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It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you’ve finished?

NYT Connections homescreen on a phone, on a purple background

Why, play some more word games of course.

Okay, this was simply too difficult for me.

I’m not beating myself up about it I just wasn’t smart enough to get all four groups.

NYT Connections hints for game 529 on a purple background

Scratch that I was only smart enough to get one group.

I solved yellow, spotting that FLANNEL and POLO were both KINDS OF SHIRTS.

However I thought that maybe OXFORD was also an example and indeed it was.

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

After that, though, nothing.

And of course they contain BUBBLEs, too.

But I’ve heard of BOBA, so didn’t get that one.

Prime

But I didn’t put the four together, possibly because two were abbreviated and two were not.

And purple was simply far too difficult, I truly had no idea there at all.

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It’s playable for free via theNYT Games siteon desktop or mobile.

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

NYT Connections answers for game 529 on a purple background