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Notes on word puzzles and how to get better at them.

Games Like Connections: Where to Go After the Grid

Enjoy sorting sixteen words into four groups? Here are the kinds of puzzles that scratch the same itch, and how Layers Game stretches the format.

Daily Word Games You Can Play in Your Browser

A tour of the daily word game formats worth adding to your routine — guessing, grouping, spelling and meta puzzles — and what each one trains.

How Word Grouping Puzzles Work

What makes a good connection puzzle: categories, red herrings, difficulty tiers and why the best groups feel obvious in hindsight.

How to Get Better at Word Association Puzzles

Practical techniques for grouping puzzles: spotting red herrings, reading words in more than one way, and knowing when to use a hint.

How to play

Every puzzle has three layers. Peel them one at a time.

  1. Layer 1 — Mini Puzzles. Solve four quick puzzles: a Clue Stack, a Missing Link, a Word Shift and a Letter Path.
  2. Layer 2 — Connections. Sort 16 words into four groups of four. Your Layer 1 answers are on the board, marked ●. Five mistakes and the groups are revealed.
  3. Final Layer. Each group gives you a key word. Use all four keys to crack one last question. You get three tries.

Stuck? Every layer has hints. A new puzzle unlocks at midnight in your time zone.

Read the full guide