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 #454): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TANK
- GLOVE
- SCALE
- TEE
- COACH
- ROCKS
- POLE
- CROP
- FILTER
- BALL
- SPIN
- MUSTANG
- Goddess
- FLIP
- BOMB
- DRIVER
Today's NYT Connections (Set #454): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Photoshop Skills
- Green: The essentials of the tiger
- Blue: Fish stuff
- Purple: Equine insignia
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 #454): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE
- GREEN: THINGS USED IN GOLF
- BLUE: SHOPPING FOR AQUARIUMS
- PURPLE: LOGOS WITH HORSES
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 #454): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 454, are…
- YELLOW: WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE CROP, FLIP, ROTATE, SCALE
- GREEN: THINGS USED IN GOLF BALL, DRIVER, GLOVE, TEE
- BLUE: SHOPPING FOR AQUARIUMS FILTER, PUMP, ROCKS, TANK
- PURPLE: LOGOS WITH HORSES TRAINER, GODIVA, MUSTANG, POLO
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 3 mistakes
Here's another super-difficult Connections puzzle, guaranteed to either put your old grey matter to work… or leave you frustrated by its obtuse nature.
To be fair, there are a couple of groups that aren't too bad. I use Photoshop on a daily basis, so the yellow WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE connection caught my eye straight away. The green one, THINGS USED IN GOLF, gave me more trouble, mainly because I thought some of the words went somewhere else – e.g. BALL, FILTER, TANK all seemed related. But I got it right in the end, which left the blue and purple.
The purple one, which stands for HORSE LOGOS, was ridiculously difficult. I had never even heard of a company called GODIVA or COACH, though I assume one exists or this group would make even less sense. But I figured it out through a combination of trial and error and guesswork, as I knew GODIVA, POLO, and MUSTANG all had a connection to horses, and I lucked out by adding COACH.
That left, in blue, AQUARIUM PURCHASES, which was also tricky, but by then I was able to figure it out by default, with only one guess left. Phew!
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Friday, September 6, Game #453)
- YELLOW: QUANTITY QUANTITY, COUNT, NUMBER, TOTAL
- GREEN: INCIDENT SUBJECT, EPISODE, EVENT, ISSUE
- BLUE: THINGS RECEIVED BY MAIL INVOICE, CARD, CATALOG, LETTER
- PURPLE: WHAT “SPRING” MIGHT REFER TO BOUNCE, COIL, GEYSER, SEASON
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.
