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 Strands hints and answers, Quordle hints and answers and Wordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too. And you might need them for the latter at least, because today's Wordle is so difficult it nearly cost me my 1,045-game streak.
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 #522) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- GRAIN
- DRAIN
- TOTAL
- CUBE
- SYRUP
- SHRED
- SIGNATURE
- SAP
- JAM
- TAX
- POWDER
- ROCK
- EMPTY
- GROOVE
- TIP
- EXHAUST
NYT Connections today (game #522) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Use up
- Green: I'm really feeling this, man
- Blue: Service not included
- Purple: The sweetest thing
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 #522) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DEPLETE
- GREEN: PLAY MUSIC WITH PASSION
- BLUE: WORDS ON A RESTAURANT RECEIPT
- PURPLE: FORMS OF SUGAR
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #522) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #522, are…
- YELLOW: DEPLETE DRAIN, EMPTY, EXHAUST, SAP
- GREEN: PLAY MUSIC WITH PASSION GROOVE, JAM, ROCK, SHRED
- BLUE: WORDS ON A RESTAURANT RECEIPT SIGNATURE, TAX, TIP, TOTAL
- PURPLE: FORMS OF SUGAR CUBE, GRAIN, POWDER, SYRUP
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This is probably one of the easiest Connections games we've had in a few weeks. The first couple of groups, yellow and green, were obvious collections of synonyms, while blue was not much harder; it doesn't take a genius to spot that TAX, TIP and TOTAL go together, and in that context SIGNATURE is an easy addition. Would I have got purple, FORMS OF SUGAR, if not by default? We'll never know for sure, but I suspect that if the other three hadn't been so simple I might have put POWDER and GRAIN together at least, then built from there. I'm not complaining, of course – I've had a couple of failures lately, so I'll take every victory I get, even if it wasn't a particularly challenging game.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 13 November, game #521)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW CANARY, LEMON, MINION, MUSTARD
- GREEN: BUILDING ADD-ONS ADDITION, ANNEX, EXTENSION, WING
- BLUE: CONCERNS FOR A DENTIST CALCULUS, CAVITY, PLAQUE, TARTAR
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SEEM LONGER WRITTEN THAN SPOKEN COLONEL, PHARAOH, WEDNESDAY, WORCESTERSHIRE
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.
