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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.

You may be able to tell, my skating knowledge is zero.

Meditating on the word DONUT finally got me to the last two groups.

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The other three PROPS all appear in the still-brilliant opening titles.

Meanwhile, STARTING WITH SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL was a lovely piece of word trickery.

Well done, Connections, and to all who got that one in the top three tiers.

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

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.

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

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Wordle Words: A genius word…

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

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