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If you want to achieve the dream of having a never-ending streak inConnections, you will want to ensure you are making good decisions about your answers. Today’s puzzle looks particularly challenging at first glancedue to the similar starting letter in all words. It can be hard to parse out a puzzle like this, but once you figure out some of the categories, it gets more accessible little by little. Here are our clues to help you get through this one.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
OCTOBER 04 #480
Today’s puzzle presents an interesting challenge as while many categories often have to do with a specific letter, in this case, all the words use the same starting letter. This can make distinguishing hard, especially when words all appear similar. However, there are ways tomake this easier as you find the clues hidden within the puzzle. To help you with that, here are our own clues:
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If that still isn’t enough to decode the puzzle, you cancheck out the following category namesto better understand how to organize the words. Once you do, if you still need help, we have full spoilers for each category further down.
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DING
DIVOT
This category made sense to me but was not the first one I got. Some of the words between this category and the green category today can feel like they cross over or at least look similar enough at first glance to trick less careful players. DENT and DING are perhaps the most obvious, whereas DIMPLE might not catch your attention immediately, and DIVOT makes sense to me but might not to everyone as it is a more unusual word.All of these things are dips on a surface, which is why they are grouped together here.
DOLLOP
DROP
This category confused me for a little while. I could tell thatDOLLOP, DASH, and DROP all meant nearly the same thing, but I either misclicked or missed the entire word DAB until later. I am not sure what I used instead because the remaining words would not have made sense, but at least I got there. I also originally put DASH in the next category, as that is also the name of a Disney character, so there were a couple of contributing factors to the difficulty.
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DOC
DORY
This one caught my attention because of the previous category, as I saw DASH, DORY, and DAISY and thought I had the right idea. It turns out I did, but I had the wrong name. Originally, I added DALE, which was one of my aunt’s favorites, but figuring out that it was DOC instead of DASH took me a moment. Luckily, it was not a puzzle-ending moment, and I made the correct substitution. Somehow, I managed to figure out this category first, but proper names are ofteneasier to eliminate than other words.
DREAM
DUE
Often the hardest kind of category name to figure out, this was the last one on my list.DINNER and DUE are probably the biggest hintsfor those who attempt to solve this category earlier, as they are likely the ones used the most. DELIVERY is not far behind, but DREAM is a little more rare to hear. This type of category always feels obvious to me after the fact, but they are hard to spot beforehand when you are searching for similar-meaning words.
Other Games Like Connections
If you likeConnections, there are a lot of other word-based puzzles out there that can tickle your fancy.Crosswordleis one of them, and it has the added challenge of trying to solve two different intersectingWordlepuzzles at once.
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Wordle(NYT)
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues.EveryWordleanswercan be found in our daily updated list.
Yes
Crosswordle
Find the two words that intersect each other like a crossword puzzle.
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