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 #471): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GLOBE
- BOOK
- MODEL
- FLAG
- NOVEL
- AMBASSADOR
- CONFETTI
- SERPENTINE
- SURE
- CREATIVE
- RESERVE
- COOL
- ORIGINAL
- WREATH
- MAN OF INFLUENCE
- LETTER
Today's NYT Connections (Set #471): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Innovative
- Green: Claim something in advance
- Blue: Put them on and celebrate
- Purple: Instagrammers?
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 #471): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INSPIRED
- GREEN: BUY IN ADVANCE
- BLUE: A LITTLE DECORATION FOR THE PARTY
- PURPLE: ONLINE PERSONALITY
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 #471): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 471, are…
- YELLOW: INSPIRED CREATIVE, FRESH, NOVEL, ORIGINAL
- GREEN: BUY IN ADVANCE BOOK, RENT, RESERVE, INSURE
- BLUE: A LITTLE DECORATION FOR THE PARTY BALLOON, BANNER, CONFETTI, GARLAND
- PURPLE: ONLINE PERSONALITY AMBASSADOR, INFLUENCER, MODEL, STREAMER
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: 1 error
Even though I made a mistake today, I don’t regret it, because there really was no way I could have known what the genuine answer was. This is a common theme in Connections: the inclusion of answers that act as red herrings due to their potential inclusion in multiple categories. Today I rounded up three-quarters of the ONLINE PERSONALITY group, which ended up being the purple one, in the form of INFLUENCER, MODEL, and STREAMER. I added CREATIVE, because that’s another type of online personality, but it turned out the last one was the slightly more subdued AMBASSADOR. CREATIVE instead went to the yellow INSPIRED group, which also made sense.
None of this worried me too much, as this was another relatively easy Connections game and I completed the others without any major issues.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Monday, September 23, Game #470)
- YELLOW: NOT SMOOTH, LIKE THE GROUND ABSURD, RUDE, NOISY, UNEQUAL
- GREEN: A PIECE OF LAND TO CULTIVATE BED, PLOT, LAND, PLOT
- AZUL: MEMBER OF A CARTOON DUO CHIP, ROCKY, SCRATCHY, STITCH
- PURPLE: ___ PARK FUN, NATIONAL, PARALLEL, SOUTH
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.
