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 #448): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- COAL
- HAMMER
- GOLF BAG
- GRILL
- TOOLBOX
- RAVEN
- LIMOUSINE
- JET
- BROWN
- DRUM
- SABER
- CHAR
- ANVIL
- MOVIE SETTING
- WITHERED
- CHANNEL
Today's NYT Connections (Set #448): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Do you cook in the oven?
- Green: Auditory areas
- Blue: Paint it…
- Purple: They could all contain something/someone that takes you somewhere.
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 #448): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COOK IN A PAN, BREW, CHAR, ROAST, SEAL
- GREEN: PARTS OF THE EAR
- BLUE: SHADES OF BLACK
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND “A DRIVER”
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 #448): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 448, are…
- YELLOW: COOKING IN A PAN BROWNING, CHARRING, GRILLING, SEALING
- GREEN: PARTS OF THE EAR ANVIL, CHANNEL, DRUM, HAMMER
- BLUE: SHADES OF BLACK COAL, JET, RAVEN, SABER
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND “A DRIVER” GOLF BAG, LIMOUSINE, MOVIE STAGE, TOOLBOX
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: Fail
Connections is, ultimately, a game of knowledge, and I’m going to have to accept that I don’t have enough of that. Or maybe not enough of the kind the NYT values. It’s something of an anomaly, because I solve Wordle, Quordle, and Strands every day (or almost every day in the case of the latter two), and I’ve generally been pretty adept at quizzes. But this… this is ridiculous. This is my eighth failure in 15 games, and fourth in a row, which is unprecedented for me and possibly the entire world. I might as well be the biggest loser anywhere right now.
The argument against that – and I’m sticking to it – is that you could argue that some of this knowledge is arcane, unnecessary, and really quite random. For example, today in green, “Parts of the Ear”: I knew CANAL and DRUM, but ANVIL and HAMMER… not. And why would I know that? Or is DRIVER something you’d find in a TOOLBOX or on a FILM SET? Again, no idea.
Well, well, that's what I'm going to stick with for now. The problem is the creator of the NYT Connections puzzle, not me. Let's stick with it.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, August 31, Game #447)
- YELLOW: NEWSPAPER SECTIONS
- GREEN: TREE CHARACTERISTICS
- BLUE: TYPES OF SALAD CHEF, GARDEN, GREEK, WEDGE
- PURPLE: SEEN ON THE REVERSE OF U.S. COINS EAGLE, MONTICELLO, SHIELD, TORCH
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.
