Another day another Connections puzzle to stress over! If that stress is getting to be a little much, though, we’ve got some handy hints to help you through.
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Connections hint for Friday 30th October
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: Things that help capture the moment.
- 🟩 Green hint: The action happens on stage, but there is plenty happening around it!
- 🟦 Blue hint: These ones all share a second word.
- 🟪 Purple hint: The fruit is hiding behind a disguise.
- Extra hint 1: The words in one group are spelled incorrectly.
- Extra hint 2: Every group except purple has at least one word containing the letter ‘W’
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Flash
- 🟩 Green: Pit
- 🟦 Blue: Shade
- 🟪 Purple: Demon
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: Parts of a Camera
- 🟩 Green: Around a Theater Stage
- 🟦 Blue: Throw ___
- 🟪 Purple: Fruit With First Letter Changed
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, 30th October:
- 🟨 Yellow: Parts of a Camera (Flash, Lens, Shutter, Viewfinder)
- 🟩 Green: Around a Theater Stage (Backdrop, Curtain, Pit, Wings)
- 🟦 Blue: Throw ___ (Hands, Pillow, Rug, Shade)
- 🟪 Purple: Fruit With First Letter Changed (Demon, Drape, Glum, Grange)
Halloween isn’t even officially here yet and the purple group is already scaring me! What was that diabolical trickery. If you managed to get that one yourself, even with our hints, consider me very impressed.
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!