Month: March 2024
Angel Reese Doesn’t Need to Be Liked. But She and L.S.U. Demand Your Respect.
Reese and the Tigers know how the world sees them. They don’t always appreciate it, a columnist from The Athletic writes.
Reese and the Tigers know how the world sees them. They don’t always appreciate it, a columnist from The Athletic writes.
We must stop the smartphone social experiment on our kids
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The Talk Show: ‘You’ve Never Seen Email Like This Before’
The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple’s regulatory/antitrust tribulations.
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The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple’s regulatory/antitrust tribulations.
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Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope image captures sparkling stars, old and new
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NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for March 31
Connections is a New York Times word game that’s all about finding the “common threads between words.” How to solve the puzzle.
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today’s puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for March 31’s Connections solution. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
What is Connections?
The NYT‘s latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications’ Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there’s only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
Here’s a hint for today’s Connections categories
Want a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Yellow: Rolling down the hill
Green: Sources of water
Blue: Things that’ll help achieve a curvy shape
Purple: Types of bears
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Here are today’s Connections categories
Need a little extra help? Today’s connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Take a Tumble
Green: Kinds of Water
Blue: Things That Are Cinched in the Middle
Purple: ___Bear
Looking for Wordle today? Here’s the answer to today’s Wordle.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today’s puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to Connections #294 is…
What is the answer to Connections today
Take a Tumble: FALL, SLIP, SPILL, TRIP
Kinds of Water: MINERAL, SPRING, STILL, TAP
Things That Are Cinched in the Middle: CORSET, DIABOLO, HOURGLASS, WASP
___Bear: BOO-BOO, BROWN, HONEY, TEDDY
Don’t feel down if you didn’t manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we’ll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
Is this not the Connections game you were looking for? Here are the hints and answers to yesterday’s Connections.
Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, March 31 (game #797)
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.
Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, more than two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, but also difficult.
But Quordle is tough, so if you already find yourself searching for today’s Wordle answer, you’ll probably need some hints for this game too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #1 – Vowels
How many different vowels are in Quordle today?
• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #2 – total vowels
What is the total number of vowels in Quordle today?
• The total number of vowels across today’s Quordle answers is 8.
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #3 – repeated letters
Do any of today’s Quordle answers contain repeated letters?
• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #4 – total letters
How many different letters are used in Quordle today?
• The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 14.
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #5 – uncommon letters
Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?
• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today’s Quordle answers.
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #6 – starting letters (1)
Do any of today’s Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?
• The number of today’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.
If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you’re not ready yet then here’s one more clue to make things a lot easier:
Quordle today (game #797) – hint #7 – starting letters (2)
What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?
• S
• B
• P
• F
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Quordle today (game #797) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Quordle, game #797, are…
SPIKEBEVELPERKYFAUNA
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Daily Sequence today (game #797) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #797, are…
PALERRIPENMUSTYSHOWN
Quordle answers: The past 20
Quordle #796, Saturday 30 March: SHOOK, DIRGE, CLEAN, PRIORQuordle #795, Friday 29 March: RUMBA, SLICE, RAZOR, SLEEPQuordle #794, Thursday 28 March: PINEY, WEDGE, VIVID, ODDLYQuordle #793, Wednesday 27 March: QUALM, CIVIL, CRUDE, GOUGEQuordle #792, Tuesday 26 March: LINER, SCARE, VALID, DRUIDQuordle #791, Monday 25 March: SLUNG, GRILL, SETUP, SHOCKQuordle #790, Sunday 24 March: WIDER, ICILY, FREAK, ATONEQuordle #789, Saturday 23 March: AGENT, CELLO, TENOR, REGALQuordle #788, Friday 22 March: WOUND, TOUCH, SOUTH, LOGICQuordle #787, Thursday 21 March: SNAIL, TRUTH, MERIT, MOSSYQuordle #786, Wednesday 20 March: SNAIL, GUMMY, HURRY, STIFFQuordle #785, Tuesday 19 March: DRAIN, DIRTY, VALVE, PARRYQuordle #784, Monday 18 March: BENCH, SNAKE, PENCE, CLASPQuordle #783, Sunday 17 March: THETA, QUALM, CACHE, CROWNQuordle #782, Saturday 16 March: TUBER, SUGAR, STRIP, TRIALQuordle #781, Friday 15 March: MARCH, FLANK, TEETH, DITTYQuordle #780, Thursday 14 March: RESIN, DINGY, PLAID, BERETQuordle #779, Wednesday 13 March: GLASS, HOUSE, FINAL, EXISTQuordle #778, Tuesday 12 March: IDYLL, FAITH, RECUT, SASSYQuordle #777, Monday 11 March: GRAND, GAUDY, FUNKY, BOOST
Quordle FAQs: Everything you need to know
What is Quordle?
Where Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day, Quordle presents you with four puzzles to solve. And rather than complete them in turn, you do so simultaneously. You get nine guesses, rather than the six for Wordle, but the rules are otherwise very similar.
It’s played online via the Quordle website and you can also get to it via the Merriam-Webster site, after the dictionary purchased Quordle last year.
As with Wordle, the answers are the same for every player each day, meaning that you’re competing against the rest of the world. And also as with Wordle, the puzzle resets at midnight so you have a fresh challenge each day.
The website also includes a practice mode – which I definitely recommend using before attempting the game proper! – and there are daily stats including a streak count. You also get Quordle Achievements – specific badges for winning a game in a certain number of turns, playing lots of times, or guessing particularly hard words.
Oh, and it’s difficult. Really difficult.
What are the Quordle rules?
The rules of Quordle are almost identical to those of Wordle.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray…
4. …BUT the word you guess appears in all quadrants of the puzzle at the same time, so an A could turn green in one square, yellow in another and gray in the final two.
5. Answers are never plural.
6. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
7. Each guess must be a valid word in Quordle’s dictionary. You can’t guess ABCDE, for instance.
8. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses and there is no equivalent of Wordle’s Hard mode.
9. You have nine guesses to find the Quordle answers.
10. You must complete the daily Quordle before midnight in your timezone.
What is a good Quordle strategy?
Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically.
That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but it’s even more important in Quordle.
There are two key things to remember.
1. Use several starting words
Firstly, you won’t want just a single starting word, but almost certainly two or three starting words.
The first of these should probably be one of the best Wordle starting words, because the same things that make them work well will apply here too. But after that, you should select another word or possibly two that use up lots more of the most common consonants and that include any remaining vowels.
For instance, I currently use STARE > DOILY > PUNCH. Between them, these three words use 15 of the 26 letters in the alphabet including all five vowels, Y, and nine of the most common consonants (S, T, R, D, L, P, N, C and H). There are plenty of other options – you might want to get an M, B, F or G in there instead of the H, maybe – but something like that should do the trick.
If all goes well, that will give you a good lead on what one or sometimes two of the answers might be. If not, well good luck!
2. Narrow things down
Secondly, if you’re faced with a word where the answer might easily be one of several options – for instance -ATCH, where it could be MATCH, BATCH, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH, HATCH or PATCH – you’ll definitely want to guess a word that would narrow down those options.
In Wordle, you can instead try several of those in succession and hope one is right, assuming you have enough guesses left. It’s risky, but will sometimes work. Plus, it’s the only option in Hard mode. But in Quordle, this will almost certainly result in a failure – you simply don’t have enough guesses.
In the scenario above, CLAMP would be a great guess, as it could point the way to four of the seven words in one go.