As Sunday approaches, it’s time for another round of Relationshipsthe popular puzzle game The New York Times.
Since its debut in June 2023, Relationships quickly gained a large following, challenging players to group words based on hidden connections like homophones, synonyms, and clever puns. With his blend of logic and language skills, Relationships has become the second most popular game on the platform, just behind Word.
In this guide we will explain how to play Relationshipsoffer strategies to perfect your puzzle-solving skills and provide tips to help you complete Sunday’s challenge.
Just a warning: the answers to Sunday’s riddle are included later in the article, so proceed with caution if you want to avoid spoilers.
How to play Relationships
Relationships challenges players to sort 16 words into four groups based on their associations.
Each group is color-coded to reflect its difficulty: yellow for easiest, followed by green, blue and purple. The puzzles are rarely simple, often featuring homophones, puns, and other techniques to keep players challenged. If players get stuck, they can use the shuffle button to rearrange the words on the screen.
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Wyna Liu, crossword editor at The New York Times who developed Relationshipsrecently shared his tips for playing the game with News week.
“My best advice is to wait as long as possible before guessing,” Liu said.
“You can see the board and have completely identified the category, seeing five words that could fall into that category,” she continued. “Don’t try to guess all four words in this category because, even if you know what the fifth member is, you won’t know which of the four it might not be.” This would end up losing a round.
“Don’t do what I do, which is ‘resolve rage,’” Liu added.
Relationships #483 Clues for Sunday October 6
News week has some tips to help you understand what’s going on today Relationships categories.
YELLOW: Head for the exit.
Green: These words are associated with a delicious dairy treat.
Blue: You may see these words when you start work in the morning.
Purple: These words are associated with our four-legged friends.
Relationships #483 Responses from Sunday October 6
Yellow category: Turn tail
Yellow words: To flee, to leave, to retreat, to withdraw
Green category: Type of cheese
Green words: Cottage, cream, goatskin, string
Blue category: Pages on a website
Blue words: About, contact, welcome, connection
Purple Category: What Cats Do
Purple words: Knead, purr, scrape, pour
Did you guess the answers correctly? If so, congratulations. Otherwise, we will have another opportunity to solve the puzzle on Monday.
