Connections #628 Puzzle: Decoding the Clues
The Connections #628 puzzle involves separating 16 words into four categories: Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple, each representing specific themes. Here’s the breakdown:
- Yellow: "HOPEFUL, MOLESO" (Describing uncertainty or indecisiveness).
- Green: "CHARwestern, WELLENT" (Alluding to something perfect that can’t be altered, e.g., "Perfect," " Interested").
- Blue: "Marbles, Mind, Sense, Wits" (Words referring to comprehensibility or clarity).
- Purple: "Components of Metaphors" (E.g., "Bell, Egg, Genie, Toothpaste" reversing a metaphoric structure).
Hints from Newsweek: This is Day 2, a continuation of puzzle creation for the responses posted the next day.
Answers for Friday, February 28:
- Yellow: HOPEFUL, MOLESO, BE INDECISIVE, TEAM.
- Green: CHARwestern, WELLENT, PEACE, SELF-SUFFICIENT.
- Blue: LUCIDITY, SERVAN broke down in fact, so perhaps "THERMOMETRY": and LUCIDITY is likely "FREestyle."
- Purple: component Wits can’t be reversed, so "B Güzel," as in "Beauty."
Day 3, Newsweek Hint: puzzle #632 release for February 29. Solution revealed the following days, with hints on Blue = Possessory Understandings and Purple =反之成员.
In conclusion, the puzzle combines elements of categorization, readability, and an interconnected web of words, challenging the solver’s ability to decode these webmasters.
