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 #518): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- RAVEN
- GOLFER
- PILOT
- PENDULUM
- DRUM
- USHER
- LIVING ROOM DOORS
- BARREL
- COWBOY
- CYLINDER
- OX
- JET
- TANK
- RAM
- SWING
- PASTOR
NYT Connections Today (Game #518) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: May contain beer, oil, etc.
- Green: show the way
- Blue: the bear is another
- Purple: They make a movement from side to side
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 #518) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BARREL-SHAPED CONTAINER
- GREEN: GUIDE
- BLUE: MEMBER OF THE NFL TEAM
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT BEAT
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #518): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #518 are…
- YELLOW: BARREL-SHAPED CONTAINER BARREL, CYLINDER, DRUM, TANK
- GREEN: GUIDE PILOT, PASTOR, DIRECTION, USHER
- BLUE: MEMBER OF THE NFL TEAM COWBOY, JET, RAM, CROW
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT BEAT GOLFER, PENDULUM, LIVING ROOM DOORS, SWINGING
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I can't help but think it's kind of a cop-out on the NYT's part to include the word SWING in a group where the answer is, um, SWING. I mean, come on! This was also the purple group, so it was supposedly the most difficult of the four.
It is true that the others were even easier. Blue, the second toughest, was a MEMBER OF THE NFL TEAM, and even a UK football and cricket fan like me could see that COWBOY, JET, RAM and RAVEN were the answers. Meanwhile, the green one was simply four things that were all BARREL-SHAPED CONTAINERS: BARREL, CYLINDER, DRUM, and TANK. My finger slid over the send button with that, because I thought it couldn't be as easy as that. But it did, and for once I completed this game without any trauma.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Saturday, November 9, game #517)
- YELLOW: CONTORTED BENT, GENARLY, BRAIDED, DEFORMED
- GREEN: SMALLEST AMOUNT LAMAR, OUNCE, DESTROY, TRACE
- BLUE: ALGEBRA TERMS EXPONENT, POWER, RADICAL, ROOT
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “ROOM” TO MEAN LAVATORY BATH, DUST, REST, THRONE
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.
