Tolkien Connections by Various Creators
Fanwork Notes
How to Play
The goal of Connections is to sort sixteen words into four categories with four words each. You are allowed to make four mistakes in getting all of the words correctly sorted. Sounds easy enough, right?
A good Connections game, however, has lots of distractors and red herrings and other tricks to keep you from putting the right words in the right place.
When you have figured out four words that belong together in a category (or think you have ...), click those four words. If you're correct, they'll be grouped together, removed from play, and display the category name. If you're wrong, you can try again. The game will alert you if you're only one off from a correct set.
Difficulty Ratings
Once fifty people play a puzzle, we will give it a difficulty rating.
- 5/5: Extremely Difficult, solved in four tries by less than 20% of people who attempted it.
- 4/5: Very Difficult, solved in four tries by 21-40% of players.
- 3/5: Difficult, solved by 41-60% of players.
- 2/5: Easy ... ish, solved by 61-80% of players.
- 1/5: Easy, solved by more than 80% of players.
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Fanwork Information
Summary: If you love The New York Times' game Connections, this collection includes Tolkien-themed Connections games featured in our newsletter. Major Characters: Major Relationships: Genre: Fanwork Collection Challenges: Rating: General Warnings: |
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Posted on 8 January 2025 | Updated on 28 February 2025 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Tolkien Connections #1 by Dawn Felagund
Difficulty: 4/5 (Very Difficult)
Hint: Purple
son of
Hint: Blue
of them harpers sing
Hint: Green
Cirith Ungol
Hint: Yellow
look heavenward
Something Tolkien-y by Elleth
Difficulty: 4/5 (Very Difficult)
Hint: Purple
very funny
Hint: Blue
good versus
Hint: Green
encircled residents
Hint: Yellow
hair
Tolkien Connections #2 by Dawn Felagund
Difficulty: 4/5 (Very Difficult)
Hint: Purple
verdant
Hint: Blue
sung while heading home
Hint: Green
duct tape won't work on these
Hint: Yellow
might still be around in the eleventh age
Tolkien Connections #3 by Dawn Felagund
Difficulty: 4/5 (Very Difficult)
Hint: Purple
regions
Hint: Blue
"flowers sprang beneath his marching feet"
Hint: Green
the heights
Hint: Yellow
"where the shadows lie"
Tolkien Connections #4 by Dawn Felagund
Difficulty: TBD
Hint: Purple
lucky number
Hint: Blue
silver fist
Hint: Green
I believe
Hint: Yellow
mildly insulting
Tolkien Connections #5 by Cuarthol
Difficulty: TBD
Hint: Purple
creatives
Hint: Blue
fallen realm
Hint: Green
striking back against evil
Hint: Yellow
kelvar