It’s Friday, and chances are, you’re a little tired from your busy week at work. You can’t take a day off Connections, though! Not if you want to keep that streak going!
If you need a little break, let us do the heavy lifting for you in today’s puzzle. Here, we’ve got subtle hints and full answers to get you through any puzzle.
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Connections hint for Friday 17th July
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: The final curtain call.
- 🟩 Green hint: Found where games cost tokens.
- 🟦 Blue hint: Sets that naturally come in fours.
- 🟪 Purple hint: Look at the ends of the words
- Extra hint 1: For one group it’s only the end that matters.
- Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter ‘T’
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Last Dance
- 🟩 Green: Tickets
- 🟦 Blue: Classical Elements
- 🟪 Purple: Plot Spoiler
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections groups are revealed just below!
Today’s Connections groups revealed
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- 🟨 Yellow: Grand Finale
- 🟩 Green: Seen in an Arcade
- 🟦 Blue: Four Groups of Four
- 🟪 Purple: Ending in Parts of a Car
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!
Connections answer today
Here is the answer to today’s Connections puzzle on Friday, 17th July:
- 🟨 Yellow: Grand Finale (Epilogue, Farewell, Last Dance, Swan Song)
- 🟩 Green: Seen in an Arcade (Crane Game, Pinball, Tickets, Tokens)
- 🟦 Blue: Four Groups of Four (Cardinal Directions, Classical Elements, Seasons, Suits)
- 🟪 Purple: Ending in Parts of a Car (Plot Spoiler, Robin Hood, Satires, Tree Trunk)
This puzzle was a classic blend of familiar concepts with a clever wordplay finish. When there are so many double words in every group, it’s near impossible to know what ones require the entire meaning or just the end, like the purple group!
Let us know in the comments below how you found today’s puzzle! Here’s my grid:
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Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!