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Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the weekend!
Here’s something very cool I found out about recently. The Curta calculator is a handheld mechanical device that helped people add things up until the advent of digital calculators in the 1970s.
I suppose it was more portable than an abacus or other adding machines. It can also multiply, subtract, divide and find square roots and percentages. It’s so very neat:
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, June 27 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...
CATWALK
FOXTROT
CREDIT CARD
COLLECTION
BOARDWALK
DESIGNER
ENVELOPE
CROSSWALK
FIREWALK
INCOME TAX
BILLIARD BALL
MODEL
SHORT LINE
DECANTER
WATER WORKS
BARBER POLE
The level one hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — a step on the journey as you Go back around
🟩 Green group — Milan, Paris, London and New York know all about these
🟦 Blue group — like jack and meg, many national flags and basketballs
🟪 Purple group — if Gallup was taking a poll on this, it probably wouldn't amble toward the end results
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 — SHORT LINE
🟩 Green group — MODEL
🟦 Blue group — BILLIARD BALL
🟪 Purple group — FIREWALK
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Today’s Connections groups are...
🟨 Yellow group — Monopoly squares
🟩 Green group — components of a fashion show
🟦 Blue group — commonly striped things
🟪 Purple group — ending in horse gaits
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 — Monopoly squares (BOARDWALK, INCOME TAX, SHORT LINE, WATER WORKS)
🟩 Green group — components of a fashion show (CATWALK, COLLECTION, DESIGNER, MODEL)
🟦 Blue group — commonly striped things (BARBER POLE, BILLIARD BALL, CREDIT CARD, CROSSWALK)
🟪 Purple group — ending in horse gaits (DECANTER, ENVELOPE, FIREWALK, FOXTROT)
I feel like we've had FOXTROT in Connections a whole lot. It clearly wasn't a NATO phonetic alphabet or dance reference this time, so I figured there had to be some wordplay or other purpley nonsense going on.
BOARDWALK, INCOME TAX and WATER WORKS seemed like a Monopoly thing (yet again), but I don't know the US version of the game well enough to see what might fit with those.
So, I thought I'd play it safe. The fashion show words seemed clear enough. BARBER POLE had to be a stripey thing, so I found the blues. There's a stripe on the back of a typical CREDIT CARD.
SHORT LINE I guess made most sense as a Monopoly thing at that point. So I got the yellows. I propose a moratorium on Monopoly-related categories for like two years.
That left the purples. Really don't like this one, given that there are three words other than FIREWALK that end in "walk." That feels cheap and not very Connections-y.
Anyway, my streak is now up to 482.
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’m planning to see Angine de Poitrine at a free outdoor show tonight as long as the weather isn’t too bad. Here’s another video of them playing under the skies in this fine city from last year, on top of Ubisoft’s office in a fun part of town. Tonight’s show will just be a wee bit bigger:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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