Today’s NYT ‘Connections’ Hints And Answers For Tuesday, July 16

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Hey there, everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start.

I’m trying to be more mindful of how I spend my time instead of losing countless hours to social media apps. So, while Twitter is (unfortunately) still very useful for finding news for work, I deleted that and a bunch of other social media apps from my phone last week. The only one I still have is Instagram so I can catch up on my friends’ and family’s stories once a day. My mood already feels much lighter.

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers are coming right up.

How To Play Connections

In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.

There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.

Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.

If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.

What Are Today’s Connections Hints?

Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.

Today’s 16 words are…

• PAN
• PILOT
• SHORT
• RABBIT
• CROSS
• PARKER
• KINKY
• TRIAL
• PIPER
• FIDDLER
• TESTY
• EXPLORATORY
• MERRILY
• SURLY
• PRELIMINARY
• JERSEY

And the hints for today’s groups are:

• Yellow group — negative feelings
• Green group — test
• Blue group — words seen just off of Times Square
• Purple group — linked by a forename

What Are Today’s Connections Groups?

Need some extra help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Today’s groups are…

• Yellow group — in a bad mood
• Green group — experimental
• Blue group — starts of Broadway musicals
• Purple group — Peter ____

What Are Today’s Connections Answers?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.

This is your final warning!

Today’s Connections answers are…

• Yellow group — in a bad mood (CROSS, SHORT, SURLY, TESTY)
• Green group — experimental (EXPLORATORY, PILOT, PRELIMINARY, TRIAL)
• Blue group — starts of Broadway musicals (FIDDLER, JERSEY, KINKY, MERRILY)
• Purple group — Peter ____ (PAN, PARKER, PIPER, RABBIT)

My fifth perfect game in a row brings my overall win streak up to nine.

PAN and PARKER were close to each other on the grid, so I figured out the purples quickly. TRIAL and PILOT helped me deduce the greens. The first thing that came to mind when I saw FIDDLER was Fiddler On The Roof, but even through I was on the right path, I didn’t see what went with it. In any case, I got the yellows to leave me with the blues for the win.

That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Wednesday’s game if you need them.

P.S. There are a lot of fantastic songs in Jersey Boys, including one of my all-time faves: