NYT Connections Hints – Today’s Word List

Scroll slowly! I’ll first give you a list of today’s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.

Today’s 16 words are...

• MAGIC WAND
• VELVET ROPE
• MUSHROOM
• CAPE
• LASSO
• HANDKERCHIEF
• MARQUEE
• HOUSE
• PEN
• BOX OFFICE
• CAMERA LENS
• TICKET LINE
• MONTANA
• BASEBALL PLAYER
• SOPRANO
• RABBIT

NYT Connections Hints

And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:

• 🟨 Yellow group — Broadway staples
• 🟩 Green group — used by one who'll never reveal their secrets
• 🟦 Blue group — keeping it in the (fictional) family
• 🟪 Purple group — graduate, car wheel and (if you're not unfortunate) tooth would fit in here

NYT Connections Hints – One Answer Per Group

Need some extra help?

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

Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.

Here we go…

• 🟨 Yellow group — VELVET ROPE
• 🟩 Green group — MAGIC WAND
• 🟦 Blue group — SOPRANO
• 🟪 Purple group — PEN

NYT Connections Hints – Groups/Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

• 🟨 Yellow group — seen outside a theater
• 🟩 Green group — accessories for a magician
• 🟦 Blue group — TV show title surnames
• 🟪 Purple group — they have caps

NYT Connections Answers

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Today’s Connections answers are...

• 🟨 Yellow group — seen outside a theater (BOX OFFICE, MARQUEE, TICKET LINE, VELVET ROPE)
• 🟩 Green group — accessories for a magician (CAPE, HANDKERCHIEF, MAGIC WAND, RABBIT)
• 🟦 Blue group — TV show title surnames (HOUSE, LASSO, MONTANA, SOPRANO)
• 🟪 Purple group — they have caps (BASEBALL PLAYER, CAMERA LENS, MUSHROOM, PEN)

I got the theater words right away. No problem at all there. I think LASSO, MAGIC WAND, PEN and CAMERA LENS are all things you can see in Adobe Photoshop (I'm not 100% sure about CAMERA LENS, though). I'm pretty sure we've had a group like that in the past too, but given that I believe we've had a few repeats lately, I made a guess with those words. No dice.

That meant MAGIC WAND had to go with all the magician accessories to lock in the greens. LASSO and SOPRANO made me think of Ted Lasso and The Sopranos. HOUSE made sense with those, as did MONTANA (I was thinking of Joe Montana at first, but it had to be Hannah Montana).

That left the purples. I didn't get that category before submitting it.

Slightly tougher one than we've had lately, I thought. I enjoyed it, though. That's win 408 in a row in the books for me.

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Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column right here:

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

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