As you navigate your way through today's milestone Connections puzzle at number 400, you will have to focus on the basics. Piloting is a tricky skill, and solving these puzzles can be as well. However, there are some early answers you can score if you pay close enough attention, so focus in and stick around for the usual tips and tricks.
If you like Connections, you might also like the daily Wordle puzzle. It is a tough match to make sometimes, with varying logical deductions you need to make to figure out which letter goes in which box. It can help if you have a good knowledge of five-letter words, but knowing how spelling and language work will do the most toward helping you solve them.
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Four categories with four words each sounds simple, but the daily challenge of the Connections game can prove difficult without a few tips to help.
Today's Connections Category Hints
JULY 16 #400
Whether you are on a plane or waiting for you, you will have plenty of time to solve these categories. Before looking below, here are some hints:
- One category tests your patience
- One category simply runs tests
- One category is more musical than it appears
- The last category shares a common name
With those hints, you might already be able to guess what you need to, but if you still need an extra nudge, we have the category names below.
 | IN A BAD MOOD |
 | EXPERIMENTAL |
 | STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS |
 | PETER ___ |
Today's Connections Answers
JULY 16 #400
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
IN A BAD MOOD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | |||
CROSS | SHORT | SURLY | TESTY |
This category is all about being a little off your game. For us, SURLY and CROSS gave the game away, and seeing the TESTY nearby made it quite clear. The only think left that meant anything close to a bad mood beyond that was SHORT, although it might not appear obvious at first. Of course, some of the other categories might make you feel a little testy after all.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
EXPERIMENTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | |||
EXPLORATORY | PILOT | PRELIMINARY | TRIAL |
Instead of you being tested, this category is all about what you can do to test something else. A PILOT TV episode, a PRELIMINARY exam, a court TRIAL, or even an EXPLORATORY expedition all have to do with seeing if something can work. Anyone who works in a very scientific field likely recognizes some of these words from their everyday usage, but those who do not might need a little hint.
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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | |||
FIDDLER | JERSEY | KINKY | MERRILY |
If you did not start singing, you likely do not know the musicals these words refer to. FIDDLER on the Roof is a classic, and it got stuck in our heads immediately after we realized what the categories meant. JERSEY Boys, KINKY Boots, and MERRILY We Roll Along are all big hits as well if you know your way around theater or musical circles.
It can make things tough if you do not know what you are looking for, because these words seemingly have very little connections at face value.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
PETER ___ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | |||
PAN | PARKER | PIPER | RABBIT |
This one we definitely made harder than it had to be, as we did not think about it in relation to a proper name as much as we were thinking about folklore. That got us far enough to guess that PAN, PIPER, and RABBIT all went together, but we were stumped at PARKER.
We felt a little oblivious once we realized that it was less about folklore and more about the infamous Spider-Man. If we had paid more attention at the beginning, PARKER likely would have been the easiest one to put in this category but, alas, we did not.
Other Games Like Connections
Once you have finished up making your Connections and singing your way through at least four musicals, you can play the following games while attempting to get the dulcet tones of Broadway stars out of your head.
Game Name | How To Play | Is It Free To Play? |
|---|---|---|
Wordle (NYT) | Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list. | Yes |
Very similar to Wordle, where players change the number of letters in the word. | Yes | |
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide. | Yes | |
Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints. | Yes |
Connections
- Released
- June 12, 2023
- Developer(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Publisher(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Genre(s)
- ESRB
- Platform(s)
- Web Browser , Mobile
- Gaming
- Connections
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