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Connections hint for Wednesday 30th September
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: Wall Street words.
- 🟩 Green hint: James Bond may have been onto something…
- 🟦 Blue hint: The silver screen’s dark side.
- 🟪 Purple hint: The calendar keeps sneaking into the dictionary.
- Extra hint 1: One group hides part of its words inside others.
- Extra hint 2: Every group except purple has at least one word containing the letter ‘B’
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Bond
- 🟩 Green: Martini
- 🟦 Blue: Casino
- 🟪 Purple: Octopussy
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: Securities
- 🟩 Green: Things That Are Shaken (Not Stirred)
- 🟦 Blue: Gangster Movies
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Month Abbreviations
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 Wednesday, 30th September:
- 🟨 Yellow: Securities (Bond, Future, Option, Stock)
- 🟩 Green: Things That Are Shaken (Not Stirred) (Etch a Sketch, Martini, Spray Paint, Tambourine)
- 🟦 Blue: Gangster Movies (Bugsy, Casino, Donnie Brasco, Scarface)
- 🟪 Purple: Starting With Month Abbreviations (Decent, Novelty, Octopussy, Septum)
Today’s Connections puzzle expertly pulled off my absolute favorite Connections trick. That is including one more group possibility, and this one was James Bond themed too, which made it even cooler. If you got tricked by the Bond-themed words found in each group, know you’re not alone! And know that the author of the puzzle is probably gleefully giggling about how we fell right into their trap.
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!