Conexo

Conexo is a daily word grouping puzzle that hands you a four by four grid of sixteen words and asks you to sort them into four hidden sets of four, each tied together by a connection you have to figure out for yourself. It comes from Daydash, the Brazilian studio behind the viral guessing game Contexto, and the same grid is served to every player each day. The connections climb from plain and literal to wordplay and misdirection, so a board that looks easy at a glance can unravel into something much trickier.

What is Conexo?

Conexo is a once a day puzzle of association rather than spelling. Instead of guessing a single hidden word letter by letter, you study sixteen seemingly unrelated words and work out the four themes that bind them into groups of four. Every player worldwide gets the identical board, it refreshes at midnight, and each puzzle carries its own sequential number, so people can compare notes on the exact same challenge. By late June 2026 the daily count had passed #870, a sign of how long the game has been running a fresh grid every single day.

What sets Conexo apart from Wordle and its many clones is the kind of thinking it demands. Wordle is a deduction game about letters and position; Conexo is a sorting game about meaning, category, and the occasional pun. It sits much closer to the New York Times Connections format, but it has its own identity through Daydash. The studio was founded by Nildo Junior and is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Conexo is part of a small family of daily word games alongside Contexto, Letroso, and Expresso. Because it grew out of the Contexto team, it shares that game's habit of being deceptively simple to start and genuinely stubborn to finish.

The four groups are color coded by difficulty, and learning that scale is half the battle. The tiers run from an easy, literal Rust Red theme up through Green and Blue Chill links to a final Purple set that usually hinges on wordplay, a double meaning, or a category you would not expect. The puzzle is deliberately built around overlap: certain words are planted to look like they belong in an obvious group when they actually anchor a harder one. There is no strike limit, so wrong submissions never end your run, but the board does count your attempts. Solving still rewards patience and second guessing, since the connections are designed to bait the first answer that comes to mind, and an optional hint can reveal a couple of related words when you get truly stuck.

Conexo is free to play in the browser at conexo.ws and is also available as a mobile app on iOS and Android, with separate editions in languages including English, Spanish, and Portuguese. When you finish a board you can share a clean, spoiler free result that shows how your run went without revealing the answers, which is how the game spreads through group chats. Past puzzles are archived going back to its early 2024 launch, so newcomers and streak chasers can replay older grids for practice. The vibe is relaxed but brainy: a five to fifteen minute daily ritual that suits anyone who likes Connections style category puzzles, enjoys vocabulary and lateral thinking, and does not mind being fooled by a well placed decoy.

How to play Conexo

1. Open the day's board at conexo.ws and read all sixteen words in the four by four grid before touching anything.
2. Hunt for a theme that could link exactly four words, whether it is a category, a set of synonyms, a pop culture tie, or a shared word part.
3. Tap or click four words you believe belong together to highlight them, and click any word again to deselect it if you change your mind.
4. Submit the four to test the group; a correct set locks in with its color label, while a wrong one simply prompts you to rethink, since there is no penalty or strike limit for an incorrect guess.
5. Repeat with the remaining words, working group by group until all four sets are solved.
6. If you stall, use the optional hint to surface a few related words, and after the board resolves, share your spoiler free result or replay an archived puzzle for extra practice.

Tips and strategy

• Start with the group you are most sure about, but submit the tempting, obvious looking sets last, since Conexo plants words that fit two themes to bait an early wrong guess.
• Watch for decoy words deliberately placed to look at home in a simple group when they actually belong to a harder one. If a word seems too convenient, question it.
• Use the color difficulty as a roadmap: Rust Red is usually the most literal, while Purple leans on wordplay, puns, or double meanings, so save your wordplay brain for last.
• Because wrong guesses carry no penalty, you can test a borderline set freely, but it is still smarter to solve the groups you are certain about first and let elimination decide the leftovers.
• Look past surface meaning for hidden structure, such as words that all contain a smaller word, all precede or follow a common term, or all belong to one named set.
• Because the same grid is global, check that your four picks could not also justify a completely different theme before you submit, since that ambiguity is exactly where the puzzle traps you.

Good to know

Resets

Daily at midnight, one new grid for everyone

Cost

Free to play

Format

16 words in a 4x4 grid, four hidden groups of four

Guesses

Unlimited, with no penalty for a wrong group

Creator

Daydash (founded by Nildo Junior), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Languages

English, Spanish, and Portuguese editions

Platform

Web (conexo.ws) plus iOS and Android apps

Archive

Past puzzles playable, dating back to its early 2024 launch

Conexo FAQ

Is Conexo free?

Yes. Conexo is free to play in any browser at conexo.ws, and it is also available as a free app on iOS and Android.

Who made Conexo?

Conexo is made by Daydash, the Brazilian studio behind the popular guessing game Contexto. Daydash was founded by Nildo Junior and is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Does Conexo limit how many guesses I get?

No. Conexo gives you unlimited guesses with no penalty for a wrong group. An incorrect submission simply prompts you to rethink, and the board tracks how many attempts you used rather than capping them or ending your run.

Is Conexo related to Wordle?

Not directly. Conexo is a word grouping puzzle in the style of NYT Connections rather than the letter guessing format of Wordle. You sort sixteen words into four themed sets instead of guessing one hidden word.

When does Conexo reset?

A new Conexo grid is released every day at midnight, and the same puzzle is shared by every player worldwide. Each board is numbered so you can track which day's puzzle you are solving.

Is there a Conexo archive?

Yes. Conexo keeps past puzzles available to replay, with the archive reaching back to its launch in early 2024, so you can practice on older grids or catch up on days you missed.