Today's Connections Hints & Answers For May 13, 2024 (Puzzle #336)

A brand new set of are available for fans of the game, and the May 13 word groupings shouldn't cause too much trouble for players. As always, there are some misdirections thrown into the mix for today's game, and there is one category that was very difficult for us to decipher. Luckily, the «Leftovers» rule applies and we were able to squeak out a win by just solving the other three categories.

If you find yourself having trouble with the daily there are a few tricks you could use to help out. The shuffle button is an easy way to mix up the words and perhaps get your brain to see things in a different light. Focusing on finding two matching words is also an easy way to score a win. If you stop trying to find all four at once and just make sure you have two absolute matches, you can usually find a third, and then the winning fourth.

The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.

Before jumping right into spoiler territory, we wanted to share with you today's categories.

FASHION DESIGNER'S OUTPUT

PLAYGROUND VERBS

LOONEY TUNES FIGURES

HOMOPHONES OF MUSICALS

FASHION DESIGNER'S OUTPUT

BRAND

COLLECTION

LABEL

LINE

Yellow was the first category we scored today and it took a while before we hit this one. We lost an attempt messing with the HARE, BUNNY, HOP trio, and then another one with the animal words collection. It was not looking good, so we ignored all that and tried to push ourselves in a different direction. This is when BRAND and LABEL popped out to us and we started to see the match. LINE and COLLECTION quickly followed and we were able to move on.

PLAYGROUND VERBS

DODGE

HIDE

HOP

TAG

The green category was our third win for the day and it was mostly a lucky guess. TAG and HIDE we assumed were kid games but with only the purple words left with these we assumed the other two would fit, and they did. Tough game for us today.

Four categories with four