The weekend starts with a very difficult connection puzzle, in my experience. You might want some hints to solve it, but in my case luck was enough…
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 #412): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BEAR
- DETOUR
- RADIO
- PRODUCE
- FOX
- TANGENT
- COUNTER
- SANDWICH
- TEN
- TRIGGER
- DIGRESSION
- GOOD
- PRODUCE
- APART
- ARE
- BABY
Today's NYT Connections (Set #412): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Conversational deviations
- Green: Do?
- Blue: attractive person
- Purple: Represented by a specific letter
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 #412): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS
- GREEN: CREATE, AS RESULTS
- BLUE: HOT
- PURPLE: WORDS REPRESENTED BY THE LETTER “R”
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 #412): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 412, are…
- YELLOW: OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS APART, DETOUR, DIGRESSION, TANGENT
- GREEN: CREATE, AS RESULTS BEAR, GENERATE, PRODUCE, RENDER
- BLUE: HOT BABY, FOX, SNACK, TEN
- PURPLE: WORDS REPRESENTED BY THE LETTER “R” SON, RADIO, REVERSE, RIGHT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Fortunately, luck is not a limited quality, as you can be very lucky one day and also very lucky the next. That happens, doesn't it? Well, thank goodness, otherwise I would have wasted a lifetime of luck on today's Connections.
The first two groups, which I solved in the order of green (create results) and yellow (off-topic comments), were straightforward, but things got much more complicated in the last two. In fact, they got so complicated that I literally had no idea what the answer could possibly be. Zero. Nothing at all. I stared at the board for what seemed like hours but was actually about 30 minutes, spread out over several sessions, and finally decided to give up. I just couldn’t put FOX, RIGHT, REVERSE, BABE, SNACK, RADIUS, TEN, and ARE into two groups. I couldn’t even identify a couple of words that could go together.
Instead of just quitting, I figured I should at least guess blindly, so I picked BABE, FOX, TEN, and SNACK completely at random. Or maybe my unconscious brain picked up on something my conscious brain didn't? Either way, I guessed those four and… I was right! Now, I have never, ever heard the term SNACK used to refer to a “hot girl,” so I don't know what's going on, but I'm not complaining. And no, I wouldn't have gotten the “R” group, that's a really tough question.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Friday, July 26, Game #411)
- YELLOW: BASIC INSTRUCTIONS DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, UP
- GREEN: DEFENDER OF BACK, DEFEND, SUPPORT, BACK UP
- BLUE: DISADVANTAGE WITH, DING, LESS, STRIKE
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONOUS INSTRUMENTS BASE, LIAR, BOOTY, SYMBOL
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.
