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.
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PIPE
- PHRASE
- JUG
- PASSAGE
- LEAK
- LETTER
- WASTE
- WHISTLE
- NICK
- CRACK
- RECORDER
- WORD
- HOLE
- SANDS
- SENTENCE
- PUNCTURE
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Unwanted opening
- Green: Text construction
- Blue: Just put your lips together, and blow
- Purple: Blank [phrase concerning duration]
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…
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FISSURE
- GREEN: ELEMENTS OF WRITING
- BLUE: INSTRUMENTS YOU BLOW INTO
- PURPLE: ___ OF TIME
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today’s Connections, game #523, are…
- YELLOW: FISSURE CRACK, HOLE, LEAK, PUNCTURE
- GREEN: ELEMENTS OF WRITING LETTER, PHRASE, SENTENCE, WORD
- BLUE: INSTRUMENTS YOU BLOW INTO JUG, PIPE, RECORDER, WHISTLE
- PURPLE: ___ OF TIME NICK, PASSAGE, SANDS, WASTE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Sometimes a Connections group is so simple you can’t believe that it could possibly be the answer. Take green today – ELEMENTS OF WRITING. I spotted LETTER, PHRASE, SENTENCE and WORD very early on, but hovered my finger over the submit button because it seemed too easy. In the end I decided to try it anyway – I had all four guesses left, after all – and was more surprised when they proved to be correct than if they had been wrong. Yellow was about as easy and blue only slightly more so, meaning I didn’t need to worry about the more difficult blank-format purple group.
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- 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