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How to play this puzzle
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared connection. The groups are color-coded in an order commonly described as yellow, green, blue, then purple from easiest to hardest; that order is a general guide, not a promise about what any one player will find easy. Four incorrect guesses end the game. A 2024 study of lateral-thinking puzzles describes these mechanics.
The clues below move from broad hints to category names and finally the exact tiles. Stop before the next section if you want to preserve the remaining challenge.
First-level hints for Connections #461
- Yellow: Read the label.
- Green: Touch this.
- Blue: They go before.
- Purple: Blank [royal title].
Spoilers: category names
The category names are revealed below. The exact words in each group follow in the next section.
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- Yellow: Wine bottle info
- Green: Console inputs
- Blue: Prefixes
- Purple: ___ king
Spoilers: all answers for game #461
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Wine bottle info | GRAPE, REGION, VINTAGE, WINERY |
| Green | Console inputs | BUTTON, KNOB, SLIDER, SWITCH |
| Blue | Prefixes | PRO, RETRO, SUB, SUPER |
| Purple | ___ king | BURGER, CALIFORNIA, LION, PROM |
Why the purple group fits
Each word completes a familiar phrase when placed before “king”: Burger King, California king, Lion King, and prom king. The category is about phrase completion, rather than a single shared word class or object type.
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TechRadar’s September 2024 guide says Connections was playable through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. Access terms can change; see the TechRadar guide for game #461 for its original context.
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