Today's exercise is ideal for a quiet Sunday: it's not too difficult, so you can do it in peace over a long breakfast. But if you need some hints, you'll find them below.
What should you do once you're done? Play more word games, of course. I also have articles with daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers, and Quordle hints and answers if you need help with those topics as well.
SPOILER WARNING: Below you'll find information about today's NYT Connections, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Set #399): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GOOD
- BUTTER
- MINT
- MASS
- SPOT
- LINE
- FAIR
- TRADE
- BRAZIL
- PINE TREE
- FIELD
- TOOTH
- BUSINESS
- ADVICE
- GOOD
- SPIKE
Today's NYT Connections (Set #399): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: They are all narrow
- Green: What shape is it in?
- Blue: What kind of work do you do?
- Purple: It goes before anything you can eat.
Need more clues?
We're now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
Today's NYT Connections (Game #399): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THIN PROJECTIONS
- GREEN: CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIBLES
- BLUE: PROFESSION
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “NUT”
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE PAGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Today's NYT Connections (Set #399): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 399, are…
- YELLOW: THIN PROJECTION TIP, TIP, TIP, TIP
- GREEN: CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIBLES REGULAR, FINE, GOOD, MINT
- BLUE: PROFESSION BUSINESS, FIELD, LINE, COMMERCE
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “NUT” BRAZIL, BUTTER, DOUGH, PINE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
In fact, it's a rare day when I manage to solve the purple group, and it's even rarer when I solve it before any of the others. But then again, it's also not often that it's as easy as today's NUT-based connection. The moment I saw BRAZIL and PINE in the same puzzle, I knew there was a good chance they were related, and seeing DOUGH and BUTTER as well, I was convinced.
As expected, the other three groups were even easier, and for once I can honestly say I would have gotten the ending (which for me was blue, 'profession') even if it hadn't been the default.
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Yesterday's Answers from NYT Connections (Saturday, July 13, Match #398)
- YELLOW: HUGE GIANT, MAMMOTH, MONSTER, TITANIC
- GREEN: INCARNATION AVATAR, CHARACTER, FIGURE, PERSON
- BLUE: COME THROUGH APPEAR, LOOK, SEEM, SOUND
- PURPLE: SILENT “T” CASTLE, HURRY, LISTEN, WITCH
What is 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 have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The plus side is that you don't technically need to solve the last one, as you'll be able to answer it by process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a bit of wiggle room.
However, it is a bit more complex than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trick you with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other wordplay that could disguise the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
