Connections

In June of 2023, the New York Times introduced a new game called “Connections.” I started playing it in July. Here’s how it works and how the July 9, 2023 puzzle worked out for me to give you a feel for how it works if you’re not familiar with it.

Here are the rules:

Here’s the puzzle ready to start:

Here’s my first guess grouping guess:

Here’s the confirmation that my first grouping guess was correct, along with what their “connection” is, and my guess at a 2nd grouping:

Here’s the confirmation that my second grouping guess was correct, along with what their “connection” is, and my guess at a 3rd grouping:

Here’s the confirmation that my third grouping guess was correct, along with what their “connection” is, and choosing the only remaining items for the 4th grouping:

Here’s the confirmation that the remaining four were correct and what their “connection” is:

And here’s the image they provide to share on social media to let others know how you did without revealing the answers:

Wordle

I have been playing Wordle for a long, long time—since it debuted in October of 2021. Here’s how the July 9, 2023 puzzle worked out for me to give you a feel for how it works if you’re not familiar with it.

Here are the rules: