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 #470): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CHIP
- BED
- ROUGH
- PATCH
- ROCKY
- STITCH
- PARALLEL
- UNEQUAL
- RUGGED
- SOUTH
- FUN
- PLOT
- NATIONAL
- PARCEL
- SCRATCHY
- BULKY
Today's NYT Connections (Set #470): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Earth that is not flat
- Green: Land that can be used for gardening
- Blue: Another could be Tom
- Purple: White [open green space]
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 #470): Clue #2: Group Responses
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NOT SMOOTH, LIKE THE GROUND
- GREEN: A PIECE OF LAND TO CULTIVATE
- AZUL: MEMBER OF A CARTOON DUO
- PURPLE: ___ PARK
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 #470): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 470, are…
- YELLOW: NOT SMOOTH, LIKE THE GROUND ABSURD, RUDE, NOISY, UNEQUAL
- GREEN: A PIECE OF LAND TO CULTIVATE BED, PLOT, LAND, PLOT
- AZUL: MEMBER OF A CARTOON DUO CHIP, ROCKY, SCRATCHY, STITCH
- PURPLE: ___ PARK FUN, NATIONAL, PARALLEL, SOUTH
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
This might be the easiest Connections puzzle in weeks, so much so that I solved the blue and purple groups first, in about two minutes.
I got blue first, and the word SCRATCHY immediately stood out due to my love of The Simpsons (the classic era, obviously; we’re talking seasons 3-9, no further). As soon as I saw that SCRATCH and ROCKY were there, too, that connection became apparent, and similarly, AMUSEMENT and NATIONAL instantly brought me into the typically difficult purple group, ___PARK. Yellow and green were a little bit harder, in my experience, but only a little bit; this wasn’t a Connections game to worry about.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, September 22, Match #469)
- YELLOW: TYPES OF COLORS GRAYSCALE, NEON, NEUTRAL, PASTEL
- GREEN: FILE MENU OPTIONS NEW, OPEN, PRINT, SAVE
- BLUE: OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A PRIZE DRAW, LOTTERY, POOL, RAFFLE
- PURPLE: WHAT “BRONZE” COULD MEAN ALLOY, SCULPTURE, BRONZING, THIRD PARTY
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.
