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## New York Times’ “Connections” Game Captures Puzzlers with Wordplay Challenge

**NEW YORK, NY** – The New York Times has struck gold again with its latest word game, “Connections,” quickly becoming a viral sensation and captivating players with its unique blend of logic and vocabulary. Similar to the popular “Wordle,” “Connections” presents a fresh puzzle daily, challenging users to identify common threads between seemingly disparate words.

Associate Puzzle Editor Wyna Liu is credited with helping to bring the game to the publication’s Games section. The game can be played on web browsers and mobile devices.

The objective of “Connections” is deceptively simple: players must group 16 words into four distinct categories of four words each. These categories can range from book titles to software, and even country names, demanding a broad knowledge base and keen pattern recognition skills. While multiple words might seem to fit together, only one correct solution exists for each set.

Adding to the challenge, players are given only four attempts to solve the entire puzzle. Incorrect guesses are tallied as mistakes, creating a sense of urgency and strategy. However, users can rearrange the board, shuffle the words to help identify the hidden connections. The game provides a color-coded difficulty system, with yellow representing the easiest category, followed by green, blue, and finally purple as the most challenging.

Like its predecessor, “Wordle,” “Connections” encourages social sharing, allowing players to flaunt their successes (or lament their failures) with friends on social media.

Today’s “Connections” puzzle (#783) featured categories including: “Attach with adhesive,” “Polite terms for sex,” “Bowling results,” and “Contronyms (Words that can mean opposite things).” The solutions were:

* **Attach with adhesive:** ADHERE, AFFIX, GLUE, STICK
* **Polite terms for sex:** COMMERCE, CONGRESS, INTIMACY, RELATIONS
* **Bowling results:** FOUL, SPARE, SPLIT, STRIKE
* **Contronyms (Words that can mean opposite things):** CLEAVE, GARNISH, OVERSIGHT, SANCTION

For those seeking assistance, numerous online resources, including hints and even complete solutions, have sprung up to aid players in their daily quest for connection.

“Connections” offers a fresh and engaging challenge for word game enthusiasts of all levels, further solidifying The New York Times’ position as a leader in online puzzle entertainment. A new puzzle is released daily, and is available for free on the New York Times website and mobile app.

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