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 #433): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LANGUAGE
- TAPE
- RANCH
- NECK
- FRENCH
- LANGUAGE
- BANDAGE
- CABIN
- BANDAGE
- CRAFTSMAN
- MAKE OUT
- SCISSORS
- SPEECH
- KISS
- MEADOW
- DIALECT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #433): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: What what?
- Green: Playing the fool
- Blue: Medical kit
- Purple: Housing
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 #433): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPOKEN COMMUNICATION
- GREEN: CANOODLE
- BLUE: FIRST AID KIT ITEMS
- PURPLE: HOME STYLES
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 #433): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 433, are…
- YELLOW: SPOKEN COMMUNICATION DIALECT, LANGUAGE, SPEECH, LANGUAGE
- GREEN: CANOODLE FRENCH, KISS, KISSING, NECK
- BLUE: FIRST AID KIT ITEMS BANDAGE, DRESSINGS, SCISSORS, TAPE
- PURPLE: HOME STYLES RURAL HOUSE, ARTISAN, PRAIRIE, RANCH
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
This is an easy question even by recent Connections standards (which have tended to be simpler anyway). As proof, there’s the fact that I solved the purplish one first, supposedly the hardest, though I got some help here. That’s because house styles were also the subject of another NYT word game, Strands, just a few days ago, so CRAFTSMAN, COTTAGE, and RANCH were all fresh in my mind. PRAIRIE didn’t appear in that game, true, but it didn’t take much mental effort to match it up with the others.
None of the other three groups were particularly difficult, so I solved this one fairly quickly and saved my deliberations for another day.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Friday, August 16, Game #432)
- YELLOW: MEH AVERAGE, REGULAR, ACCEPTABLE, REGULAR
- GREEN: ABBREVIATIONS FOR US STATES Hello, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania.
- BLUE: TYPES OF BOOTS ANKLE, COWBOY, GO-GO, THIGH HIGH
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT GO UP AND DOWN ELEVATOR, SUN, TIDE, YO-YO
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.
