Today’s NYT Connections puzzle looks friendly at first glance, but the overlaps between categories make it easy to lock the wrong four together. Several words feel interchangeable until you slow down and ask how they’re being used, not just what they mean.
If you want to try the official puzzle first, you can play it here: The New York Times Connections .
Hint 1 (difficulty by color)
🟨 Straightforward: FAIR
🟩 ⬇️: EMCEE
🟦 ⬇️: INTERVIEW
🟪 Tricky: HUBBUB
Hint 2 (category-style nudge)
Think in terms of how words are grouped rather than what they mean on their own:
- events people attend
- spoken-letter words
- extras you might find on a disc
- words that quietly begin with parts of something circular
If you’re stuck, check whether a word fits better as a category label than as a definition. That shift is usually the key to breaking the grid open.
Try solving today’s Connections
Group the words into four correct categories. Enter four words per color, separated by commas, then check your answers.
Word bank:
SPOKESPERSON, INTERVIEW, EXPOSITION, EMCEE,
OKAY, CONVENTION, FAIR, COMMENTARY,
SHOW, OUTTAKES, DEEJAY, RIMSHOT,
TIRESOME, TRAILER, HUBBUB, KAYO
Today’s Connections Answers
Tap to reveal all four categories
🟨 EXHIBITION: Convention, Exposition, Fair, Show
🟩 Words spelling out initialisms: Deejay, Emcee, Kayo, Okay
🟦 DVD bonus features: Commentary, Interview, Outtakes, Trailer
🟪 Starting with parts of a wheel: Hubbub, Rimshot, Spokesperson, Tiresome
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