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 #446) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- GOLD
- CUBE
- TEMPLE
- FENCE
- MACHINE
- BOX
- SEQUIN
- CREAM
- DIAMOND
- LIGHTHOUSE
- ROW
- PYRAMID
- DIVE
- STORM
- GLITTER
- GARDENS
NYT Connections today (game #446) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Light spreaders
- Green: What people in some specific sporting events do
- Blue: Ancient marvels
- Purple: [cold thing] 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 #446) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPARKLING THINGS
- GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS
- BLUE: WONDERS OF THE WORLD
- PURPLE: ICE ___ CREAM, CUBE, MACHINE, STORM
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #446) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #446, are…
- YELLOW: SPARKLING THINGS DIAMOND, GLITTER, GOLD, SEQUIN
- GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS BOX, DIVE, FENCE, ROW
- BLUE: WONDERS OF THE WORLD GARDENS, LIGHTHOUSE, PYRAMID, TEMPLE
- PURPLE: ICE ___ CREAM, CUBE, MACHINE, STORM
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Fail
Guess what? Yes, that's right – it's another FAIL. Another one! This is getting ridiculous. I am starting to reach the point at which I can't continue to write this column, because nobody is going to have any faith at all in what I say. Why would you trust my clues when I repeatedly prove to be a LOSER? I'll keep going for a while longer, but there are only so many failures I can take without my confidence being entirely destroyed by this ordeal.
Is today's that hard? Well, I've described it as 'moderate', because in hindsight it is solvable. The one that tripped me up was ICE [BLANK], partly because it didn't accept ICE BOX, even though that is a thing. So I guessed three times with various combinations of that plus CUBE, MACHINE, STORM and CREAM, but didn't get the correct four.
That aside, I was pleased to get the 'ancient wonders' blue group, but I'm annoyed at myself for not spotting that FENCE, BOX, ROW and DIVE are all Olympic pursuits – but then again, the Olympics were weeks ago now, I'd forgotten about all that…
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, 29 August, game #445)
- YELLOW: KINDS OF PIANOS ELECTRONIC, GRAND, PLAYER, UPRIGHT
- GREEN: DEEM CONSIDER, COUNT, JUDGE, REGARD
- BLUE: U.S. COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES BROWN, DUKE, HOWARD, SMITH
- PURPLE: SECOND NAMES IN COMPANIES WITH AMPERSANDS GAMBLE, JOHNSON, NOBLE, YOUNG
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.
