It's time to enjoy the daily installment of the NYT's Connections game. If you haven't played it before, you're in for a treat. If you have, you'll know what to expect and why it's so much fun.
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 #396): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TASK
- RECORDING
- HAND
- SEND
- APPLAUSE
- KEY
- APPROVE
- MAJOR
- RULER
- WALK
- STAPLE
- PEN
- ESSENTIAL
- SCISSORS
- GIVE
- EXIT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #396): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Pack your suitcase
- Green: This is important
- Blue: Take this
- Purple: Up in the lights
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 #396): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SCHOOL SUPPLIES
- GREEN: ESSENTIAL
- BLUE: TRANSFER
- PURPLE: ILLUMINATED SIGNS
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 #396): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 396, are…
- YELLOW: SCHOOL SUPPLIES PEN, RULER, SCISSORS, TAPE
- GREEN: ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL, KEY, MAIN, BASIC
- BLUE: TRANSFER GIVE, DELIVER, PASS, SEND
- PURPLE: ILLUMINATED SIGNS APPLAUSE, EXIT, RECORDING, WALK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The NYT has thrown out a lot of misinformation about today's connections. Most of it concerned school, where PRINCIPAL and PASS could have easily fit alongside the actual answers, while STAPLE and KEY could have also played a role. Although now, as I write it, it doesn't seem like the connection was that strong, at the time I was a bit confused.
Anyway, after mulling it over for a while, I focused on the FUNDAMENTAL connection and chose ESSENTIAL, KEY, PRIMARY, and BASIC. Next, I looked at APPLAUSE and RECORDING and thought of TV studios, then added EXIT and WALKING to form the supposedly harder purple group. Yellow, which was actually SCHOOL SUPPLIES, was now much easier to solve, which left blue to fill in by default.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, July 10, Issue #395)
- YELLOW: FUTURE PROBABILITY OPPORTUNITY, FORECAST, PERSPECTIVE, OUTLOOK
- GREEN: CONVERSATION ATTITUDE, CHEEK, LIP, CHEEKY
- BLUE: FISH SEA BASS, LONGITUDINAL, PERCH, PIKE
- PURPLE: COMPONENTS OF GLASSES BRIDGE, LENS, EDGE, TEMPLES
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.
