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Hints for Connections #405
These clues move from a light nudge to more revealing hints. Stop when you have enough to try the grid yourself.
- Gentle hint: One group describes doing something without difficulty; another is about putting in effort.
- Category-level hint: Think of what powers an electronic device, and of different meanings of the word “pop.”
- More specific hints: “Elegant, poised, easy”; “Putting in time and _____”; “Fixes for when your phone’s at 2%”; and one exact word can be used for every item in the final group.
These are clue formulations from published answer guides, not verified wording from the NYT game. The guides describe Connections as a 16-word grid divided into four groups of four, with words that can seem to fit more than one category. TechRadar says the game uses colors to indicate difficulty and allows up to four mistakes; those rule descriptions are attributed to that guide.
Category names
Spoiler warning: The category names below reveal the puzzle’s four intended groupings.
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- EFFORTLESS
- EXERTION
- ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEAN
Full answers for Connections #405
Full spoiler: The complete word groups and all sixteen answers are listed below.
| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| EFFORTLESS | FLUID, GRACEFUL, NATURAL, SMOOTH |
| EXERTION | EFFORT, LABOR, SWEAT, WORK |
| ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BATTERY, CHARGE, JUICE, POWER |
| WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEAN | BURST, DAD, MAINSTREAM, SODA |
Why JUICE can be misleading
JUICE is grouped with BATTERY, CHARGE, and POWER as energy for an electronic device. It can look tempting elsewhere because “juice” has other familiar meanings, but the intended connection here is device power.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Puzzle date and sourcing
This is the historical puzzle for Saturday, July 20, 2024, numbered #405—not a current-day grid. The category names and answers agree across three secondary publisher guides: Parade, TechRadar, and Forbes. An official NYT archive source was not available for verification, so the key is supported here by those independent guides.
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