if you're unfamiliar with it the game connections challenges players to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all of the words share a common link or connection these connections could range from having a similar meaning to being part of a place name objects typically found in a kitchen or practically anything while this concept might sound simple each of the four groups comes with its own level of difficulty the groups are colorcoded with yellow being the easiest and purple being the hardest as such solving the puzzle of today's connections can be a bit tricky you might quickly identify one group but another could remain a complete mystery thankfully we're here to provide some guidance connections was originally developed during the New York Times game Department's annual game jam and its beta version was released in June 2023 since then it has quickly grown to become one of the most popular games offered by the New York Times second only to Wordle although some have noted similarities to the BBC's show only connect connections brings its own unique twist to the concept before jumping straight to the answer let's start with some hints for today's connections puzzle yellow thirsty green gardening blue they're missing something purple Word Within A Word here's a bit more help juice belongs to Yellow water belongs to green and earbud belongs to Blue remember yellow is the easiest group to identify followed by green and blue with purple being the hardest set of words to connect good luck solving today's puzzle