Sunday's Connections has one group that you'll either find easy to follow or have no idea about, plus three that are more accessible to everyone. Read on if you need clues about that tricky group (and the others, if you want them).
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 #392): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- COPPER
- HONEY
- COVER
- MELT
- SUB
- SHRINK
- HERO
- CONDENSE
- FREEZE
- CUT TO SLICES
- BACK
- SOME DAY
- ALTERNATE
- FANCY
- VAPORIZE
- SUIT
Today's NYT Connections (Set #392): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Scientists – and nature – could take these steps
- Green: Exchange in
- Blue: It is not the official title of the job
- Purple: Everything she wants for Christmas
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 #392): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHANGES IN STATES OF MATTER
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT
- BLUE: NAMES IN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONS
- PURPLE: MARIAH CAREY'S NUMBER ONE HITS
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 #392): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 392, are…
- YELLOW: CHANGES IN STATES OF MATTER CONDENSATE, FREEZE, MELT, VAPORIZE
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT ALTERNATIVE, BACKUP, COVERAGE, SUB
- BLUE: NAMES IN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONS COPPER, HACK, SHRINK, SUIT
- PURPLE: MARIAH CAREY'S NUMBER ONE HITS FANTASY, HERO, LOVE, SOMEDAY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
It's a good thing the first three groups were easy today, because there's no chance I would have solved the purple group any other way than by default. No offense to Maria Carey, who recorded one of the best Christmas songs of all time, but I'm not familiar with her broader canon and therefore wouldn't have realized that FANTASY, HERO, HONEY, and SOMEDAY went together.
Fortunately, I realized that CONDENSATE, FREEZE, MELT, and VAPORIZE all formed a CHANGING STATES OF MATTER group, because my knowledge of science is greater than my knowledge of Mariah's hits. The green “replacement” and blue “colloquial names for professions” groups were equally simple, making this one of the smoothest Connections experiences I've had lately.
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Yesterday's Answers from NYT Connections (Saturday, July 6, Match #391)
- YELLOW: BIOLOGICAL BUILDING BLOCKS ATOM, CELL, MOLECULE, PROTEIN
- GREEN: SHOPPING FOR A BABY BOTTLE, CRIB, MOBILE, RATTLE
- BLUE: OBJECTS PLAYED AS INSTRUMENTS JUG, SAW, SPOONS, WASHBOARD
- PURPLE: ___ LABEL DOG, FROZEN, PHONE, PRICE
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.
