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Spoiler warning: The category names and answers appear below the hint section.
Hints for Connections #372
Try these clues before revealing the categories:
- Yellow: Think of verbs for getting a package to someone.
- Green: These are products applied to the lips.
- Blue: Each word can describe a difficult situation.
- Purple: The group involves things associated with degrees, but not all in exactly the same way.
Stronger category clues
- Related to USPS, FedEx and similar services
- Types of beauty products
- An issue or difficult situation
- Things measured in, or associated with, degrees
Answers for NYT Connections #372
Full spoilers below.
DELIVER, AS A PACKAGE
MAIL, POST, SEND, SHIP
KINDS OF LIP MAKEUP
BALM, GLOSS, LINER, STAIN
PREDICAMENT
CORNER, FIX, HOLE, SPOT
MEASURED IN DEGREES
ANGLE, CRIME, EDUCATION, TEMPERATURE
Why the purple group is tricky
“Measured in degrees” is the least literal category. An angle has a degree measurement, while crime, education and temperature each use “degree” in a different established sense: degree of criminality, an educational degree, or a temperature degree. Connections often includes words that appear to fit more than one group, but the intended solution is one exact set of four.
How Connections works
The New York Times describes Connections as giving players 16 words to divide into four groups of four. Groups are color-coded by difficulty: yellow is easiest and purple is hardest. The puzzle has one solution, even when several words seem to share a possible connection.
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