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 #466) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CHAMPAGNE
- SUPER
- NOVA
- REUNION
- BIRTHDAY
- NATURE
- NICE
- COCKTAIL
- ANGERS
- EXTRA
- SURPRISE
- MASTERPIECE
- HYPER
- FRONTLINE
- OVER
- DINNER
NYT Connections today (game #466) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Exaggerated start
- Green: Celebration type
- Blue: TV shows
- Purple: Gallic locations
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 #466) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PREFIX MEANING “VERY”
- GREEN: KINDS OF PARTIES
- BLUE: PBS SHOWS
- PURPLE: PLACES IN FRANCE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #466) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #466, are…
- YELLOW: PREFIX MEANING “VERY” EXTRA, HYPER, OVER, SUPER
- GREEN: KINDS OF PARTIES BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER, SURPRISE
- BLUE: PBS SHOWS FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, NATURE, NOVA
- PURPLE: PLACES IN FRANCE ANGERS, CHAMPAGNE, NICE, REUNION
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Today's Connections really got my brain working – which, I guess, is the intention. Green – KINDS OF PARTIES – was not a difficult one, with BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER and SURPRISE standing out, but I found yellow and blue harder. The problem was largely one of misdirection, with NOVA and SUPER and HYPER all sounding like they could go together, but eventually I settled on the PREFIX MEANING “VERY” angle and solved yellow.
That left blue and purple, and here I was stuck. Maybe if I watched US TV I'd have had a better chance with PBS SHOWS, but I'm in the UK and so I'm not really aware of the likes of MASTERPIECE and FRONTLINE. My attention was instead focused on ANGERS – an odd word for Connections, and one that didn't appear to go with anything else. But the word NICE was also nagging away at me, and I knew that CHAMPAGNE is a French place too, so put them together with REUNION and ANGERS and solved purple.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 18 September, game #465)
- YELLOW: GATHERING SPOT OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE DECK, PORCH, STOOP, YARD
- GREEN: LOWDOWN DISH, DOPE, INFO, SCOOP
- BLUE: KINDS OF REELS BLOOPER, DEMO, HIGHLIGHT, SIZZLE
- PURPLE: CARTOON DOGS MINUS “Y” DROOP, GOOF, LAD, SNOOP
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.
