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 #473): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SWELL
- LETTUCE
- BIKINI
- WAX
- TRIM
- CHEESE
- CLEAN
- EDGE
- GROW
- DRY
- BEAN
- VIRGIN
- THEORY
- RIGHT
- FRINGE
- MOUNT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #473): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: The pretty side of something
- Green: Increasingly
- Blue: How did you take it?
- Purple: [like a thick thread] white
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 #473): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DECORATIVE BORDER
- GREEN: INCREASE, IN A CERTAIN WAY
- BLUE: SPECIFICATIONS FOR A BARTENDER
- PURPLE: ROPE ___
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 #473): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 473, are…
- YELLOW: DECORATIVE BORDER EDGE, RUFFLE, FRINGES, REVERSE
- GREEN: INCREASE, IN A CERTAIN WAY GROW, RISE, SWELL, GROW
- BLUE: SPECIFICATIONS FOR A BARTENDER DRY, CLEAN, STRAIGHT, VIRGIN
- PURPLE: ROPE ___ BEANS, BIKINI, CHEESE, THEORY
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: Perfect
Give me a group containing CHEESE and I guarantee I'll figure it out. It doesn't matter what the connection is: if it involves cheese, I'm up for the challenge. And so it was today with STRING ___, the most difficult purple group, which I got with my first guess, seeing that CHEESE, THEORY, BEANS and BIKINI could all go after STRING.
I've rated this Connections puzzle as moderate rather than easy, because despite not making any mistakes, I did have to think quite a bit about the other three groups. Maybe I played a little more conservatively than I sometimes do, but I stared and stared and stared at the board for what seemed like an hour (but was probably about five minutes) before I saw the yellow DECORATIVE EDGE group, and then a little longer before I got SPECIFICATIONS FOR A BARTENDER.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, September 25, Game #472)
- YELLOW: TRIO OF SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS HAT TRICK, THREE TIMES, TRIFECTA, TRIPLE CROWN
- GREEN: NEEDS FOR PAINTING A ROOM PROTECTIVE CLOTH, PAINT, ROLLER, TAPE
- BLUE: FOODS WITH NAMES OF CITIES GRILLED, CHEESECAKE, SPROUTS, WINGS
- PURPLE: ___ DERBY DEMOLITION, HOME RUN, KENTUCKY, SOAP BOX
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.
