Hints
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle presents a delightful challenge with its themes subtly woven into the answers. If you’re feeling stuck, fear not! Here are some hints for each of the four color-coded groups to guide you through this tricky puzzle.
Yellow Group: Think about what you deeply want when you’re feeling an intense pull towards something.
Green Group: Consider professions that involve a lot of travel, particularly those associated with transportation.
Blue Group: Look for words that sound alike but have different meanings—think names!
Purple Group: Dive into the cosmos; these terms relate to astronomy, but with an added twist—a letter to decipher.
Answers
For those who prefer to skip directly to the solutions, here they are neatly categorized:
Yellow Words: The focus is on craving, and the answers are desire, itch, thirst, and urge.
Green Words: The common theme is travel-related jobs, presenting the solutions: cruise director, pilot, roadie, and salesman.
Blue Words: Here, the answers revolve around names that sound alike: earnest, kneel, rustle, and tailor.
Purple Words: Finally, for those astronomical terms along with a letter, the answers are cometh (from comet), Novak (from nova), start (from star), and sung (from sun).
As usual, the puzzle generated reactions — some thrilled by the complexity, others retelling their struggles. Embrace the challenge and remember: each puzzle offers a little brain workout, sharpening your skills for the next round of puzzle solving!