It's the weekend and time to play Connections again. Here are some suggestions 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 #426): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- STRAWBERRY
- MILK
- OFFICE
- RUN
- BLOND
- PINK
- WORK
- TEAMS
- JOBS
- FUNCTION
- EDGE
- MARS
- WINDOWS
- VICE
- DEVIL
- WORK
Today's NYT Connections (Set #426): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: All in one color
- Green: Do what you're supposed to do
- Blue: It's not Apple
- Purple: Story of his life
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 #426): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED
- GREEN: BE IN COMMITTEE
- BLUE: MICROSOFT PRODUCTS
- PURPLE: BIOGRAPHIES
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 #426): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 426, are…
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED DEVIL, MARS, PINK, STRAWBERRY
- GREEN: BE IN COMMITTEE FUNCTION, OPERATE, EXECUTE, WORK
- BLUE: MICROSOFT PRODUCTS EDGE, OFFICE, EQUIPMENT, WINDOWS
- PURPLE: BIOGRAPHIES BLONDE, WORK, MILK, VICE
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: Perfect
This was a more difficult edition of Connections, with one group I never would have solved if it weren't for the default, and a couple more that I had to ponder for some time.
The purple group, the biopics, was the one I would never have gotten. In retrospect, I had heard of a couple of them, but the connection between them wouldn't have occurred to me. Fortunately, I did solve the others, but it took me quite a while to realize that MARS, ROSE, STRAWBERRY, and DEVIL are all “things that are red.” This was the yellow group, supposedly the easiest, but for some reason my brain didn't connect them until I had been staring at the board for about 5 minutes.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Friday, August 9, Game #425)
- YELLOW: NOT PRESENT ABSENT, ELSEWHERE, GONE, MINE
- GREEN: SUPPORTER DEFENDER, CHAMPION, CHEERLEADER, EXPONENT
- BLUE: ROCK GENRES GLAM, GOTHIC, METAL, PUNK
- PURPLE: SHOCK ___ TERROR, JOCK, COURAGE, WAVE
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.
