Today's Connections Hints — No Spoilers
Before the answers, here are gentle nudges for each category by difficulty color:
🟡 Yellow (Easiest) Think about what a baby does — not grown-up things, literal baby things.
🟢 Green These words all mean to change or tamper with something in a sneaky or dishonest way. Think numbers, records, evidence.
🔵 Blue A famous children's and YA author. Think coming-of-age stories, awkward teenage moments, and one very iconic title about forever.
🟣 Purple (Hardest) This one is pure wordplay. Each word becomes a type of fish if you add a letter back in. Think marine life hiding inside these words.
Today's 16 Words
FOREVER — SALON — COOK — SURGEON — NURSE — DOCTOR — FUDGE — SUPERFUDGE — CRY — BLUBBER — TROT — ALTER — FOUNDER — BABBLE — DEENIE — TEETHE
The Big Traps to Avoid
The most obvious trap today is linking DOCTOR, NURSE, SURGEON and COOK with the reasoning that they are all jobs in hospitals. On reflection, COOK doesn't really work as a hospital job — that's the misdirection. Another trap is grouping BABBLE, CRY, BLUBBER and TEETHE as things related to crying or tears, when BLUBBER actually belongs elsewhere.
Full Answers — Scroll No Further If You Want to Solve It Yourself
🟡 Yellow — Things Babies Do: BABBLE, CRY, NURSE, TEETHE
🟢 Green — Modify Deceptively: ALTER, COOK, DOCTOR, FUDGE
🔵 Blue — Judy Blume Books: BLUBBER, DEENIE, FOREVER, SUPERFUDGE
🟣 Purple — Fish Minus a Letter: FOUNDER, SALON, SURGEON, TROT
Why the Purple Group Is So Clever
The purple category is the puzzle's toughest — each word becomes a fish once you restore one missing letter. FOUNDER → FLOUNDER, SALON → SALMON, SURGEON → STURGEON, TROT → TROUT. Classic Connections wordplay that rewards thinking sideways rather than literally.
