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 #453): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CATALOG
- EPISODE
- LETTER
- COIL
- COUNT
- SEASON
- AFFAIR
- NUMBER
- BOUNCE
- BILL
- GEYSER
- LOVE AFFAIR
- TOTAL
- EVENT
- CARD
- AMOUNT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #453): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Account
- Green: Event
- Blue: They are already delivered!
- Purple: Seasonal word?
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 #453): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: QUANTITY
- GREEN: INCIDENT
- BLUE: THINGS RECEIVED BY MAIL
- PURPLE: WHAT “SPRING” MIGHT REFER TO
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 #453): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 453, are…
- YELLOW: QUANTITY QUANTITY, COUNT, NUMBER, TOTAL
- GREEN: INCIDENT SUBJECT, EPISODE, EVENT, ISSUE
- BLUE: THINGS RECEIVED BY MAIL INVOICE, CARD, CATALOG, LETTER
- PURPLE: WHAT “SPRING” MIGHT REFER TO BOUNCE, COIL, GEYSER, SEASON
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Yesterday I was complaining a lot about Connections and how boring it is to lose each day due to the seemingly random difficulty curve. Well, I won't complain today, because I managed to solve it. And not only that, but I solved it without any mistakes.
In truth, it's an undeniably easy installment of the game. Purple is the hardest of the groups, as is often the case, but I didn't have to worry about that because the other three were all straightforward. In particular, the blue group, which is theoretically the third hardest, was less complicated than they usually are. That answer was THINGS RECEIVED BY MAIL, which includes INVOICE, CARD, CATALOG, and LETTER, all of which obviously go together.
I suspect we'll be entering into incredibly difficult territory again tomorrow, but until then I'll enjoy a rare victory.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, September 5, Game #452)
- YELLOW: HAIRSTYLING OFFERS Blowout, color, cut, trim
- GREEN: CRITICIZE HIT, BANG, HIT, HIT
- BLUE: GET BAG, LAND, SCORE, HOOK
- PURPLE: MEASUREMENT IN FOOTBALL STATISTICS ATTEMPT, RECEPTION, THROW, YARD
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.
