Good morning! We're going to play Connections, the clever word game from the NYT that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need hints.
What should you do once you're done? Play more word games, of course. I also have articles with daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers, and Quordle hints and answers if you need help with those topics as well.
SPOILER WARNING: Below you'll find information about today's NYT Connections, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Set #446): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GOLD
- CUBE
- TEMPLE
- NEAR
- MACHINE
- BOX
- SEQUIN
- CREAM
- DIAMOND
- LIGHTHOUSE
- ROW
- PYRAMID
- DIVING
- STORM
- GLOW
- GROUNDS
Today's NYT Connections (Set #446): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Light diffusers
- Green: What people do at specific sporting events
- Blue: Ancient Wonders
- Purple: [cold thing] white
Need more clues?
We're now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
Today's NYT Connections (Game #446): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BRIGHT THINGS
- GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS
- BLUE: WONDERS OF THE WORLD
- PURPLE: ICE CREAM, BUCKET, MACHINE, STORM
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE PAGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Today's NYT Connections (Set #446): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 446, are…
- YELLOW: BRIGHT THINGS DIAMOND, BRILLIANCE, GOLD, SEQUINS
- GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS BOX, DIVING, SEEING, ROWING
- BLUE: WONDERS OF THE WORLD GARDENS, LIGHTHOUSE, PYRAMID, TEMPLE
- PURPLE: ICE ___ CREAM, CUBE, MACHINE, STORM
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: Fail
Guess what? Yes, that's right, it's another FAILURE. Yet another one! This is getting ridiculous. I'm starting to get to the point where I can't keep writing this column, because no one is going to have faith in what I say. Why would they trust my leads when I repeatedly prove that I'm a LOSER? I'll keep going for a while longer, but I can only accept a certain amount of failure before this ordeal completely destroys my confidence.
Is today really that difficult? Well, I've rated it as “moderate” because in retrospect it can be fixed. The one that tripped me up was ICE. [BLANK]partly because it didn't accept ICE BOX, even though that exists. So I tried three times with various combinations of that plus CUBE, MACHINE, STORM and CREAM, but I didn't get all four right.
That aside, I was glad to get the blue “ancient wonders” group, but I'm upset with myself for not realizing that FENCING, BOXING, ROWING, and JUMPING are all Olympic activities, but then again, the Olympics were weeks ago, I'd forgotten all about that…
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, August 29, Game #445)
- YELLOW: TYPES OF PIANOS ELECTRONIC, TAIL, PLAYER, VERTICAL
- GREEN: CONSIDER CONSIDER, COUNT, JUDGE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
- BLUE: US UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES BROWN, DUKE, HOWARD, SMITH
- PURPLE: SECOND NAMES IN COMPANIES WITH AMPERSANDS GAME, JOHNSON, NOBLE, YOUNG
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The plus side is that you don't technically need to solve the last one, as you'll be able to answer it by process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a bit of wiggle room.
However, it is a bit more complex than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trick you with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other wordplay that could disguise the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
