Today's Connections Hints & Answers For July 8, 2024 (Puzzle #392)

In the test of will otherwise known as , players have to put the pieces together and form four categories of words. In today's puzzle, the categories are not quite as complicated as they were in past days. So, take a breath, relax, and get ready to solve this puzzle with us.

In the puzzle, things are not always what they seem. That is also true in puzzles like , where you go through the same process to make a word instead of a category. This allows you to use your logical reasoning to make it through the puzzle and find the word of the day. Line in ,sometimes it is easier to rule out options rather than pick the right ones the first time, so keep that in mind as you solve the puzzle.

The Spelling Bee puzzles created as a New York Times game build a streak of correct answers to get you more points, but they can be hard to keep.

The categories in today's puzzle are fairly straightforward and might well be all you need to complete it. However, in case you are still not sure on a few words, the answers are spoiled down below.

BIT OF ADVICE

FORTITUDE

SPEND TIME AT

WORDS ENDING IN NUMBERS

BIT OF ADVICE

POINTER

SUGGESTION

TIP

TRICK

Here on these guides, we give TIPS and TRICKS, so spotting this was a bit lucky for us. Additionally, POINTER and SUGGESTION make good synonyms that we might have to use in upcoming articles. However, given all that, this category was easier for us than most, although we actually solved it second.

FORTITUDE

GRIT

RESOLVE

SPIRIT

WILL

Perhaps we have played too many card games using these words, but seeing GRIT and WILL triggered our card game instincts, and we found SPIRIT and RESOLVE very quickly after. So our gaming instincts in general did very much help us out with this puzzle. The last two categories were a little harder, but not as hard as they have been the past few days.

The New York Times Vertex game asks you to form a picture by connecting dots, but you have to understand the image to solve this puzzle quickly.

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