Good day! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you're done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers, and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #526): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- DOMINO
- DRYER
- VIOLINIST
- LADYBUG
- INTERNET
- HORSESHOE
- SPIDER
- RENT
- HAIR SPRAY
- GAS
- DALMATIAN
- COMB
- PHONE
- HERMIT
- ROLLS
- DIE
NYT Connections Today (Game #526) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: You might find them at a hair salon.
- Green: Payday expenses
- Blue: they are crazy
- Purple: Side engines
Do you need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today's NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #526) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: USED IN HAIR CARE
- GREEN: MONTHLY EXPENSES
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STAINS
- PURPLE: ___ CRAB
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #526): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #526 are…
- YELLOW: USED IN HAIR CARE COMB, DRYER, HAIR SPRAY, ROLLER
- GREEN: MONTHLY EXPENSES GAS, INTERNET, PHONE, RENT
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STAINS DALMATIAN, DYING, DOMINO, LADYBUG
- PURPLE: ___ CRAB VIOLENTIST, HERMIT, HORSESHOE, SPIDER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Today I almost got a reverse rainbow, something I'd only done once before. This is the NYT term for when you solve the four sets of Connections in reverse order of difficulty: purple, then blue, then green, then the easiest yellow.
Unfortunately (sort of, it doesn't really matter!) I turned blue first, so that dream died there. But it was strange that my brain picked up the two hardest ones initially and had to work a little harder to solve the green and yellow.
The blue was good: THINGS WITH STAINS, with DALMATIAN, DIE, DOMINO and LADYBUG. I always find it helpful to not just look at the words, but also think about them visually. Doing that here gave me the image of a spotted Dalmatian and a domino, at which point I went looking for others and found them both.
Meanwhile, purple required a bit of general knowledge. I haven't actually heard of a VIOLENTIST CRAB, but I knew that HERMIT, SPIDER and HORSESHOE, and VIOLENTIST fit better than any of the other remaining words (INTERNET CRAB? HAIRSPRAY CRAB? Obviously not! ), so I played and guessed correctly. The green and yellow were quite simple at that stage, so I completed today's without any errors, which is unusual for me.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Sunday, November 17, game #525)
- YELLOW: ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION, GUILD, LEAGUE, UNION
- GREEN: ADJUSTED CLINGY, ELEGANT, SLINKY, COMFORTABLE
- BLUE: OCCASIONS WHEN ONE MIGHT KNEEL APOLOGY, DUBBING, PRAYER, PROPOSAL
- PURPLE: WHAT AN APOSTROPHE COULD INDICATE CONTRACTION, FOOT, POSSIVE, QUOTE
What are 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 share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final question since you'll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it's a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
