Good morning, dear connectors. Welcome to today’s Connections forum, where you can give and receive mystery and emotional support.

Be warned: This article contains hints and comments that may contain spoilers for today’s puzzle. Solve connections first or scroll at your own risk.

Connections releases at midnight in your time zone. To accommodate all time zones, two Connections Companions will be live daily, with dates based on Eastern Standard Time.

If you found the wrong companion, check your puzzle number and go to this page to find the corresponding companion.

Post your solution grid in the comments and see how your score compares to the editor’s rating and others.

Today’s difficulty

The difficulty level of each puzzle is determined by averaging the ratings of a group of testers who are paid to solve each puzzle in advance to help us identify errors, inconsistencies, and other problems. A higher rating means the puzzle is more difficult.

Today’s difficulty level is 2 out of 5.

Need a hint?

In Connections, each category has a different level of difficulty. Yellow is the easiest and purple is the hardest. Click or tap on each level to reveal one of the words in that category.

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