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Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the weekend!
I’m taking it mostly easy this weekend ahead of a busy few weeks. I have 6 or 7 shows lined up for the rest of the month, which is a lot! I’m excited for them all. I’m gonna get things started on Monday with a Poppy show. It’ll be in a bigger venue than the last time I saw her, but I love that place a lot more than the previous one.
I’ve also got Bloc Party, Goldfinger, Weird Al, a wrestling show and Ariana Grande coming up. Plus maybe more stuff at the big comedy festival. I’m not sure about that yet. Should be a fun few weeks!
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, July 11 are coming right up.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
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...
STILL
STILTS
SLINKY
AARDVARK
WOODY
GLASSY
CANNON
BOCCE
EBBING
BO PEEP
FLAT
UNICYCLE
CALM
JESSIE
TRAPEZE
TWIDDLE
The level one hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — seen under the big top
🟩 Green group — an opportunity for one to break the tension in a satisfying manner
🟦 Blue group — you've got a friend in them
🟪 Purple group — twice as nice in the right spot
One Word For Each Connections Group
Be warned: we’re really starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one word for each group.
Today’s Connections word hints are…
🟨 Yellow group — UNICYCLE
🟩 Green group — GLASSY
🟦 Blue group — SLINKY
🟪 Purple group — TWIDDLE
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Today’s Connections groups are...
🟨 Yellow group — circus equipment
🟩 Green group — undisturbed, as water
🟦 Blue group — Toy Story characters
🟪 Purple group — double letters appearing in that letter's alphabetical position
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
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 — circus equipment (CANNON, STILTS, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE)
🟩 Green group — undisturbed, as water (CALM, FLAT, GLASSY, STILL)
🟦 Blue group — Toy Story characters (BO PEEP, JESSIE, SLINKY, WOODY)
🟪 Purple group — double letters appearing in that letter's alphabetical position (AARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE)
There was no world in which I wasn't going for the Toy Story characters immediately. I didn't care if it was going to be a red herring. However, they were thankfully the blues. (I still need to go see Toy Story 5!)
The water words were next. STILL and FLAT got me through there.
I thought the purples were just going to be words with double letters, but sure. Why not? That left the yellows for win number 496 on my current run.
How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:
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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I got this song stuck in my head when I used “disco” as a guess in a recent Wordle. "D.I.S.C.O." by Ottawan is a fast-paced doom metal track.
I’m just kidding. You know what genre it’s in. And it’s catchy as heck:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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