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 #469): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CAKE
- POOL
- TANNED
- SCULPTURE
- THIRD
- NEUTRAL
- DRAWING
- NEW
- ALLOY
- OPEN
- NEON
- LOTTERY
- SAVE
- GRAYSCALE
- RAFFLE
Today's NYT Connections (Set #469): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Different shades
- Green: Click here
- Blue: Do you feel lucky?
- Purple: Copper and tin
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 #469): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES OF COLORS
- GREEN: FILE MENU OPTIONS
- BLUE: OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A PRIZE
- PURPLE: WHAT “BRONZE” COULD MEAN
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 #469): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 469, are…
- YELLOW: TYPES OF COLORS GRAYSCALE, NEON, NEUTRAL, PASTEL
- GREEN: FILE MENU OPTIONS NEW, OPEN, PRINT, SAVE
- BLUE: OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A PRIZE DRAW, LOTTERY, POOL, RAFFLE
- PURPLE: WHAT “BRONZE” COULD MEAN ALLOY, SCULPTURE, BRONZING, THIRD PARTY
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Those of you playing Connections on a laptop or PC may have had an advantage over people playing on their phones today, because you will have had a big clue to the green group. That connection is FILE MENU OPTIONS, and the fact that I was on my laptop to play and then write this column meant that they were right in front of me. OK, not literally – they were hidden within the menu – but they were certainly fresh in my mind. By that point I had already figured out the blue one too, with LOTTERY and DRAW clearly going together and the other two not too difficult to find (I had a bit of difficulty with DRAW).
Two down, one to go, and I inevitably found yellow instead of purple, although neither was really that bad today.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, September 21, Game #468)
- 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
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.
