It's the start of a new month, but the same old connections we know and love. Today is a moderately difficult day, so take advantage of my suggestions below if you need 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 #417): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- THROW
- ROMANCE
- TUBE
- THROW
- CAST
- CREW
- PASSED
- SWEAT
- TRAVEL
- MARKET
- PUBLICITY HYPE
- FICTION
- SELL
- HUMOR
- ANKLE
- LAUNCH
Today's NYT Connections (Set #417): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Tell the world
- Green: A baseball player needs to do this
- Blue: Interested readers will know these
- Purple: White [item of clothing]
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 #417): Clue #2: Group Responses
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PROMOTE
- GREEN: LAUNCH
- BLUE: BOOKSTORE SECTIONS
- PURPLE: ___ SOCKS
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 #417): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 417, are…
- YELLOW: PROMOTE EXPLOSION, MARKET, LAUNCH, SELL
- GREEN: LAUNCH LAUNCH, LAUNCH, THROWING, LAUNCH
- BLUE: BOOKSTORE SECTIONS FICTION, HUMOR, ROMANCE, TRAVEL
- PURPLE: ___ SOCKS ANKLE, NET, SWEAT, TUBE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I'm not entirely sure why I found it so difficult to sort out the last two groups here, because the blue “bookstore sections” group was actually pretty simple in retrospect. But I got stuck on book genres, rather than thinking about “bookstore sections”, and decided that since ROMANCE and HUMOR are typically types of FICTION, the last word wouldn't be included in the group alongside them.
As is often the case, I overthought the matter, which is a shame, as the game had been going well up until then. Fortunately, I finally saw the [blank] Instead, the sock group was able to solve the book-related answer by default.
How did your day go? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, July 31, Issue #416)
- YELLOW: SCRAPE ROUGH, HOARSE, HUSKY, RUDE
- GREEN FINGERS SMALL, MEDIUM, POINTER, RING
- BLUE: BEER STYLES AMBER, PORTER, SOUR, STOUT
- PURPLE: FRENCH ___ BULLDOG, FRY, HORN, KISS
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.
