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 #449): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RECORD
- STORE
- STRANGE
- REACTION
- STAMP
- SEASON
- LETTER
- COMIC
- FUN
- COIN
- OFF
- POSITION
- CURIOUS
- JOB
Today's NYT Connections (Set #449): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Strange
- Green: Role
- Blue: You may want a lot of these
- Purple: [a thing that links] 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 #449): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PECULIAR
- GREEN: ASSIGNMENT
- BLUE: CLASSIC COLLECTOR'S ITEMS
- PURPLE: CHAIN ___
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 #449): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 449, are…
- YELLOW: PECULIAR CURIOUS, FUNNY, STRANGE, RARE
- GREEN: ASSIGNMENT JOB, POSITION, STATION
- BLUE: CLASSIC COLLECTOR'S ITEMS COIN, COMIC, RECORD, STAMP
- PURPLE: CHAIN ___ LETTER, MAIL, REACTION, STORE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: 1 error
Hooray! You can't believe the relief I felt from solving today's Connections. I'm sure not everyone reading this column does it every day, so you wouldn't necessarily know (or care), but before today I had failed four Connections in a row and eight of the previous 15 games. It was becoming a mess. But this one isn't so bad and I'm back on track.
As is often the case, the key was solving the purple problem from the start. This is usually the most difficult of the four groups, and often involves a “blank” response, as happened here. There was a bit of confusion, as POST and STAMP were among the responses along with LETTER and MAIL, but ruling out POST as part of the “assignment” (green) group steered me away from that angle and pointed me to the __ STRING connection. With the purple problem solved, and with green and yellow not too complicated, I didn’t have to worry about blue at all.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, September 1, Issue #448)
- YELLOW: COOKING IN A PAN BROWNING, CHARRING, GRILLING, SEALING
- GREEN: PARTS OF THE EAR ANVIL, CHANNEL, DRUM, HAMMER
- BLUE: SHADES OF BLACK COAL, JET, RAVEN, SABER
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND “A DRIVER” GOLF BAG, LIMOUSINE, MOVIE STAGE, TOOLBOX
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.
