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.
NYT Connections today (game #537) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- ENDEAVOR
- CURB
- NATIONAL
- BOARDWALK
- HERTZ
- TWIN
- MOLE
- ENTERPRISE
- SILICON
- PROJECT
- TIGER
- VOLT
- GAME
- RAY
- SECOND
- VENTURE
NYT Connections today (game #537) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Thing being done
- Green: Ways of measuring
- Blue: A Giant would probably get this
- Purple: TRUE is another
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 #537) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: UNDERTAKING
- GREEN: UNITS
- BLUE: M.L.B. TEAM MEMBER
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF HBO SHOWS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #537) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #537, are…
- YELLOW: UNDERTAKING ENDEAVOR, ENTERPRISE, PROJECT, VENTURE
- GREEN: UNITS HERTZ, MOLE, SECOND, VOLT
- BLUE: M.L.B. TEAM MEMBER NATIONAL, RAY, TIGER, TWIN
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF HBO SHOWS BOARDWALK, CURB, GAME, SILICON
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
This was another of those games that hung on a knife-edge until I got very lucky with a guess and solved it with two attempts left. It had all started off well enough, with yellow (UNDERTAKING) and green (UNITS) both proving very easy. The latter, in particular, stood out to me right away thanks to the scientific nature of HERTZ and VOLT, although MOLE and SECOND were not quite so obvious.
After that, however, I got stuck. I simply could not see any kind of connection between the words. I searched in vain for even two words that could be linked and didn't find any. I lost two guesses playing fairly random groups then somehow got blue right on the third; it really was an entirely random guess and so incredibly fortunate. The connection, it turned out, was M.L.B. TEAM MEMBER, with NATIONAL, RAY, TIGER and TWIN, but I'd never have got that if not by luck. I've heard of the Yankees and that's about it! If Connections ever has a group about cricket (a far superior sport), though, I'll be all over it…
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, 28 November, game #536)
- YELLOW: APPRECIATION CREDIT, PRAISE, RECOGNITION, THANKS
- GREEN: FRAUDSTER CHEAT, CON, FAKE, QUACK
- BLUE: EAT VORACIOUSLY BOLT, DOWN, GOBBLE, SCARF
- PURPLE: ___ TUESDAY FAT, GIVING, SUPER, TACO
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.
