Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
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 #601) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
MATCH
SHADE
CHALLENGE
CLUE
CONTEST
SUSPECT
CHORD
TONE
DEAL
HUE
DETECTIVE
QUESTION
POSE
ALIBI
DISPUTE
TINGE
NYT Connections today (game #601) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Colorful words
GREEN: Whodunnit?
BLUE: “.. and another thing”
PURPLE: Begin with two words that rhyme with biker
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #601) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: TINT
GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A MYSTERY
BLUE: TAKE ISSUE WITH
PURPLE: STRIKE A __
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #601) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #601, are…
YELLOW: TINT HUE, SHADE, TINGE, TONE
GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A MYSTERY ALIBI, CLUE, DETECTIVE, SUSPECT
BLUE: TAKE ISSUE WITH CHALLENGE, CONTEST, DISPUTE, QUESTION
PURPLE: STRIKE A __ CHORD, DEAL, MATCH, POSE
My rating: Moderate
My score: 2 mistakes
There were a couple of words today that crossed over and I struggled to narrow down TAKE ISSUE WITH, wasting two mistakes as I was including SUSPECT and POSE. Getting “One away” once is OK, but twice is annoying.
All this meant that I completed today’s Connections with a feeling that I’d been defeated – especially as I failed to spot the very gettable STRIKE A __ group.
That dust will have to stay on my shoulders until tomorrow.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, 31 January, game #600)
YELLOW: STORAGE CONTAINERS CASE, CHEST, CRATE, TRUNK
GREEN: SCHNOZZ BEAK, HONKER, SNOOT, SNOUT
BLUE: ONES WITH DISCERNING TASTES CONNOISSEUR, CRITIC, EXPERT, SNOB
PURPLE: STARTS OF SWIMMING STROKES BACK, BREAST, BUTTER, FREE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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