And so Connections reaches the landmark of 400 games. Will it do a Wordle and still be going past 1,000? Hard to say, but given its popularity it seems likely. Today's game is a potentially difficult one, which is to say it's roughly in line with the 399 before it!
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 #400) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- BELIEVE
- HANDLE
- MOUNT
- SHOW
- BASE
- BLUFF
- АССЕРТ
- STAND
- FRONT
- FIFTH
- BRACKET
- TRUST
- PINT
- BUY
- SHAM
- LITER
NYT Connections today (game #400) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Trust it
- Green: On the face of it
- Blue: Screen security
- Purple: Measure up
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 #400) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REGARD AS TRUE
- GREEN: FACADE
- BLUE: WAYS TO SECURE A TV
- PURPLE: LIQUOR BOTTLE SIZES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #400) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #400, are…
- YELLOW: REGARD AS TRUE ACCEPT, BELIEVE, BUY, TRUST
- GREEN: FACADE BLUFF, FRONT, SHAM, SHOW
- BLUE: WAYS TO SECURE A TV BASE, BRACKET, MOUNT, STAND
- PURPLE: LIQUOR BOTTLE SIZES FIFTH, HANDLE, LITER, PINT
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
TIL that a HANDLE of liquor is a thing – and the fact that I didn't know it before today explains why I needed two hints here. In my defence, this was the purple group, so the most difficult of the four. I didn't know that at the time, of course, but if I had then I probably would have left it to the end, rather than tackling it at the start.
After failing twice (guessing that SHAM and then BASE, might be liquor measurements), I moved elsewhere and everything got a little easier. Yellow, 'regard as true', was much more straightforward, ditto green 'facade'. By this point I had only eight words left, of which three were still the liquor sizes, and it was a simple task to extract the four that were needed for 'ways to secure a TV base'.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 14 July, game #399)
- YELLOW: SLENDER PROJECTIONS POINT, PRONG, TINE, TIP
- GREEN: CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIBLES FAIR, FINE, GOOD, MINT
- BLUE: PROFESSION BUSINESS, FIELD, LINE, TRADE
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “NUT” BRAZIL, BUTTER, DOUGH, PINE
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.
