There's a good chance the game is trying to trick you. Here's a companion tip to the compound-word advice. If the puzzle has a lot of long words, look for a connection between parts of the word.

The New York Times' daily puzzle game, Connections ... Associated with Good Luck Green: To-Bo- Compound Words Blue: Broadway Musicals, Familiarly Purple:Words Before "Cowboy" in Film and Music ...

Go there after you play to receive a numeric ... 3: Break down any compound words and look for similarities. "Rushmore" was once in a puzzle where the connection was that each word started with ...

Go there after you play to receive a numeric ... 3: Break down any compound words and look for similarities. "Rushmore" was once in a puzzle where the connection was that each word started with ...

For each set, give a fourth word that can follow to complete compound words or familiar two-word phrases.