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Hints for Connections #665
These clues move from broad to more revealing. Stop after any hint if you want to keep solving.
- Yellow: Think of someone who keeps to themselves.
- Green: Four household services or bills.
- Blue: Four terms from basic electricity.
- Purple: Each entry can come before the same word.
Category clues
- Yellow: A way to describe someone emotionally detached or not sociable.
- Green: Common household services.
- Blue: Electrical quantities; the puzzle labels the category “What an electrometer measures.”
- Purple: Each entry can precede a five-letter noun for a place where parts or objects join.
How Connections works
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four. The categories have color-coded difficulty, and the word set is designed to invite plausible overlaps. The New York Times describes the game and its archive on its Connections help page. Check NYT Games for current play and archive access; availability and terms can change.
Spoilers: full board and answers
Stop here if you do not want the solutions. The board was TRASH, PIZZA, CABLE, REMOTE, COOL, WATER, HIP, RESISTANCE, CURRENT, SPIKE LEE, DOVETAIL, GAS, RESERVED, VOLTAGE, DISTANT, and CHARGE.
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| Category | Words | Why they fit |
|---|---|---|
| Standoffish | COOL, DISTANT, REMOTE, RESERVED | Each can describe someone emotionally detached or not sociable. |
| Utilities | CABLE, GAS, TRASH, WATER | Common household services, often encountered as bills. |
| What an electrometer measures | CHARGE, CURRENT, RESISTANCE, VOLTAGE | These are electrical quantities. This is the puzzle’s category label, not a claim that every instrument called an electrometer measures all four in exactly the same way. |
| ___ JOINT | DOVETAIL, HIP, PIZZA, SPIKE LEE | Dovetail joint, hip joint, pizza joint, and the name Spike Lee each connect with “joint.” |
Sources and puzzle details
The full board and group explanations are corroborated by Tom’s Guide; Parade provides an independent same-day guide and clue framing. The date, puzzle number, and categories are also corroborated by Try Hard Guides.
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