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Looking for some Connections hints to help with today’s puzzle on Wednesday, 18th March? Well you have come to the right place! This is your one-stop-shop for all Connections-related help. Need a subtle hint to get those brain cogs moving? We’ve got them! Need the answers? We’ve got those too!

All of our full answers are hidden behind spoiler buttons, so if you’re worried about accidentally ruining the puzzle for yourself, don’t stress! We’ve got your back.

How to play Connections

Connections is one of the most popular (and challenging) daily puzzle games published by the New York Times (owners of Wordle). The aim of Connections is to group the 16 words of the day into four groups, where each group of four words has a common theme.

For instance, the words “Hook”, “Nana”, “Peter”, and “Wendy” are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, “Action”, “Ballpark”, “Go”, and “Stick” are all words which commonly come just before the word “Figure”. These are the kinds of Connections you’ll need to make to solve the puzzle.

Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together – but be wary, because a lot of the time there are deceptive red herring connections placed purely to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.

Each of the four groups in each day’s Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).

Click here to play today’s Connections puzzle!

Connections hint: Today’s Connections words

Below you’ll find various hints for today’s Connections. Each of the below hints will make it progressively easier for you to solve today’s puzzle. First we’ll reveal the words in today’s Connections, followed by our Connections hint for each group. Then we’ll reveal one word inside each group, followed by the groups themselves; and finally, at the bottom of this page, we’ll reveal the answers to today’s Connections puzzle. Here are the 16 Connections words for today:

• BLANK
• COAT
• CURSE
• DELAY
• HOP
• PATCH
• PERIOD
• RAIN
• REALITY
• REVERB
• SPELL
• STRETCH
• WAH
• WHAMMY
• WINCE
• YELL

Connections hint for Wednesday 18th March

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• Yellow hint: These words don’t last forever.
• Green hint: A performance of pain
• Blue hint: Think of things you hear but cannot see.
• Purple hint: Say them out loud.
• Extra hint 1: Sound can matter more than spelling.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter ‘E’

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• Yellow: Spell
• Green: Curse
• Blue: Reverb
• Purple: Rain

Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections groups are revealed just below!

Connections hints: All of today’s Connections groups

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• Yellow: Interval
• Green: React to a Stubbed Toe
• Blue: Guitar Effects Pedals
• Purple: ___ Check

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today’s Connections puzzle on Wednesday, 18th March:

• Yellow: Interval (Patch, Period, Spell, Stretch)
• Green: React to a Stubbed Toe (Curse, Hop, Wince, Yell)
• Blue: Guitar Effects Pedals (Delay, Reverb, Wah, Whammy)
• Purple: ___ Check (Blank, Coat, Rain, Reality)

And that’s another Connections puzzle under your belt! That was a tricky one, too. I initially thought we were dealing with some spooky group with the words ‘curse’ and ‘spell.’ And once you get hooked on an idea in this puzzle, it’s hard to get off that train of thought and onto another one. If there is one Connections tip you take away with you today, it’s not to get too caught up on one idea!

Once I managed to let go of the nonexistent witch group that I was holding on to so stubbornly, I was able to see the puzzle for what it was, and the groups fell into place. That’s the magic of Connections! It’s a combination of frustration, despair, relief, and satisfaction all wrapped up in four neat little groups.

Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!

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