Why not start the week with a game of the NYT's Connections word game? It's usually difficult, always good fun, and there are hints for it below if you need them.
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 #421) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- BIRTHDAY
- CANDY
- GET IT
- THANK YOU
- CONTACT
- WITNESS
- HACK IT
- SEE
- SHADOW
- MAKE DO
- GET WELL
- UNDERSTAND
- MANAGE
- CAPISCE
- GET BY
- CONGRATULATIONS
NYT Connections today (game #421) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: You'll be OK
- Green: Dear…
- Blue: Follow me?
- Purple: 'optical organ' blank
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 #421) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SURVIVE
- GREEN: KINDS OF GREETING CARDS
- BLUE: ARE WE CLEAR?
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “EYE”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #421) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #421, are…
- YELLOW: SURVIVE GET BY, HACK IT, MAKE DO, MANAGE
- GREEN: KINDS OF GREETING CARDS BIRTHDAY, CONGRATULATIONS, GET WELL, THANK YOU
- BLUE: ARE WE CLEAR? CAPISCE, GET IT, SEE, UNDERSTAND
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “EYE” CANDY, CONTACT, SHADOW, WITNESS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today's Connections is a surprisingly uncomplicated one. Three of the groups are really obvious and only the purple 'words after "eye"' one is truly challenging. But there's a good chance you won't need to worry about solving that one anyway.
The pivotal group is probably blue, because that's the second most difficult. However, the presence in that group of CAPISCE makes it easier, because there's not really many ways that word can be used. Once you spotted the likes of UNDERSTAND it will have been clear what that group was, meaning you'll have been left with purple to solve by default with no brain power required.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 4 August, game #420)
- YELLOW: KIDDO BUDDY, CHAMP, SPORT, TIGER
- GREEN: UP FOR IT AMENABLE, DOWN, GAME, WILLING
- BLUE: BEGINNING WITH DOUBLE LETTERS AARDVARK, EERIE, LLAMA, OOZE
- PURPLE: NICKNAMES FOR THE SEA, WITH “THE” BLUE, BRINY, DEEP, DRINK
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.
