Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.gettyLooking for Mondays Connections hints and answers instead? You can find them here:Hey, folks! I hope your weeks off to a great start.Since I opened yesterdays column with a brass band cover of Get Lucky by Daft Punk, I thought Id bring you a couple more versions to help kickstart your Tuesday.First of all, lets remind ourselves just how fantastic the original song is:Any time Im sad about Daft Punk splitting up, I just listen to some of their music and that fixes me instantly.Wilcos live cover of Get Lucky is a ton of fun too:Get Lucky is one of the best songs of this century so far in my book. I dont know anyone who dislikes it, and I would be highly suspicious of anyone who did.Theres really no other reason for me to include these daily recommendations other than because its fun. I hope they help you find something new or interesting, or rediscover something you havent thought about it a while.Before we begin, Ive set up a discussion group for Connections and this column on Discord. We have a great little community over there and we chat about more than NYT games. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. Its a fun hangout spot.Its also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare(!) occasions that I mess something up.Todays NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, March 4, are coming right up.How To Play ConnectionsConnections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the Youre presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.Theres only one solution for each puzzle, and youll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and youre incorrect, youll lose a life. If youre close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that youre one word away from getting it right, but youll still need to figure out which one to swap.If you make four mistakes, its game over. Lets make sure that doesnt happen with the help of some hints, and, if youre really struggling, todays Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, its easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publications Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints for each grid via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.What Are Todays Connections Hints?Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of todays Connections groups, Ill reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.Todays 16 words are...FRESHDAISYBUCKETMOPSCROOGEFOODTWISTDEWYTANGLEMOUNTAINTHATCHPIPSMOOTHSUPPLYGLOWINGMATAnd the hints for todays Connections groups are:Yellow group lookin good!Green group comb through itBlue group like Tiny Tim and UriahPurple group only as strong as the weakest partWhat Are Todays Connections Groups?Need some extra help?Be warned: were starting to get into spoiler territory.Todays Connections groups are...Yellow group adjectives for nice skinGreen group mess of hairBlue group Dickens charactersPurple group ____ chainWhat Are Todays Connections Answers?Spoiler alert! Dont scroll any further down the page until youre ready to find out todays Connections answers.This is your final warning!Todays Connections answers are...Yellow group adjectives for nice skin (DEWY, FRESH, GLOWING, SMOOTH)Green group mess of hair (MAT, MOP, TANGLE, THATCH)Blue group Dickens characters (BUCKET, PIP, SCROOGE, TWIST)Purple group ____ chain (DAISY, FOOD, MOUNTAIN, SUPPLY)My second straight perfect game brings me up to seven wins in a row. Here's how I fared: My initial gut feeling was that SCROOGE, DAISY and DEWY would form a group of cartoon or Disney ducks, but I didn't see a fourth out of the gate.In any case, MOP and TANGLE led me toward the greens. I took a small gamble here, since I've never heard THATCH in that context. The yellows were up next. I didn't quite figure out that connection but they were all adjectives.Since my "Disney ducks" goose was cooked, there was really only one way to go with SCROOGE. So I clocked the blues as a result. I submitted the purples first, though, after figuring out that connection as well.The blues refer to Inspector BUCKET (Bleak House), Philip "PIP" Pirrip (Great Expectations), Ebenezer SCROOGE (A Christmas Carol) and Oliver TWIST.Thats all there is to it for todays Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Wednesdays game if you need them.P.S. Since we had the theme song from The Flintstones yesterday and a Scrooge McDuck reference today, I wonder where my mind will take me for today's recommendation...Its "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac! Nah, just kidding, even though that's a great song. It has to be the DuckTales theme. Another all-time great TV show theme. I know what I'm watching later:Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love!If youre so inclined, please follow my blog for more coverage of Connections and other word games and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! 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