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A new new Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Connections Tip and Reply to Wednesday May 21 (Game #710).
Good morning! Let’s play connections, News Smart Wordpan that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need connections tips.
What are you going to do when you are done? Why, play some more word games of course. I also got daily strict tips and answers and quordle tips and answer articles if you also need help with them, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral Word game.
Spoiler Warning: Information on new connections Today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New -Connections Today (Play #711) – The Word of the Today
Today’s new connections are …
- STAR
- Shrek
- Bridge Troll
- Pool
- Hulk
- Sphinx
- CATCH
- Grinch
- Riddler
- Elphaba
- Obelisk
- Strings
- Capitol
- STATE
- Food Hatter
- Shopping center
New Connections Today (Game #711) – Tip No. 1 – Group Tip
What are some clues for today’s new connection groups?
- YELLOW: One thing more …
- GREEN: It’s not easy to be …
- BLUE: As seen in the capital
- Purple: Presenters of riddles
Need more clues?
We are fixed on spoiler territory now, but read on whether you want to know what the four theme answers are to today’s new connections puzzle …
New Connections Today (Game #711) – Tip No. 2 – Group Response
What are the answers to today’s new connection groups?
- Yellow: Fine print
- Green: Grades with green skin
- Blue: Features in National Mall in DC
- Purple: Famous walking developer
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -Connections Today (Play #711) – The answers
The answers to today’s connections, game #711, are …
- Yellow: Fine print Asterisk, catch, condition, strings
- Green: Grades with green skin Elphaba, Grinch, Hulk, Shrek
- Blue: Features in National Mall in DC Capitol, Mall, Obelisk, Pool
- Purple: Famous walking developer Bridge Troll, Mad Hatter, Riddler, Sphinx
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 Errors
Not my best day. I immediately thought we had a group about grades with green skin, but only knew three with certainty. When I think that the category could extend beyond the skin, I added riddles to Grinch, Hulk and Shrek because of his green suit.
Using the tried and tested technique to choose something I had never seen or heard of before, I added Elphaba, which I now know is a character from Wicked, which I should have known as I paid good money to see the stage music.
My second, after reflection, was very stupid mistakes to create the features of the National Mall in DC Group with the addition of Sphinx.
In my defense, Cleopatra’s needle is a big obelisk in London, so I thought there might be some nod for old civilization among the US capital. Well, I came there in the end.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new -connections answer (Wednesday, May 21, Game #710)
- Yellow: forbids, as entry Bar, block, nuisance, garbage
- Green: Folders on a Mac Desktop, music, pictures, garbage
- Blue: Medicine formats Cream, patch, spray, tablet
- Purple: Things that open like a clam Mussel, compact, laptop, waffle iron
What are new connections?
New Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four objects that share something in common, and each group has another level of difficulty: green is light, yellow a little harder, blue often quite hard and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you do not have to technically solve the last one, as you can answer one by an elimination process. In addition, you can make up to four errors, giving you a little bit of breathing room.
However, it is a little more involved than something like Wordle, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to get up with tricks. For example, be careful on gay and other word games that can hide the answers.
It can be played free of charge via the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
