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2.Today’s answer

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Spoilers lie ahead for Connections #487.

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Here’s a larger hint:Look for movies before body parts.

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And then think of ways to say cool before putting the Sound of Music on.

Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #487?

I got started by seeing Elf and Saw.

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Wandered the grid to find Her and then got stuck.

I completely forgot about the Tom Hanks classic Big but we eventually got there.

I saw ill and rad near each other and then bad.

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I wasn’t thinking specifically of the 80s so picked hip as words that mean cool.

Quickly swapped out hip for fly to get the green group.

I saw the body parts from jump but didn’t trust that it was actually the yellow category.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

Finally, nabbed it here with arm, eye, hip and leg.

I don’t like this movie and always forget that the song is from there.

I think others will make the purple connection much sooner.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

Instead it was the trap.

Billboard was a quick find from there.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

I am not familiar with Mojo, apparently it’s a UK magazine that’s been running since 1993.

Has anyone ever said that something was burgeon or will burgeon?

It feels wrong, but curious.

Fire TV interface on the Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd gen)

Anyway, green has blossom, develop, mature, and progress.

Purple was another remove a part of the word to find what we’re really looking for category.

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