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 #449) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- RECORD
- STORE
- WEIRD
- REACTION
- STAMP
- STATION
- LETTER
- COMIC
- FUNNY
- COIN
- POST
- OFF
- POSITION
- CURIOUS
- JOB
NYT Connections today (game #449) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Strange
- Green: Role
- Blue: You might want lots of these
- Purple: [a thing that links] 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 #449) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PECULIAR
- GREEN: ASSIGNMENT
- BLUE: CLASSIC COLLECTION ITEMS
- PURPLE: CHAIN ___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #449) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #449, are…
- YELLOW: PECULIAR CURIOUS, FUNNY, OFF, WEIRD
- GREEN: ASSIGNMENT JOB, POSITION, POST, STATION
- BLUE: CLASSIC COLLECTION ITEMS COIN, COMIC, RECORD, STAMP
- PURPLE: CHAIN ___ LETTER, MAIL, REACTION, STORE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 mistake
Hurrah! You can not believe the relief I felt on solving today's Connections. I'm sure not everyone reading this column does so every day, so you won't necessarily be aware (or care), but before today I'd failed four Connections in a row, and eight out of the previous 15 games. It was becoming a disaster. But this one is not so bad, and I'm back on track.
As is often the case, the key was in solving purple early on. This is usually the most difficult of the four groups, and often involves a 'blank' answer as it did here. There was a fair bit of misdirection in place, with POST and STAMP among the answers with LETTER and MAIL, but ruling out POST as part of the 'assignment' group (green) pulled me away from that angle, and pointed me towards the CHAIN __ connection. With purple solved, and with green and yellow not too tricky, I didn't need to worry about blue at all.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 1 September, game #448)
- YELLOW: COOK IN A PAN BROWN, CHAR, GRILL, SEAR
- GREEN: PARTS OF THE EAR ANVIL, CANAL, DRUM, HAMMER
- BLUE: SHADES OF BLACK CHARCOAL, JET, RAVEN, SABLE
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND “A DRIVER” GOLF BAG, LIMOUSINE, MOVIE SET, TOOLBOX
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.
