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 #514) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
STOP
POEM
DIFFERENT
MESSAGE
NEW
NOVEL
YARDSTICK
FURNITURE
PLAY
TEXT
BIPED
RECORD
CORRESPOND
ORIGINAL
PAUSE
WRITE
NYT Connections today (game #514) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Or they could be on a VCR (if you’re old enough to remember those)
Green: Not seen before
Blue: Tell someone what you think
Purple: They can’t all walk, despite the thing they have in common
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 #514) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: DVR BUTTONS
GREEN: GROUNDBREAKING
BLUE: COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING
PURPLE: THINGS WITH FEET
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #514) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #514, are…
YELLOW: DVR BUTTONS PAUSE, PLAY, RECORD, STOP
GREEN: GROUNDBREAKING DIFFERENT, NEW, NOVEL, ORIGINAL
BLUE: COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING CORRESPOND, MESSAGE, TEXT, WRITE
PURPLE: THINGS WITH FEET BIPED, FURNITURE, POEM, YARDSTICK
My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect
I lost my Connections streak yesterday, so it was good to get back on track today. I was helped by a couple of pretty simple ones for yellow and green. The first of those was DVR BUTTONS, though it could easily have been buttons on a VCR or DVD or stereo or whatever. The second was GROUNDBREAKING, with answers of DIFFERENT, NEW, NOVEL and ORIGINAL. I nearly got tripped up by the final two, with POEM looking like it could potentially match with MESSAGE and TEXT, but putting those two with CORRESPOND and WRITE to form COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING made more sense, so I had no need to solve purple today.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 5 November, game #513)
YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE FUZZY CATERPILLAR, FLEECE, PEACH, PIPE CLEANER
GREEN: THINGS WITH SHELLS CLAM, EGG, NUT, TURTLE
BLUE: FIGURES IN “SHREK” DONKEY, DRAGON, OGRE, PRINCESS
PURPLE: MAGIC ___ CARPET, KINGDOM, MARKER, MUSHROOM
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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