Today's Connections puzzle is a little easier than the previous couple, although that's not saying a lot; it's still hard, for sure. There are hints 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 #414) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- GUTTER
- WHALE
- ТЕАРОТ
- DOME
- FISH
- BOWL
- JUSTICE
- ALLEY
- SOLFEGE
- COURT
- FOUNTAIN
- LANE
- COLISEUM
- LIBRA
- DRIVE
- ARENA
NYT Connections today (game #414) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Sport places
- Green: Area name additions
- Blue: Reptiles have them
- Purple: Pour one out for these
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 #414) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STADIUMS
- GREEN: STREET SUFFIXES
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SCALES
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH SPOUTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #414) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #414, are…
- YELLOW: STADIUMS ARENA, BOWL, COLISEUM, DOME
- GREEN: STREET SUFFIXES ALLEY, COURT, DRIVE, LANE
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SCALES FISH, JUSTICE, LIBRA, SOLFEGE
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH SPOUTS FOUNTAIN, GUTTER, TEAPOT, WHALE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Watch out for lots of classic misdirection in today's Connections. The NYT threw in three potentials for 'bowling' – ALLEY, LANE, GUTTER – and three potentials for something law-related (JUSTICE, COURT, LIBRA) but neither of those groupings were real answers, so you'll have needed your wits about you to avoid failure.
I'm particularly pleased to have spotted the 'things with spouts' group, because it's purple and I rarely solve this other than by default. Instead, the default group for me was the blue 'scales' connection, where I was slightly hampered by not knowing the word SOLFEGE (it's something to do with music, apparently).
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 28 July, game #413)
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A BOOK COVER, JACKET, PAGE, SPINE
- GREEN: CAT COAT PATTERNS CALICO, TABBY, TORTOISESHELL, TUXEDO
- BLUE: NERVOUSNESS, IN THE SINGULAR BUTTERFLY, JITTER, NERVE, WILLY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH VEGETABLES BEETHOVEN, CORNUCOPIA, KALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK
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.
