NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Thursday, November 14 (game #522)

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.

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

  • GRAIN
  • DRAIN
  • TOTAL
  • CUBE
  • SYRUP
  • SHRED
  • SIGNATURE
  • SAP
  • JAM
  • TAX
  • POWDER
  • ROCK
  • EMPTY
  • GROOVE
  • TIP
  • EXHAUST

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…

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.

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.


  • 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

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