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It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you’ve finished?

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Why, play some more word games of course.

Next, I pondered on A BELL being an abbreviation of Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone inventor.

And then, well it became as clear as CRYSTAL.

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All a blessing, as I would never have gotten U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES in a month of Super Tuesdays.

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times.

For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

It’s playable for free via theNYT Games siteon desktop or mobile.

Prime

Wordle Words: A genius word…

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

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