How Do I Get Better at the Daily Connections Game?

[Tom Hanks]

I’ve been playing the New York Times puzzles lately, and while I can usually cruise through the Wordle and Mini Crossword, I always seem to get stuck on the purple category in the connections game. It feels like the logic gets incredibly abstract toward the end, and I often find myself wasting my four mistakes on red herrings that look like they belong together but actually don't. I’m trying to figure out if there is a specific strategy for grouping these words more effectively. Do most people try to solve the hardest categories first, or do you clear the easy ones to narrow down the options? If you have any tips for spotting those tricky overlapping themes in the connections game, I’d love to hear how you approach your daily solve.