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 Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #463) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
CACTUS
BOTTLE
MUSHROOM
CHEESE
SUPREME
GRADUATE
HEDGEHOG
PINEAPPLE
CORN
SALARY
PAP
PRINCIPAL
CHIEF
MACE
PREMIER
MUSH
NYT Connections today (game #463) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Most important
Green: Has pointy bits
Blue: Will have you crying your eyes out
Purple: They all have a top to them?
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 #463) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: FOREMOST
GREEN: SPIKY THINGS
BLUE: OVERLY SENTIMENTAL WORK
PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE CAPPED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #463) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #463, are…
YELLOW: FOREMOST CHIEF, PREMIER, PRINCIPAL, SUPREME
GREEN: SPIKY THINGS CACTUS, HEDGEHOG, MACE, PINEAPPLE
BLUE: OVERLY SENTIMENTAL WORK CHEESE, CORN, MUSH, PAP
PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE CAPPED BOTTLE, GRADUATE, MUSHROOM, SALARY
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
I’m a big fan of two of today’s Connections groups. I love green, SPIKY THINGS, partly because HEDGEHOGs are just great, right? But also because I like the idea of a hedgehog being in a group with a MACE, a CACTUS and a PINEAPPLE. It amuses me for some reason.
Meanwhile, purple – which I didn’t solve except by default – is a clever one, challenging players to work out that these are all THINGS THAT ARE CAPPED. I’m glad that I didn’t need to work that one out myself.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 15 September, game #462)
YELLOW: RESIDE DWELL, INHABIT, LIVE, STAY
GREEN: DECREASE DECLINE, DROP, DWINDLE, EBB
BLUE: DOOFUS CLOWN, DWEEB, SAP, TURKEY
PURPLE: MEMBER OF A SEPTET DWARF, SEA, SIN, WONDER
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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