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Hey, everyone! Hope you’re putting your feet up today or doing whatever else makes you happy and fulfilled on a Sunday.
Today’s Connections hints and answers are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.
Connections Hints For October 8
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are:
- BATH
- ROCK
- BARS
- BIRTHDAY
- SOAP
- RECEPTION
- WEDDING
- SANDWICH
- ANNIVERSARY
- COMIC
- DERBY
- SHOWER
- READING
- SERVICE
- MET
- SIGNAL
And the clues for today’s groups are:
- Yellow group — times to party
- Green group — signs of LTE or 5G, perhaps
- Blue group — urban areas south of Hadrian’s Wall
- Purple group — perhaps Pavarotti’s domain
Connections Groups For October 8
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s groups are…
- Yellow group — celebratory occasions
- Green group — phone connectivity
- Blue group — cities and towns in England
- Purple group — ____ opera
Connections Answers For October 8
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s connections are…
- Yellow group — celebratory occasions (ANNIVERSARY, BIRTHDAY, SHOWER, WEDDING)
- Green group — phone connectivity (BARS, RECEPTION, SERVICE, SIGNAL)
- Blue group — cities and towns in England (BATH, DERBY, READING, SANDWICH)
- Purple group — ____ opera (COMIC, MET, ROCK, SOAP)
Here’s the good news: I’m now at my best-ever Connections streak of six wins on the trot. Better news: I did it with a perfect game.
I might be from north of the English border, but the blue group came to me first. (Sidenote: I went to Reading Festival in 2007 and had a wonderful time with a big group of friends.) The yellow group was next up. No problems here despite the potential red herrings of RECEPTION and SERVICE.
The green group then came together in my mind, leaving the purple words for last. I didn’t get the connection between the purple group this time — I’d never heard of a comic opera until now.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Monday’s game if you need them.
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