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 #434): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- NERD
- Grumpy
- SNAP
- AND IF
- SAY
- DO
- DRUG
- DWARF
- SLEEP
- KISS
- SUPPOSE
- ALARM
- HOUR
- MAYBE
- FIXED TIME
- LIE
Today's NYT Connections (Set #434): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Wake up call
- Green: This could happen
- Blue: Sweet delights
- Purple: Dwarf Seve
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 #434): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ALARM BUTTONS
- GREEN: “HERE’S A THOUGHT…”
- BLUE: CANDY PIECES
- PURPLE: SEVEN DWARFS EXCEPT THE LAST LETTER
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 #434): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 434, are…
- YELLOW: ALARM BUTTONS ALARM, TIME, CAKE, TIME SETTING
- GREEN: “HERE’S A THOUGHT…” MAYBE, LET'S SAY, LET'S SUPPOSE, WHAT IF?
- BLUE: CANDY PIECES KISS, NERD, RUNT, WOPPER
- PURPLE: SEVEN DWARFS EXCEPT THE LAST LETTER DOING, GETTING DRUG, GROWLING, SLEEPING
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Fail
It's been a while since I've been able to solve a connection puzzle, but that's what happened to me today and I suspect it might happen to others as well. Although that said, the blue group, CANDY PIECES, may be a lot easier to solve if you're in the US. I'm in the UK and have never heard of WHOPPER or RUNT in that context. I've heard of NERDs and KISSes, but neither are particularly common here and that connection never occurred to me.
As for the purple one, THE SEVEN DWARFS MISSING THE LAST LETTER, I can only applaud the NYT for a clever puzzle that could have been solved but was simply too clever for me.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, August 17, Game #433)
- 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
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.
