It's the end of the week, but Connections is still going strong like a giant word-destroying monster. Need help with today's game? Read on.
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 #397): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- STRANGE
- LIBRARY
- CHOCOLATE
- SOAP
- PIGEON
- MOTHER
- RED
- LABORATORY
- BLACK
- GREY
- GYM
- PEACE
- GOLDEN
- EVEN
- SILLY
- HALL
Today's NYT Connections (Set #397): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: It is not the classroom, but the…
- Green: Spin the wheel
- Blue: White Bird Link
- Purple: water bird on 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 #397): Clue #2: Group Responses
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SCHOOL FACILITIES
- GREEN: ROULETTE BETS
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH “PALOMA”
- PURPLE: ___ GOOSE
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 #397): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 397, are…
- YELLOW: SCHOOL FACILITIES AUDITORIUM, GYMNASIUM, LABORATORY, LIBRARY
- GREEN: ROULETTE BLACK, EVEN, ODD, RED BETTING
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH “PALOMA” CHOCOLATE, PEACE, DOVE, SOAP
- PURPLE: ___ GOOSE GOLDEN, GREY, MOTHER, FOOL
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Fail
If I've learned anything from today's Connections it's this: don't play when you're hungover. Only a mild hangover, I admit, but enough to throw me off my stride. Although that said, I don't know if I would have solved it anyway. The first group, “School Facilities,” should have been accessible, but it would never occur to me to associate an AUDITORIUM with a school. Possibly not a LABORATORY either; I think maybe schools in the UK in the 80s were a little less equipped with facilities than the average American high school…
I definitely should have chosen the green ROULETTE BETTING group, but instead I got stuck on the colours. I thought maybe there was a connection to the Labrador Retriever, possibly because I have one, so I played various combinations of RED, GOLD, BLACK, CHOCOLATE and GREY until I had exhausted all my possibilities. I just couldn't see what other connection there was. I would never have chosen the “Pigeon” group, because I had never heard of the chocolate pigeon, and although I could have chosen the _Goose group, I just didn't see that connection either. Bad form.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, July 11, Issue #396)
- YELLOW: SCHOOL SUPPLIES PEN, RULER, SCISSORS, TAPE
- GREEN: ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL, KEY, MAIN, BASIC
- BLUE: TRANSFER GIVE, DELIVER, PASS, SEND
- PURPLE: ILLUMINATED SIGNS APPLAUSE, EXIT, RECORDING, WALK
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.
