I found Sunday's Connections to be another fairly easy one, but if you disagree then scroll down for my hints.
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 #427) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CHAMP
- I
- ON
- SHIP
- BEST
- CRAFT
- MUSSEL
- GOAT
- HARE
- LEGEND
- ABOUT
- NAVAL
- BARGE
- TOWARD
- CONCERNING
- VESSEL
NYT Connections today (game #427) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: King of the seas
- Green: Superstar
- Blue: Relating to a subject
- Purple: Sounds like a body part
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 #427) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LARGE BOAT
- GREEN: ALL-TIME GREAT
- BLUE: REGARDING
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF BODY FEATURES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #427) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #427, are…
- YELLOW: LARGE BOAT BARGE, CRAFT, SHIP, VESSEL
- GREEN: ALL-TIME GREAT BEST, CHAMP, GOAT, LEGEND
- BLUE: REGARDING ABOUT, CONCERNING, ON, TOWARD
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF BODY FEATURES HARE, I, MUSSEL, NAVAL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Either it's been a very easy week in Connections, or I've been in a groove. I suspect more of the former than the latter, because I've not been excelling in Wordle, particularly. But in Connections at least, it's been easy going.
Today's puzzle has one more difficult group, as is usually the case, in the form of purple. This is a homophones type, which can be hard to identify but which are usually not too bad to solve once you realize what's going on. But if you're like me you won't have needed to solve it anyway, as the other three were all very simple synonyms. I'm almost hoping for a really difficult one, now!
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 10 August, game #426)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED DEVIL, MARS, ROSE, STRAWBERRY
- GREEN: BE IN COMMISSION FUNCTION, OPERATE, RUN, WORK
- BLUE: MICROSOFT PRODUCTS EDGE, OFFICE, TEAMS, WINDOWS
- PURPLE: BIOPICS BLONDE, JOBS, MILK, VICE
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.
