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 #468): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- REAL
- HALF
- AWESOME
- EXCLUSIVE
- NICE
- STRANGE
- AWFUL
- MYSTICAL
- SHAPE
- WELL DONE
- BLOODY
- LIMITED
- ORACLE
- ACCESSORIES
- COLLECTABLE
- PSYCHIC
Today's NYT Connections (Set #468): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Observer of the future
- Green: Reason to want something
- Blue: Excellent!
- Purple: Very
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 #468): Clue #2: Group Responses
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT
- GREEN: ADJECTIVES SPECIAL EDITION
- BLUE: “GOOD JOB!”
- PURPLE: EXTREMELY
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 #468): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 468, are…
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM, MYSTIC, ORACLE, PSYCHIC
- GREEN: ADJECTIVES SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTIBLE, EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED, RARE
- BLUE: “GOOD JOB!” STUNNING, NICE, ACCESSORIES, WELL MADE
- PURPLE: EXTREMELY HORRIBLE, BLOODY, REAL, WAY
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: 1 error
This was a surprisingly easy Connections puzzle even for recent examples, though I still managed to make one mistake. It was a silly one; I'm sure the distraction was intended by the NYT, and I fell right into the trap. I'm talking, of course, about BLOODY, RARE, WELL DONE, and MEDIUM, which could have been “Ways to Cook a Steak.” But no, all four words actually belonged to alternative groups.
That quickly became apparent when I looked again and noticed that MEDIUM, MYSTIC, ORACLE, and PSYCHIC were words for CLAIRVOYANT (yellow) and that COLLECTIBLE, EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED, RARE formed a green group for SPECIAL EDITION ADJECTIVES.
That left blue and purple, and this time neither of them were too complicated. There was no “something in white” thing, no clever cryptic connections; just a couple of groups, both fairly obvious.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Friday, September 20, Game #467)
- YELLOW: SHOW OFF FIGURE, IMAGINE, SUSPECT, THINK
- GREEN: SOMEONE CHARACTER, INDIVIDUAL, PARTY, PERSON
- BLUE: CHARACTERS FROM “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”, FAMILIARLY BOBA, CHEWY, EMPEROR, SOLO
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “KITTY” CAT, CORNER, HAWK, LITTER
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.
