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…
- APPLE
- LIME
- YELLOW
- FACE
- NOSE
- FRONT
- RHINE
- AMAZON
- SURFACE
- GIFT
- ORACLE
- BRIM
- INSTINCT
- INTUIT
- OUTSIDE
- FLAIR
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Natural gift
- Green: Outsiders
- Blue: Silicon Valley
- Purple: Think like a rock
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: APTITUDE
- GREEN: EXTERIOR
- BLUE: TECH COMPANIES
- PURPLE: __STONE
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 #543, are…
- YELLOW: APTITUDE FLAIR, GIFT, INSTINCT, NOSE
- GREEN: EXTERIOR FACE, FRONT, OUTSIDE, SURFACE
- BLUE: TECH COMPANIES AMAZON, APPLE, INTUIT, ORACLE
- PURPLE: __STONE BRIM, LIME, RHINE, YELLOW
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Today’s lesson from NYT? Don’t ignore what’s in FRONT of your FACE.
I got BLUE first today, but it cost me a mistake. My first thought whenever I see the word APPLE is the popular purveyor of laptops and phones. However, seeing it alongside LIME, I initially wondered if I should be considering pies — there’s also FACE Pie, but where is the pesky fourth word? Intuit doesn’t fit with pies but they are the company behind QuickBooks, so maybe this is a tech answer after all — sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one.
It took me three attempts to get GREEN — mainly overthinking that I was looking for words connected to boxes or packaging. From here I used my natural GIFT for random guesswork to land YELLOW and shamefully clicked on the remaining four tiles without knowing what the theme was — despite RHINEstone Cowboy being one of my favorite songs. Not my finest 15 minutes.
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- YELLOW: STEER DIRECT, GUIDE, LEAD, SHEPHERD
- GREEN: THINGS WITH NEEDLE/S COMPASS, PINE TREE, SEWING KIT, TURNTABLE
- BLUE: FIGURES IN GREEK MYTH ATLAS, ECHO, HELEN, PAN
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR LAVATORY CANDLE, JOHNSON, LOOFAH, TOILETRIES