tarot cards with “The” in their names
  Examples include Devil, Lovers, Magician, and Star.

• Purple Category: _____ Eye
  Words associated here include evil, magic, naked, and third, hinting at the “Third Eye.”

Today’s puzzle in the New York Times’ Connections game introduces a new set of categories to solve. If you want to maintain your streak and are struggling with that last tricky category, here are some helpful clues and the answers.

Below are hints and answers organized from the easiest to the hardest (Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple). Keep in mind, these hints are designed to guide you without revealing the specific category names.

For the hints:

• The yellow category involves elements related to listening to music, in a retro style.
• The green category includes types of large clothing items, typically worn in cold weather.
• The blue category covers items that are usually wrapped around something, often when you purchase them.
• The purple category can be identified if you pay attention to the first syllable of the words—it’s quite obvious once you notice.

Here are the specific answers for today:

• Yellow Category: Parts of a record player setup: Amp, Preamp, Speaker, Turntable
• Green Category: Types of coats: Camel, Duffle, Pea, Trench
• Blue Category: Items that come on spools
• Purple Category: Words starting with homophones of greetings: Haiku, Haystack, Helonium, Yeoman

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