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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

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Spoilers lie ahead for Connections #523.

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Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #523?

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Nothing else fit so letter was slotted in for the green group.

None of the first three words are fissures.

Neither is a nick, but it’s closer to what the other three mean.

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Anyway, jug, pipe, recorder and whistle stuck out to me as things you play.

Perhaps I am being harsh today but today’s puzzle felt like a waste of time.

There was no joy in it for me.

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Some days are like that.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

Signature stuck out so we wrapped it up.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

Thus, I wrapped up today’s puzzle with drain, empty, exhaust and sap for depleting words.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

The cover of the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws video game

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Nintendo Switch 2 console in handheld mode on a blue background

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A bald eagle in The Americas

Diego Luna in Andor season 2 trailer

Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World

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