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Connections #1190 leans on U.S. history
Hints, category names, and the full answer key for the September 13 Connections puzzle.
In brief
Hints, category names, and the full answer key for the September 13 Connections puzzle. Today's board hinges on the presidents group: Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, and Madison. Originally reported by Mashable.
Today's board rewards history buffs
Connections #1190 for September 13 is not especially hard if U.S. presidents come to you quickly. One group is built entirely on them.
“The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you know U.S. History.”
How Connections works
Sixteen words, four hidden groups of four. You get four mistakes before the game ends, and only one grouping is correct even when several look plausible.
“finding the "common threads between words"”
Colors tell you the difficulty
Yellow is the easiest group, then green, blue, and purple. Shuffling the board helps you see pairings you kept reading past.
Gentle nudges first
Yellow: Soft. Green: Leaders of the Executive Branch. Blue: One word, two letters. Purple: Words with a high point.
The actual category names
Lacking in Firmness. U.S. Presidents. Words That Sound Like Two Letters. Ending in Elevated Landforms.
The full answer key
Soft: DROOPY, FLACCID, SAGGING, SLACK. Presidents: CLEVELAND, GARFIELD, GRANT, MADISON. Two letters: EMPTY, EXCESS, KEWPIE, ODIE. Landforms: DOUBLESPEAK, HEATHCLIFF, PARAMOUNT, PORRIDGE.
The short version
Today's board hinges on the presidents group: Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, and Madison.
