trellis rules

Heavily inspired by NYT Connections (hope they don't care about a nobody using their idea). Every day there are 16 arguments against veganism. They split into four hidden groups of four that have something in common. Find all four groups before you make 4 mistakes.

How to play

• Could just link to the NYT Connection help page lol
• Tap four arguments you think belong together, then Submit.
• If you're right, the group is revealed with what links them. If not, you lose one of your chances.
• One away… means three of your four are in the same group.
• Tried my best to make it distinct enough for each group. Some arguments will definitely look like they fit more than one group, but each one only belongs to one. Watch out for red herrings!
• If you start pressing Shuffle, then you're in a real pickle but it may fire up some neurons to make connections.
• When you finish, tap any argument to read the article or step about it.

Colours

A group's colour only tells you how tricky it is, not what kind of connection it is. Any type of connection can turn up in any colour.

• Yellow

  Easiest. Hopefully you'll spot it straight away.

• Green

  A bit trickier.

• Blue

  Harder. You'll need to think about it.

• Purple

  Hardest. Not obvious at all.

Types of connection

Above the board you'll see the types of today's four connections (tap one to see what it means). If two groups share a type it shows once with a ×2. They're in no particular order, so they won't tell you which colour is which, and each is crossed off once you've found its groups.

• Topic

  They're about the same subject, like nutrition or the planet.

• Theme

  A shared idea runs through them, even if the subjects are different.

• Persona

  The same sort of person would say all of them, like a Gym Bro.

• Fallacy

  They make the same mistake in reasoning, like an appeal to nature.

• Rebuttal

  One answer knocks them all down, like supply and demand.

• Wordplay

  It's how they're written, not what they mean. Look closely at the words on the tiles.

The groups are based on my own opinions, so apologies if one's wildly off. A new puzzle unlocks at midnight UK time.