Today's Connections Hints & Answers For July 16, 2024 (Puzzle #400)

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As you navigate your way through today's milestone puzzle at number 400, you will have to focus on the basics. Piloting is a tricky skill, and solving these puzzles can be as well. However, there are some early answers you can score if you pay close enough attention, so focus in and stick around for the usual tips and tricks.

If you like, you might also like the daily puzzle. It is a tough match to make sometimes, with varying logical deductions you need to make to figure out which letter goes in which box. It can help if you have a good knowledge of five-letter words, but knowing how spelling and language work will do the most toward helping you solve them.

Four categories with four words each sounds simple, but the daily challenge of the Connections game can prove difficult without a few tips to help.

Whether you are on a plane or waiting for you, you will have plenty of time to solve these categories. Before looking below, here are some hints:

With those hints, you might already be able to guess what you need to, but if you still need an extra nudge, we have the category names below.

IN A BAD MOOD

EXPERIMENTAL

STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS

PETER ___

IN A BAD MOOD

CROSS

SHORT

SURLY

TESTY

This category is all about being a little off your game. For us, SURLY and CROSS gave the game away, and seeing the TESTY nearby made it quite clear. The only think left that meant anything close to a bad mood beyond that was SHORT, although it might not appear obvious at first. Of course, some of the other categories might make you feel a little testy after all.

EXPERIMENTAL

EXPLORATORY

PILOT

PRELIMINARY

TRIAL

Instead of you being tested, this category is all about what you can do to test something else. A PILOT TV episode, a PRELIMINARY exam, a court TRIAL, or even an EXPLORATORY expedition all have to do with seeing if something can work. Anyone who works in a very scientific field likely recognizes some of these words from their everyday usage, but those who