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 #459): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BENEFIT
- SAVE
- PEPSI
- MOCHI
- CURRY
- Feta cheese
- BIRD
- BIOTA
- AS
- MAGIC
- ADVANTAGE
- COVÉ
- FAVORITE
- INTEREST
- MARKER
- BENEFIT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #459): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Stay connected to the internet
- Green: For your benefit
- Blue: Hoop dreams
- Purple: It ends with letters from another alphabet.
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 #459): Clue #2: Group Responses
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BOOK ONLINE FOR LATER
- GREEN: IN NAME
- BLUE: NBA LEGENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH GREEK LETTERS
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 #459): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 459, are…
- YELLOW: BOOK ONLINE FOR LATER MARK, FAVORITE, LIKE, SAVE
- GREEN: IN NAME ADVANTAGE, BENEFIT, INTEREST, GOOD
- BLUE: NBA LEGENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS BIRD, CURRY, KOBE, MAGIC
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH GREEK LETTERS BIOTA, FETA, MOCHI, PEPSI
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: 1 error
This is a pretty simple connection puzzle – there are three easy ones, which means the final (purple) group is solvable by default, which is great because that one was super hard.
Blue seemed too easy: KOBE couldn't possibly refer to anything other than the basketball star or the Japanese city, and with CURRY, BIRD, and MAGIC also on the board, it was clear it was the former and not the latter. Or at least that was the case for me. If you don't know anything about the NBA, you might have struggled with that option, too.
As for the purple one… well, the FINISHING WITH GREEK LETTERS aspect was clever, but I'd say it was borderline difficult. I'm glad I didn't have to figure it out!
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, September 11, Issue #458)
- YELLOW: LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY PACKAGE, FORTUNE, MINT, PILE
- GREEN: PIECES OF WISDOM GRAIN, NUGGET, PEARL, PIECE
- BLUE: APPEARED IN “JURASSIC PARK” AMBER, DINOSAUR, MOSQUITO, PALEONTOLOGIST
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE AMETHYST, EGGPLANT, MUCA, LAVENDER
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.
