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NYT Connections #352 is the puzzle from May 28, 2024. Start with the graduated hints below if you want to solve it yourself; the full four-group answer key is farther down, after a spoiler warning.
How Connections works
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. Each group shares a category, which may depend on a direct association, a word pattern, or a less obvious meaning. This guide covers the May 28, 2024 puzzle #352—not a May 28 puzzle from another year.
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Hints for Connections #352
Use these in order, stopping whenever you have enough to keep solving:
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- One group describes people or things that are amenable.
- GENIUS and SOLID belong in the same group.
- Think of a candle for another group.
- One group is made of anagrams.
Full answers for Connections #352
Spoiler warning: The complete categories and word groupings follow.
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| Category | Words | How the connection works |
|---|---|---|
| AMENABLE | EASY, FLEXIBLE, OPEN, RECEPTIVE | Each can describe someone or something willing to be guided, changed, or persuaded. |
| ANAGRAMS | EVIL, LIVE, VEIL, VILE | Each word uses the same four letters in a different order. |
| SPELLING BEE RANKS | AMAZING, BEGINNER, GENIUS, SOLID | These are rank names associated with the Spelling Bee puzzle. |
| ADJECTIVES FOR A CANDLE | LIT, SCENTED, WAXY, WICKED | Each can describe a candle; WICKED points to its wick, rather than its more familiar meaning of evil. |
Tips for solving this grid
- Look for words with multiple plausible meanings. WICKED can suggest evil, but the candle category uses the word’s connection to a wick.
- Check whether a set is based on how words are formed, not just what they mean. EVIL, LIVE, VEIL, and VILE are rearrangements of the same letters.
- When two words seem linked, hold the connection lightly until you can find two more that fit the same rule. GENIUS and SOLID are joined by the Spelling Bee rank labels, not by a shared everyday description.
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