Today's Connections Hints & Answers For May 28, 2024 (Puzzle #351)

May is coming to a close, but we've still got a few Connections before the summer months hit. Tuesday's selection of words could cause a few players to lose their long-standing win streaks. Pay close attention to your choices in today's game and don't try to rush through.

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Today's Connections Category Hints

May 28 #351

Before jumping right into today's Connections answers, we wanted to provide a few hints to help those who aren't quite done trying to solve it for themselves. These are today's expected categories.

AMENABLE ANAGRAMS SPELLING BEE RANKS ADJECTIVES FOR A CANDLE

Today's Connections Answers

May 28 #351

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

AMENABLE EASY FLEXIBLE OPEN RECEPTIVE

We lost three of our possible attempts at the beginning of the game just by insisting VILE, EVIL, WICKED, and something else that's mean should have been a category. That is completely our own fault and you should always know when to cut your losses and just move on. Luckily, after the third miss, we did just that and scored the yellow category.

OPEN and FLEXIBLE were the two words that started our win with this particular word-grouping. After we noticed that it was a quick jump to see the rest and move on.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

ANAGRAMS EVIL LIVE VEIL VILE

Once we moved through the yellow our brains still wanted to match up mean things, so EVIL and VILE were constantly at the forefront of our minds. That's when the lightning hit and LIVE and VEIL came into view. It's all the same letters! Well played Connections, well played. We scored this one second and moved closer to the finish line.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

SPELLING BEE RANKS AMAZING BEGINNER GENIUS SOLID

With just eight words left, we knew we were destined for a win. Blue ended up being our last category to score and I had no idea there were ranks in a spelling bee. If it wasn't for those little red squiggly lines that appear under most things I write, I would be incoherent with text.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

ADJECTIVES FOR A CANDLE LIT SCENTED WAXY WICKED

Yo, this category is LIT, literally, you light candles. Get it? Well we did, and we were lucky to win today's Connections by the skin of our wax lips. I know that WICKED is referring to the word WICK, as in it has a WICK. But every time I read it it's still just an evil thing, WICKED Witch, or WICKED the Musical.

Other Games Like Connections

Before you run off and eat an apple from that forest lady, don't do it, it's a trap, check out these other fantastic browser-based games.

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 The Password Game Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide. Yes Nerdle Guess the math equation and solution in six attempts. Yes Dordle Guess two words on side-by-side word boards in six attempts Yes