New York Times' Connections puzzle, a popular digital word game, challenges players to identify thematic links among words, enhancing vocabulary and critical thinking. Released daily, the game features increasing difficulty levels and color-coded categories.

The popularity of Wordle has also inspired spin-offs and clones. Variants like Quordle (four puzzles at once), Heardle (a music-based guessing game), and even Worldle (geography-themed) have emerged,

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"Wordle" has remained a globally popular game with millions of users, and Newsweek is here with handy tips to solve it.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.