Connections got you stumped today? You’re not alone! Consider this daily Connections guide a support group of sorts.
We’re here every day with new hints to save both your streak and your sanity.
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Connections hint for Tuesday 27th October
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: Tread carefully… You don’t want to mess with the wrong thing!
- 🟩 Green hint: You need these to help you hear!
- 🟦 Blue hint: Four very different things can come after the same ringing word.
- 🟪 Purple hint: The bell comes first this time.
- Extra hint 1: Two groups share the same word. One comes first, the other comes second.
- 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: Meddle
- 🟩 Green: Drum
- 🟦 Blue: Taco
- 🟪 Purple: Pepper
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: Mess (With)
- 🟩 Green: Parts of the Ear
- 🟦 Blue: ___ Bell
- 🟪 Purple: Bell ___
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 Tuesday, 27th October:
- 🟨 Yellow: Mess (With) (Fiddle, Meddle, Tinker, Trifle)
- 🟩 Green: Parts of the Ear (Anvil, Canal, Drum, Stirrup)
- 🟦 Blue: ___ Bell (Diving, Jingle, Liberty, Taco)
- 🟪 Purple: Bell ___ (Bottoms, Jar, Pepper, Tower)
Welcome to the end of a particularly tricky puzzle. I’ve played quite a few Connections puzzles in my time, and never have I seen so many bells before!
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!