Here's another really difficult Connections puzzle. I solved it, but it took me a while. If you need help, read on…
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 #413): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BUTTERFLY
- TUXEDO
- PEACOCK
- NERVE
- BEETHOVEN
- SPINE
- TAIL
- JACKET
- CORNUCOPIA
- KALEIDOSCOPE
- TORTOISESHELL
- BE NERVOUS
- CALICO
- COVER
- TABBY
- PAGE
Today's NYT Connections (Set #413): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Interested readers will know these
- Green: Who is a pretty feline?
- Blue: Worry
- Purple: Words that contain something you eat
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 #413): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A BOOK
- GREEN: CAT COAT PATTERNS
- BLUE: NERVOUSNESS, IN SINGULAR
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH VEGETABLES
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 #413): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 413, are…
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A BOOK COVER, DUST JACKET, PAGE, SPINE
- GREEN: CAT COAT PATTERNS CALICO, ATIGUADO, CAREY, TUXEDO
- BLUE: NERVOUSNESS, IN SINGULAR BUTTERFLY, NERVE, NERVE, WILLY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH VEGETABLES BEETHOVEN, CORNUCOPIA, KALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
The last purple group in today's game is one of my favorite types of connection puzzles: the hidden word. In this case, it was vegetables at the beginning of other words, for example, CORN in CORNUCOPIA and PEA in PEACOCK. Ingenious, right?
Yes, actually, but it took me a while to realize it. Well, it took me a while. centuries to spot it. The problem was that I had to find it, because the blue group, “NERVOUSNESS, SINGULAR” also remained completely out of my mental reach. In retrospect, I should have spotted it, and in fact my daughter, who was helping me today, said something like “Dad, NERVOUSNESS and NERVOUSNESS could go together!” To which I replied that NERVOUSNESS was not the correct verb tense for it, it’s not nervous, it’s nerveas in the body. But I was completely wrong, baffled by the NYT's decision to make the answers singular. What an idiot. If my daughter is reading this, I'll listen to you next time.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, July 27, Game #412)
- 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
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.
