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 and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
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…
- SANDWICH
- CATERPILLAR
- SHOEHORN
- SEOUL
- SLUG
- WRAP
- WEDGE
- SOCK
- PUMA
- BELT
- METTLE
- DOVE
- INDY
- GREYHOUND
- BLOW
- SQUEEZE
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: So you wanna be a boxer?
- Green: No space left
- Blue: Branded creatures
- Purple: Sounds like sounds
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: PUNCH
- GREEN: CRAM
- BLUE: COMPANIES NAMED AFTER ANIMALS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF MUSIC GENRES
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 #546, are…
- YELLOW: PUNCH BELT, BLOW, SLUG, SOCK
- GREEN: CRAM SANDWICH, SHOEHORN, SQUEEZE, WEDGE
- BLUE: COMPANIES NAMED AFTER ANIMALS CATERPILLAR, DOVE, GREYHOUND, PUMA
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF MUSIC GENRES INDY, METTLE, SEOUL, WRAP
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today was one of those magical green-light days when Connections made perfect sense. Usually I’m floundering around for the fourth word, falling into the red herring traps, or failing to see the obvious before my eyes. But today it just clicked.
After watching Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson last month, I’m well versed in the rich variety of ways to describe hitting someone – or indeed not hitting someone. That led me to yellow, PUNCH, while green (CRAM) was only a little harder.
As always, blue and purple were harder, but having owned a pair back in the day, it was CATERPILLAR boots I thought of first before the multi-legged insect – making it easy to make the link with other COMPANIES NAMED AFTER ANIMALS with the addition of PUMA, GREYHOUND, and DOVE. Had I not been so familiar with the boot brand, I would have been looking for another insect to go along with SLUG.
- YELLOW: THINK OF TOGETHER AFFILIATE, ASSOCIATE, EQUATE, RELATE
- GREEN: WAYS TO ATTRACT FISH BAIT, CHUM, FLY, LURE
- BLUE: W.N.B.A. TEAMS LIBERTY, STORM, SUN, WINGS
- PURPLE: LONG___ BOW, FELLOW, HORN, LEGS