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 #538): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- ROCK
- PALM
- FAST
- MODERN
- NAIL
- SWING
- SCREW
- KNUCKLE
- ACE
- TAP
- SWIPE
- CURVE
- JAZZ
- RAISE
- CRUSH
NYT Connections Today (Game #538) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Shake your movements
- Green: take without permission
- Blue: Make it a big success
- Purple: from the mound
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 #538) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DANCE STYLES
- GREEN: STEAL
- BLUE: WORKS WELL ON
- PURPLE: ___ BALL THROWING
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #538): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #538 are…
- YELLOW: DANCE STYLES JAZZ, MODERN, SWING, TAP
- GREEN: STEAL LIFT, PALM, POCKET, SLIDE
- BLUE: WORKS WELL ON ACE, CRUSH, NAIL, ROCK
- PURPLE: ___ BALL THROWING CURVE, FAST, KNUCKLE, SCREW
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 errors
Days where I nail purple don't come that often, so I had the pleasure of NAILING IT today. Or maybe I should say ACE. OR CRUSH IT OR ROCK IT. Except no, that group – PERFORMANCE WELL – was the blue one I defaulted to, although I think I would have gotten it if needed.
Instead, the purple one was ___BALL PITCHES, with CURVE, FAST, KNUCKLE, and SCREW, and despite having previously complained about the regularity with which the NYT includes baseball or other primarily US-only sports on Connections, it somehow way I got this. Admittedly, it is among the easiest purple groups; I made a couple of incorrect guesses before I understood it, because SCREW didn't occur to me, but the other three are well known and also appear in my favorite sport, cricket.
Yellow and Green, meanwhile, were pretty easy, making it a reasonably accessible Connections game overall.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Friday, November 29, game #537)
- YELLOW: COMMITMENT EFFORT, COMPANY, PROJECT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- GREEN: UNITS HERTZ, MOLE, SECOND, VOLT
- BLUE: MLB TEAM MEMBER NATIONAL, LIGHTNING, TIGER, TWIN
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS FROM THE HBO SHOWS BOARDWALK, curb, game, silicon
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.
