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Today’s Connections hint and answer on 16th July for 766:
Hint: Here’s a hint for today’s Connections categories – make four groups of four!

Categories:

  1. 🟨 Piquancy: BITE, EDGE, KICK, TANG
  2. 🟩 Kind of Coin: LANDING, PENNY, SLUG, WING
  3. 🟦 ___ Up (as in Hip): HYPE, PEP, REV, STOKE
  4. 🟪 Lace: BOBBIN, CHANTILLY, TAT, VAL

Full breakdown and strategies available in the Connections guide.

Midway through July’s second week, uncover the categorized solutions for the 16th. New players should note: this puzzle involves organizing 16 terms into four logical clusters. These groups might share conceptual ties, regional associations, or functional relationships.

Categories range from simple (Yellow) to complex (Purple). While some clusters surface immediately, others demand deeper scrutiny. Launched experimentally in mid-2023, this cognitive challenge has gained notable popularity, rivaling similar word-based puzzles.

Today’s Puzzle Clues

Begin with these guiding insights:

  • Yellow – Campus facilities or spaces
  • Green – Theatrically overstated conduct
  • Blue – Predatory pursuit strategies
  • Purple – Initial components from Greece’s alphabetical system
  • Three categories contain multiple four-letter terms; one features a single exception

Current Puzzle Terms

Camp Dorm Dramatic Cafeteria
Overdone Trap The Bet
Lamb Library Delt Surround
Quad Corner Tree Hammy

Categorical Solutions

Today’s successful groupings:

  • Educational Facilities – Cafeteria, Dorm, Library, Quad
  • Theatrical Overacting – Camp, Dramatic, Hammy, Overdone
  • Encirclement Tactics
  • Greek Alphabet Initials – Bet, Delt, Lamb, The

While three categories proved approachable, identifying the Greek letter roots required systematic elimination of other possibilities.