We know that ancient people had games and wordplay the same as any others, and today’sConnectionsis a throwback to that with all of the words relating to various ancient things. But what does a mummy have to do with the other words in this group? Keep reading to find out as we lay out our hints and tricks for today.
If Connections doesn’t satisfy your word-game craving for today, you may try out theSpelling Beepuzzleand seewhat you can come up with based on the letters in the honeycombs. It can be hard at first as you might suddenly forget everything you ever knew, but once you get the hang of it you can crank out words faster than you can run out of a mummy tomb.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
JULY 25 #409
There are a lot of fun categories today, particularly ones that satisfy our archaeological sensibilities. However, to help you dig up some of the answers yourself, here are some category hints before we give out spoilers.
There are still some words that might stump players, so we still have some more tips for you in the form of category names.
PARCHMENT
WAX
This category isfull of ancient writing supplies, which is both a nice callback to archaeology and a nod to my never-ending love of school supplies. It was a fairly easy category to fill out for me for that reason, but I have a love of writing and old stuff so that might make me the odd one out. However, there are very few other “surfaces” amongst the list of items in today’s word choices that hopefully made this one easier for everyone else too.
MODERATE
PRESENT
ANCHOR and HOST were the pillars of this category and made it easier to guess. However, figuring out the other two was a bit more difficult for us. MODERATE was the next one to get added in, butPRESENT could easily belong in both of the next two categories. In reality, it should probably be moderat-er and present-er but that would likely make this one too easy.
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INSTINCT
TALENT
Having a FLAIR for something is usually an innate affinity, the same with INSTINCT and TALENT. GIFT and PRESENT are the wild cards here, aseither of them could also fit into this category and FACULTY is not a popular term for the same meaning.
Admittedly, looking up the various definitions of FACULTY might be the easiest way to solve this one. Otherwise, this can make it hard to figure out which one is which, but luckily, with some parsing out you can figure out the differences between them.
MUMMY
SPRAIN
This category was a bit hard to put together,particularly with GIFT potentially elsewhere and PRESENT easily fitting in hereif you have parsed out the category but have not figured out the others. This can make each of the categories tricky, but with some patience, you’re able to figure it out. However, being able to wrap up the MUMMY, SPRAIN, BURRITO, and the puzzle will make your day brighter.
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While I get to digging up my backyard for more ancient treasures, you may dig up this treasure trove of puzzles and enjoy the rest of your day in puzzling bliss.
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