Monday's connections are here, and so are my suggestions. Read on if you need them.
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 #428): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- Bow
- HEAD
- FULL
- BUTTER
- LEAD
- THRONE
- MERCURY
- KING
- QUEEN
- BUTTERFLY
- JOHN
- GOLD
- BUTCHER
- TWIN
- TIN
- CAN
Today's NYT Connections (Set #428): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Heavy?
- Green: Deep sleep
- Blue: A very private place
- Purple: Blades
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 #428): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: METALLIC ELEMENTS
- GREEN: MATTRESS SIZES
- BLUE: SLANG FOR TOILET
- PURPLE: TYPES OF KNIVES
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 #428): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 428, are…
- YELLOW: METALLIC ELEMENTS GOLD, LEAD, MERCURY, TIN
- GREEN: MATTRESS SIZES FULL, KING, QUEEN, DOUBLE
- BLUE: SLANG FOR TOILET CAN, HEAD, JOHN, THRONE
- PURPLE: TYPES OF KNIVES BOWIE, BUTCHER, BUTTER, BUTTERFLY
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I'm no expert on knives, mattresses, metals, or, say, toilets, but all the answers in today's Connections are obvious enough that I've gotten through them without a hitch, and I suspect many others will, too.
I saw the green color (KING, QUEEN, TWIN) right away, but I wasn’t sure if FULL was a mattress type, too, so I left it at that and looked elsewhere. Then I saw BOWIE, and besides David Bowie, the only connection I could think of was knife. I looked around and saw BUTCHER, BUTTER, and BUTTERFLY, and solved the purple one right away. The fact that that was the hardest one, supposedly, says it all about how easy this one was, and I quickly went through the other groups, solving the mattress one by default, but having long since realized that it was definitely correct.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, August 11, Game #427)
- YELLOW: BIG BOAT BARGE, SHIP, BOAT, VESSEL
- GREEN: THE BEST OF ALL TIME BEST, CHAMPION, GOAT, LEGEND
- BLUE: REGARDING ABOUT, REGARDING, IN, TOWARDS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF BODY CHARACTERISTICS HARE, ME, MUSSEL, NAVAL
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.
