If you want to achieve your dream of having a never ending streak Connectionsyou'll want to make sure you make the right decisions about your answers. Today's puzzle seems particularly difficult at first glance because of a similar initial letter in all words. A puzzle like this can be difficult to analyze, but once you understand some of the categories, it slowly becomes more accessible. Here are our tips to help you get through it.
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Today's Connections Category Tips
OCTOBER 04 #480
Today's puzzle presents an interesting challenge because although many categories are often associated with a particular letter, in this case all the words use the same starting letter. This can make it difficult to differentiate, especially when the words all look similar. However, there are ways around this make it easier as you find the clues hidden in the puzzle. Here are our tips to help you out:
- One category is about the shape of the object.
- A category is about the amount of something.
- One category refers to specific individuals.
- A category is about four words that appear in front of the same word that you will mark on the calendar.
If this is still not enough to decipher the puzzle, you can see the category names below to better understand how to organize words. Once you've done that, we've got full spoilers for each category if you still need help.
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SMALLNESS |
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A SMALL AMOUNT |
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DISNEY CHARACTERS |
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Today's Relationship Answers
OCTOBER 04 #480
Yellow Answers: Detected and explained
SMALLNESS |
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DENT |
DIMPLE |
DING |
DIVOT |
This category made sense to me, but it wasn't the first one I got. Some of the words between this category and today's green category may feel like they've been passed over, or at least look similar enough at first glance, to fool less careful players. DENT and DING are perhaps the most obvious, while DIMPLE may not immediately catch your eye, and DIVOT makes sense to me, but may not to everyone as it's a more unusual word. All these things are dips on the surfacetherefore, they are grouped here.
Green Answers: Revealed and Explained
A SMALL AMOUNT |
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DAB |
DASH |
DOLLOP |
THINK |
This category confused me for a while. I could say that DOLLOP, DASH, and DROP all meant pretty much the same thingbut I either misclicked or missed the whole word DAB until later. I don't know what I used instead because the rest of the words wouldn't make sense, but at least I got there. I also originally put DASH in the next category because it's also the name of a Disney character, so there were a few contributing factors to the challenge.
Blue Answers: Revealed and Explained
DISNEY CHARACTERS |
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DAISY |
DALE |
DOC |
DORY |
This caught my eye because of the previous category because I saw DASH, DORY and DAISY and thought I had the right idea. Turns out I did, but I got my name wrong. At first I added DALE, one of my aunt's favorites, but it took me a moment to realize it was DOC instead of DASH. Fortunately, it wasn't a puzzle-ending moment and I made the correct substitution. Somehow, I managed to figure out this category at first, but proper names are common easier to eliminate than other words.
Purple Answers: Revealed and Explained
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Delivery |
lunch |
A DREAM |
BACK |
Often the hardest category name to figure out, this was the last one on my list. NAHAMA and DUE are probably the biggest hints For those who tried to solve this category earlier, because they are the most used. DELIVERY isn't far behind, but DREAM is a bit more rarely heard. This type of category is always obvious to me after the fact, but it's hard to find them beforehand when looking for words with similar meanings.
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