It's the last Connections puzzle of the work week, and it's another pretty tough one. What a surprise, huh! Read on for some clues.
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 #411): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LIAR
- SCAM
- BACK
- BELOW
- SUPPORT
- SYMBOL
- LESS
- SWAG
- CHAMPION
- STRIKE
- DOORBELL
- GOOD
- BASE
- ABOVE
- ENDORSE
- LEFT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #411): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Where?
- Green: You got it
- Blue: Bad thing
- Purple: Sounds like a sound maker
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 #411): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
- GREEN: DEFENDER OF
- BLUE: DISADVANTAGE
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONOUS INSTRUMENTS
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 #411): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 411, are…
- YELLOW: BASIC INSTRUCTIONS DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, UP
- GREEN: DEFENDER OF BACK, DEFEND, SUPPORT, BACK UP
- BLUE: DISADVANTAGE WITH, DING, LESS, STRIKE
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONOUS INSTRUMENTS BASE, LIAR, BOOTY, SYMBOL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
This Connections is a real mixed bag of problems, with one very easy and one fairly simple, but two really hard ones. Or at least that was my experience. I got the green and yellow out fairly easily, but I just couldn't make another set out of the remaining eight answers and used up three of my four guesses trying to complete the game.
I eventually figured out that BASE, LIAR, LOOT, and SYMBOL were homophones of musical instruments (it was SYMBOL that gave it away), which meant I solved the default blue “inconvenience” group. In retrospect, maybe it wasn't that hard, but DING in particular just didn't occur to me to be in any way aligned with CON, MINUS, and STRIKE…
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, July 25, Game #410)
- YELLOW: OLD WRITING SURFACES CLAY, PAPYRUS, PARCHMENT, WAX
- GREEN: LEAD, AS A TELEVISION PROGRAM ANCHOR, HOST, MODERATOR, PRESENCE
- BLUE: NATURAL ABILITY FACULTY, TALENT, INSTINCT, TALENT
- PURPLE: THINGS WRAPPED UP DONKEY, GIFT, MUMMY, SPRAIN
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.
