Sometimes, to get a Connections puzzle right, you need to expand your definitions of the words in the table. Common words have a lot more meanings than people will necessarily know off the top of their heads, and it is important to think outside the box when you are trying to connect them. Today’s puzzle will ask you to do so for some of the categories, and we have a few hints to help you do so.

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Today’s Connections Category Hints

July 30 #414

If you want a few hints for today’s puzzle, we have you covered. This puzzle is not overly complex, but it does have some words that are deceptive. So, with that in mind, here are some hints as to what the categories are:

• One category is filled with synonyms of an adjective
• One category is all about the details
• One category is about talent
• One category is not about a process but a noun

If those hints are still too vague, we have more hints for you below. You can view the category names in the box below or keep scrolling down for the answers for each category.

	PEACHY KEEN
	PROVIDE MORE DETAILS
	ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL
	GROUP OF BUILDINGS

Today’s Connections Answers

JULY 30 #414

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

PEACHY KEEN
NEAT	NIFTY	SUPER	SWELL

When something is “Peachy Keen” things are going SWELL. SUPER is also a good adjective here, but NIFTY and NEAT feel slightly off in this category. Nevertheless, as they are all still in the same general ballpark, I was able to guess that they went together. While it is a bit of an odd choice of words, they make some sense.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

PROVIDE MORE DETAILS
ELABORATE	EXPAND	EXPLAIN	SPECIFY

While some later words seem to fit the vibe in this category, no other verbs seem to have the same meanings. To ELABORATE is to EXPAND, and to EXPLAIN is to SPECIFY. This made it one of the easier categories for me today, as it felt like the most cohesive and obvious grouping of words. However, I could see where some of those other words were close enough to make things confusing at first.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL
FACILITY	FLAIR	GIFT	KNACK

If you have a FLAIR for something, you tend to have a natural ability or talent for something. GIFT, KNACK, and FACILITY all have similar meanings. However, the word FACILITY could easily belong in the last category, and this is a lesser-known meaning. I happened to remember it being used in an earlier Connections puzzle with a similar meaning, so the puzzle played itself on this one.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

GROUP OF BUILDINGS
BLOCK	COMPLEX	COMPOUND	DEVELOPMENT

This being the last category and with FACILITY safely out of the way, it was easy to choose the remaining pieces. COMPLEX and DEVELOPMENT are some of the tricky words in this category, as they do have a similar vibe to the words in the green category. However, the big hint is that neither is a verb, and both have an architectural meaning.

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Connections

Released

June 12, 2023

Developer(s)

The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)

The New York Times Company

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Web Browser , Mobile