**Last Updated:** May 20, 2026

Welcome to Discord Connections (the "Activity"). By launching, playing, or interacting with this Activity within the Discord application, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use or launch the Activity.

## 1. Description of Service
Discord Connections is an interactive, web-based puzzle game designed as an embedded Discord Activity. It securely fetches word grids from a cloud database and allows users to group words into related categories within a sandboxed interface.

## 2. Eligibility & User Conduct
* **Compliance:** You must abide by the official Discord Terms of Service and Discord Community Guidelines at all times while using this Activity.
* **Prohibited Actions:** You agree not to attempt to reverse-engineer, exploit, disrupt, bypass security configurations, or maliciously overload the Activity’s API routing networks or hosting servers.
* **Access:** This Activity is free to use and does not require financial compensation or subscription tiers to access standard gameplay elements.

## 3. Intellectual Property & Affiliation
The word puzzles provided by this application may be inspired by or styled after traditional daily word association grids (such as the New York Times Connections game). 

This Activity is an independent technical showcase and portfolio project developed by **Akhult1**. It is **not** officially affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with the New York Times Company, its subsidiaries, or any third-party gaming entities. All original layout styling, custom framework integrations, and repository implementations remain the property of the developer.

## 4. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability
The Activity is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. The developer does not guarantee that the backend services will be completely uninterrupted, free of cold-start latency, or entirely free of minor functional glitches. The developer is not liable for any service downtime, network routing drops inside the Discord desktop client, or the unexpected loss of active daily game sessions.

## 5. Changes to Terms
The developer reserves the right to update or modify these Terms of Service at any time. Continued interaction with the Activity following any changes constitutes your binding acceptance of the revised terms.

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**Contact Information:** For technical support, inquiries, or bug reporting regarding these Terms, please contact the developer via your designated Discord communication channel.
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