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 #514): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- ARREST
- POEM
- DIFFERENT
- MESSAGE
- NEW
- NOVEL
- CRITERION
- FURNITURE
- PLAY
- TEXT
- BIPED
- RECORD
- CORRESPOND
- ORIGINAL
- PAUSE
- WRITE
NYT Connections Today (Game #514) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Or they could be on a VCR (if you're old enough to remember them)
- Green: Not seen before
- Blue: tell someone what you think
- Purple: Not everyone can walk, despite what they have in common.
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 #514) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DVR BUTTONS
- GREEN: INNOVATIVE
- BLUE: COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH FEET
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #514): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #514 are…
- YELLOW: DVR BUTTONS PAUSE, PLAY, RECORD, STOP
- GREEN: INNOVATIVE DIFFERENT, NEW, NOVEL, ORIGINAL
- BLUE: COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING CORRESPOND, MESSAGE, TEXT, WRITE
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH FEET BIPED, FURNITURE, POEM, MARY
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I lost my Connections streak yesterday, so it was nice to get back on track today. A couple of fairly simple ones for yellow and green helped me. The first of these was DVR BUTTONS, although they could easily have been buttons on a VCR, DVD, stereo or whatever. The second was INNOVATIVE, with responses of DIFFERENT, NEW, NOVEL and ORIGINAL. I almost got tripped up by the last two, since POEM seemed like it could match MESSAGE and TEXT, but putting those two with CORRESPOND and WRITE to form COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING made more sense, so I didn't need to resolve the purple today.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Tuesday, November 5, Game #513)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE CONFUSING CATERPILLAR, POLAR, PEACH, PIPE CLEANER
- GREEN: THINGS WITH SHELLS CLAM, EGG, NUTS, TURTLE
- BLUE: FIGURES IN “SHREK” DONKEY, DRAGON, OGRE, PRINCESS
- PURPLE: MAGIC ___ CARPET, KINGDOM, MARKER, MUSHROOM
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.
