Icelandic Connections — Tengjur
Tengjur is the Icelandic take on Connections: find the hidden link between words and sort 16 Icelandic words into four groups of four.
How to play
- You get 16 Icelandic words.
- Find four groups of four that share a theme.
- Select four and submit a guess.
- You can make four mistakes before the game ends.
Difficulty colours
- easy · medium · tricky · hardest.
- Beware of words that seem to fit two groups.
Why it helps learners
Connections trains meaning and categories, not just spelling — you learn which Icelandic words belong together, which deepens vocabulary fast.
What makes the Icelandic Connections puzzle different?
The trap works through Icelandic word formation rather than through English idiom. Every puzzle contains at least one word that genuinely belongs to two groups, and in Icelandic that often happens because a word is both a standalone noun and the first half of a compound. The obvious group you spot first is frequently not the intended one.
The colours rank difficulty. Yellow is the most direct, then green and blue, and the purple group usually rests on a pun or a hidden connection rather than shared meaning. The bank holds 147 puzzles and one appears each day, the same for everyone, with four mistakes allowed before the answer is revealed. The compound words used in the puzzles are verified against the Database of Icelandic Morphology, so a group is never built on a compound that does not exist in the language.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there an Icelandic version of Connections?
- Yes — Tengjur, a free daily Icelandic Connections puzzle.
- How many groups are there?
- Four groups of four, from 16 words.
- How many mistakes are allowed?
- Four.
- Is it free?
- Yes, with a new puzzle every day.