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NYT Connections game 1228: hints and answers
Today's puzzle groups classic children's games, important people, famous paintings and double misnomers.
In brief
Today's puzzle groups classic children's games, important people, famous paintings and double misnomers. NYT Connections game 1228 for Wednesday, October twenty-first features four groups: classic children's games, important person slang, iconic artworks and items with misleading names. Originally reported by…
Today's sixteen words
NYT Connections game 1228 presents sixteen words to sort into four groups of four. The words are English Horn, Leapfrog, Alpha Dog, Sweetbread, Hot Potato, Mantis Shrimp, Sunflowers, Big Cheese, American Gothic, Grape-Nuts, Campbell's Soup…
Yellow group: classic children's games
The yellow group, the easiest, groups classic children's games. The four answers are Duck Duck Goose, Hot Potato, Leapfrog and Musical Chairs.
Green group: important person
The green group, slightly harder, contains slang terms for an important person. The answers are Alpha Dog, Big Cheese, Heavyweight and Top Banana.
Blue group: famous paintings
The blue group, often quite tough, features iconic artworks. The answers are American Gothic, Campbell's Soup Can, Sunflowers and The Scream.
Purple group: double misnomers
The purple group, usually very difficult, contains double misnomers where neither word is an accurate description. The answers are English Horn, Grape-Nuts, Mantis Shrimp and Sweetbread.
“DOUBLE MISNOMERS (NEITHER WORD IS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION)”
Puzzle difficulty and strategy
The puzzle was rated easy. The solver completed it in yellow-green-blue-purple difficulty order, starting with Duck Duck Goose from yesterday's Strands puzzle, which immediately suggested the children's games group.
About NYT Connections
NYT Connections challenges players to find groups of four items sharing something in common.Each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow harder, blue quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
What to remember
NYT Connections game 1228 for Wednesday, October twenty-first features four groups: classic children's games, important person slang, iconic artworks and items with misleading names.
