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 #504): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- COOL
- PRINCE
- BEL
- AIR
- QUALITY
- BAR
- NICE
- SIREN
- LUXURY
- INTELLIGENT
- TRAMP
- CHEER UP
- FEELING
- ELEGANT
- MOLE
- KICKS
NYT Connections Today (Game #504) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Giving him some attitude
- Green: Atmosphere
- Blue: Quantities
- Purple: [small] white
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 #504) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SHAMEFUL
- GREEN: ENVIRONMENT
- BLUE: UNITS
- PURPLE: THE LITTLE ___
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #504): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #504 are…
- YELLOW: SHAMEFUL CUTE, COOL, SMART, WISE
- GREEN: ENVIRONMENT AIR, FEELING, MOOD, QUALITY
- BLUE: UNITS BAR, BEL, LUX, TOPO
- PURPLE: THE LITTLE ___ MERMAID, PRINCE, KICKS, Wanderer
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 track
This is a reasonably complicated Connections puzzle that has nothing to do with Will Smith, even though the first four words on the grid say FRESH PRINCE BEL AIR. Of course, the first thing I do every time I play is use the shuffle function to eliminate any NYT address errors that may be there. I'm not sure if it works, because seeing those four words in different places could suggest a connection to me, so I have to be careful to look at the board before and after shuffling. I take everything too seriously, yes.
Surprisingly, today I solved the purple one first; the white connection there, of LITTLE (TRAMP, PRINCE, MERMAID, RASCALS) was quite obvious, while the blue group of BAR, BEL, LUX and MOLE was much more difficult. Yellow and green were also quite tricky for the supposedly easier groups, so it took me a while to get all the answers.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Saturday, October 26, game #503)
- YELLOW: NERVE FAZE, RATTLE, FLYER, LAUNCH
- GREEN: SERIES OF MESSAGES CHAIN, CHAT, CONVERSATION, THREAD
- BLUE: PLACES TO LIE/SITT THAT MOVE CRADLE, HAMMOCK, ROCKER, SWING
- PURPLE: CYLINDER-SHAPED THINGS CAN, ROLLER, SILO, REEL
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 elements 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.
