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 #440): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- NATIONAL
- TALK
- SLIDE
- LATIN
- JARGON
- STEAL
- BUDGET
- TIPTOE
- WHISPERS
- REIGN
- PLEAD
- COMPANY
- CREEP
- SPECULATION
- THRIFTY
- NOISE
Today's NYT Connections (Set #440): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: It could have been said
- Green: Walk like a mouse
- Blue: Rented wheels
- Purple: Cheating is something else
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 #440): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Rumors
- GREEN: MOVE SILENTLY
- BLUE: CAR RENTAL COMPANIES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
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 #440): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 440, are…
- YELLOW: VISUAL INTERFACE DISPLAY, MONITOR, SCREEN, TERMINAL
- GREEN: BURLESQUE HAVE A POSITION BOA, CORSET, FAN, GLOVES
- BLUE: BEIGE TONES SUEDE, CREAM, FAWN, TAN
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF LANGUAGE SUNBATHE, CHECK, FINISH, TIE
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: 1 error
I'm determined to get my Connections form back after three failures in one week, so I was particularly worried about today's game. And that was fortunate, because it's another potentially tough game.
From the start, I was at a disadvantage to some players, because the blue group, CAR RENTAL COMPANIES, contains companies that, as far as I understand, do not operate outside of the United States, meaning that those of us who are not from the United States, might well have had problems with it. I could have guessed that anyway, if one of them was another global company, but since that was the case, I left that group for last and solved it by default.
The fact that I was able to do so was largely due to having solved the more difficult purple group at the beginning, which I was very pleased about – it was a clever connection involving the end of the word being a chemical element (e.g. LEAD in PLEAD or TIN in LATIN), but I was on the lookout for such devious NYT tricks and spotted it straight away. Phew!
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Friday, August 23, Game #439)
- YELLOW: VISUAL INTERFACE DISPLAY, MONITOR, SCREEN, TERMINAL
- GREEN: BURLESQUE HAVE A POSITION BOA, CORSET, FAN, GLOVES
- BLUE: BEIGE TONES SUEDE, CREAM, FAWN, TAN
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF LANGUAGE SUNBATHE, CHECK, FINISH, TIE
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.
