yellow
1,192
groups analyzed
1,115 distinct category titles
Archive analysis
Connections archive statistics
A transparent look at the category colors, recurring structures, and answer words in our published historical archive. Statistics update as more puzzles are published.
Dataset coverage
- Published puzzles
- 1,192
- First puzzle
- Jun 12, 2023
- Latest puzzle
- Sep 15, 2026
Official color groups
Every complete puzzle contributes one Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple group. Distinct categories use case-insensitive, whitespace-normalized category titles.
green
1,192
groups analyzed
1,137 distinct category titles
blue
1,192
groups analyzed
1,130 distinct category titles
purple
1,192
groups analyzed
1,152 distinct category titles
Category-format patterns
These are deterministic label-based classifications, not editorial judgments. A category is counted as fill-in-the-blank when its title contains blanks; shared beginning/ending when it names an affix or before/after relationship; sound-based when it names homophones, soundalikes, or rhymes; and letter/word manipulation when it names operations such as adding, removing, hiding, or rearranging letters. Everything else is “Other or mixed.”
| Pattern | Groups | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fill-in-the-blank | 384 | 8.1% |
| Shared beginning or ending | 6 | 0.1% |
| Sound-based wordplay | 97 | 2% |
| Letter or word manipulation | 109 | 2.3% |
| Other or mixed | 4,172 | 87.5% |
Recurring category titles
Exact titles appearing in at least two groups, compared without regard to capitalization or repeated whitespace.
- HOMOPHONES10
- ANAGRAMS9
- FISH8
- MAGAZINES6
- PALINDROMES6
- THINGS THAT ARE RED6
- EAT VORACIOUSLY5
- MUSIC GENRES5
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS5
- ANIMAL GROUP NAMES4
- CONNECT4
- CRITICIZE4
Reused answer words
Words appearing on at least two published puzzle dates, compared without regard to capitalization or repeated whitespace.
- BALL29
- RING24
- BAR22
- FLY21
- CHECK20
- LEAD20
- BLUE19
- JACK19
- WING19
- CAN18
- HEART18
- HOOK18
Archive distribution over time
| Year | Puzzles | Groups |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 258 | 1,032 |
| 2025 | 365 | 1,460 |
| 2024 | 366 | 1,464 |
| 2023 | 203 | 812 |
Source scope: published Connections records stored by SolveWordGames. Drafts, unrevealed answers, and malformed records are excluded. Counts describe archive coverage and do not predict future puzzles.