Today’s ‘Connections’ Hints And Answers For Wednesday, December 27 - Forbes

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Update: It seems that I initially wrote up Thursday’s game in an earlier version of today’s column. Apologies for my error and any confusion. I’m not sure I made that mistake. The correct words, clues and answers for today’s game now appear below.

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it’s time for another round of Connections!

Today’s Connections hints and answers are coming right up.

How To Play Connections

In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like horror movie franchises, a type of verb or rappers.

There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the hardest one to deduce. The purple group often involves wordplay, so bear that in mind.

Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.

If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers.

Connections Hints For December 27

Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.

Today’s 16 words are:

MS
PAINT
GHOST
BELL
PASTEL
SIGN
BLACK
INK
REV
WARNING
MESSAGE
GEN
DR
PROF
CHARCOAL
OMEN

And the clues for today’s groups are:

Yellow group — look into your crystal ball
Green group — they go before people’s names
Blue group — tools for artistic expression
Purple group — they all precede a spice or type of food

Connections Groups For December 27

Need some extra help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Today’s groups are...

Yellow group — indication of things to come
Green group — name prefixes
Blue group — art mediums
Purple group — ____ pepper

Connections Answers For December 27

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.

This is your final warning!

Today’s Connections answers are...

Yellow group — indication of things to come (MESSAGE, OMEN, SIGN, WARNING)
Green group — name prefixes (GEN, MS, PROF, REV)
Blue group — art mediums (CHARCOAL, INK, PAINT, PASTEL)
Purple group — ____ pepper (BELL, BLACK, DR, GHOST)

That’s back-to-back wins, but hoo boy were we not even close to a perfect game.

The greens were my sticking point. Given the presence of DR, I trial and errored my way through this group until I only had one life remaining. Thankfully, I didn’t run into any other trouble. The blues jumped out at me, and then the yellows were pretty straightforward. That left me with the purples for the win. I didn’t figure out the connection.

That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Thursday’s game if you need them.

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