Saturday is finally here, but that doesn’t mean you should give up on your Connections winning streak—or stop yourself from starting a new one.
Today’s brainteaser is difficult, with all of the words starting with the same letter, so there’s no need to stress if this one’s proving too tough to tackle. Luckily, Newsweek has some top tips for #650 that will lead you on the road to a win.
Warning: The answers to today’s Connections puzzle will also be revealed at the bottom of this page, so if you would like to work them out for yourself, we advise you scroll carefully.
How To Play ‘Connections’
To start the popular game, which was released by The New York Times in 2023, players must separate 16 words into four distinct categories.
The board is color-coded to indicate the varying levels of difficulty. Yellow is the easiest, followed by green, blue and purple. Once you correctly link four words, their color will be revealed.
For example, Friday’s game associated the words “compass,” “ruler,” “stencil” and “T-square” under the blue category “architectural drawing tools.”
Meanwhile, the purple category was “Bar ___,” and the terms linked to that were: “chart,” “exam,” “mitzvah” and “soap.”
Wyna Liu, a puzzle editor at the New York Times who helped develop Connections, told Newsweek readers last year to try to avoid “rage-solving.”
“My best piece of advice is to wait as long as you can before guessing,” she said in June. “You may see the board and have completely identified the category, seeing five words that could belong in that category.”
Liu added: “Don’t try to guess the four words in that category because, even though you know what the fifth member is, you won’t know which of the four it might not be.”
‘Connections’ #650 Hints and Clues for Saturday, March 22
Below are Newsweek‘s hints to help you with Saturday’s game:
Yellow: Instruments used to play music
Green: Household ornaments
Blue: Words that begin with “Tri,” meaning “three”
Purple: T + letter abbreviations
‘Connections’ #650 Answers for Saturday, March 22
Yellow Category: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Yellow Words: Tambourine, Theremin, Timpani, Trombone
Green Category: KNICKKNACK
Green Words: Tchotchke, Thingamajig, Trifle, Trinket
Blue Category: WORDS WITH THE PREFIX MEANING “THREE”
Blue Words: Triangle, Trident, Trillion, Trilobite
Purple Category: WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH “T” + LETTER
Purple Words: Television, Touchdown, Trademark, Tuberculosis
Great effort whether you solved today’s Connections puzzle or not! It was a tricky one. Luckily, you will be pleased to hear you will get another chance to play on Sunday when a new game will be available for you to try.
Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone, so be sure to check back with Newsweek daily for more hints, clues and answers.
While you count down the minutes until the next Connections drops, keep busy with these other fun and challenging word-based games.
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