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 #450): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ALSO
- REAL
- FRONT
- REPLACEMENT
- CATTLE
- ARROW
- EXTRA
- POUND
- KNUCKLE
- EXCUSE
- ON
- BLOCK
- SAVE
- BEYOND
- PARDON
- YEN
Today's NYT Connections (Set #450): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Forgive
- Green: Further
- Blue: Money, money, money.
- Purple: white [word for a part of the body]
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 #450): Clue #2: Group Responses
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ABSOLUTE
- GREEN: EXCESSIVELY
- BLUE: GLOBAL CURRENCIES
- PURPLE: ___HEAD
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 #450): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 450, are…
- YELLOW: ABSOLUTE EXCUSE, FORGIVE, SAVE, FORGIVE
- GREEN: EXCESSIVELY BEYOND, EXTRA, ENDED, TOO MUCH
- BLUE: GLOBAL CURRENCIES POUND, REAL, WON, YEN
- PURPLE: ___HEAD ARROW, BLOCK, FRONT, KNUCKLE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I almost messed up when I realized that WON, TOO, and FORE were homophones of numbers, and wondered if any of the others might fit that pattern. And then I thought maybe there was a “ball” connection, as in KNUCKLE ball, SPARE ball, EXTRA ball… but for once I didn’t play the first thing I saw and instead kept looking until I found a group that just had to be right. That was the blue GLOBAL CURRENCIES group, with POUND, REAL, WON, and YEN, and then I followed that up with the harder purple group, a classic blank. [something] Connection this time was 'words that come before the head'. With those two complete, the others were easy to identify.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Monday, September 2, Game #449)
- YELLOW: PECULIAR CURIOUS, FUNNY, STRANGE, RARE
- GREEN: ASSIGNMENT JOB, POSITION, STATION
- BLUE: CLASSIC COLLECTOR'S ITEMS COIN, COMIC, RECORD, STAMP
- PURPLE: CHAIN ___ LETTER, MAIL, REACTION, STORE
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.
