Pokémon Connections

About Pokémon Connections

Pokémon Connections takes the grouping puzzle made popular by NYT Connections and fills the board with Pokémon. Each day there are 16 of them, and four hidden categories link them in fours; the categories can come from any of the nine generations of the games.

You pick four Pokémon you think belong together and submit them. Unlike the newspaper game there is no limit on wrong attempts, so you can keep trying until all four groups are found. Groups are coloured by difficulty, yellow for the easiest, then green and blue, with purple the trickiest and often full of decoys, since some Pokémon look as if they fit more than one group.

The Daily resets at midnight UTC and is the same for everyone. Wins count toward a Monday-to-Sunday weekly leaderboard, with separate streak and level boards, and an optional Google sign-in keeps your progress across devices. An Unlimited mode gives practice boards, players can make and share their own puzzles, and the same site runs daily Pokémon Wordle, silhouette and riddle games. It is fan-made and not affiliated with Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or The New York Times.

How to play Pokémon Connections

1. Open Pokémon Connections to see today's 16 Pokémon.
2. Look for four that share something in common.
3. Select four and submit them as a group.
4. Keep going, with unlimited attempts, until all four groups are found.
5. Watch for Pokémon that seem to fit more than one group.

Tips

• Solve the group you are most sure of first; it removes decoys from the board.
• The purple group is usually the trickiest, so leave it for last.
• Practise in Unlimited mode before the Daily if you are new.

Questions