If you want to strike gold with today’s Connections puzzle, you may need some help to get it. There are a fair number of things that can help you solve a puzzle faster, but those are things you often only learn after solving them for a while. Once you know the tricks, you can start flying through puzzles and spot the traps before they catch you. Until then, we have all the hints you need to keep you from falling for them.
If you like having a puzzle to play every day, The Password Game puzzle is tough. Luckily, the basic rules are the same every day, but the conditions set by the rules change. You will have to solve the rules for yourself every day as you seek to make a password a hacker will never guess. Who knows, maybe you will find a great new password for all your email addresses.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
OCTOBER 03 #479
If you want to have the right guesses for each of these words, understanding subtleties is one of the main keys. There are a lot of possible solutions, but only one way to get a perfect score. To help you achieve that score, we have clues to help you recognize what the categories are before you look at their names:
- One category is about certain kinds of liquids.
- One category is about how to take care of a type of living thing.
- One category is about multiples of things.
- One category is about words that are all the names of a creature with extra letters added on.
After you have examined the clues and the words, if you still need a helping hand, you can check out all the category names listed below.
 | BEVERAGES |
 | CARE FOR A PLANT |
 | ITEM SOLD IN PAIRS |
 | BUGS PLUS STARTING LETTER |
Today’s Connections Answers
OCTOBER 03 #479
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
BEVERAGES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
JUICE | MILK | PUNCH | SODA |
The main part of this category that might prove tricky is the word WATER. It is a very common beverage, after all, but it does not go in this category. Otherwise, PRUNE might trick some players, as it is a type of juice, but it is much more specific than the other beverages listed here. Once I had water firmly placed in another category, it was much easier to put these four words together without any issues, although PUNCH did have me thinking it went with SMITE and SOCK for a moment.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
CARE FOR A PLANT | |||
|---|---|---|---|
FERTILIZE | POT | PRUNE | WATER |
I got this category first, although I had a couple of wrong guesses before I got this one. That was mainly due to SMITE and SOCK as mentioned above, but luckily I pivoted and looked for something else. Seeing POT and PRUNE as I looked over the words caught my attention, and I realized that WATER could be a verb as opposed to a noun here. After that, it only took a few moments to look for FERTILIZE, and it was nice to finally see the green bar across the screen.
Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
ITEM SOLD IN PAIRS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
BOOKEND | EARBUD | SKI | SOCK |
BOOKEND and EARBUD caught my attention as I looked for other possible categories. This is mainly because they do not look like they go with anything else at first glance, but as I thought about it, I realized that they were both items that usually had two that “bookended” something. Looking around, SOCK was another option that came in a pair, and I added in SKI last. This made me happy as I realized I was getting a lot better at recognizing some of the more subtle categories Connections makes use of.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
BUGS PLUS STARTING LETTER | |||
|---|---|---|---|
BLOUSE | PANT | SMITE | STICK |
This one would be hard to recognize beforehand, and it would be quite impressive if you did. But figuring out that all but one of the letters in each word spells out a bug is something that would take more effort to recognize. Luckily, I came to this one last time, but SMITE and STICK caused me some issues earlier in the puzzle. I was able to pivot fast enough to avoid losing to a false guess today, but I am not always that fortunate. My mistakes are your gain in this instance.
Other Games Like Connections
If you want to try out a new puzzle today after finishing this one, check out the daily Absurdle puzzle. It uses some interesting mechanics to make solving a Wordle-like puzzle even harder and more absurd.
Game Name | How To Play | Is It Free To Play? |
|---|---|---|
Wordle (NYT) | Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list. | Yes |
Name a country based only on its silhouette and a few geographical hints. | Yes | |
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide. | Yes | |
Try to solve a Wordle game without any help. With each guess, the game reveals as little information as possible, even changing the word. | Yes |
