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…
- QUACK
- GOBBLE
- THANKS
- GIVING
- FAT
- TACO
- BOLT
- PRAISE
- SUPER
- CREDIT
- CON
- DOWN
- CHEAT
- SCARF
- FAKE
- RECOGNITION
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Well done!
- Green: Not what they seem
- Blue: Devour
- Purple: Black [weekday]
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: APPRECIATION
- GREEN: FRAUDSTER
- BLUE: EAT VORACIOUSLY
- PURPLE: ___ TUESDAY
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 #536, are…
- YELLOW: APPRECIATION CREDIT, PRAISE, RECOGNITION, THANKS
- GREEN: FRAUDSTER CHEAT, CON, FAKE, QUACK
- BLUE: EAT VORACIOUSLY BOLT, DOWN, GOBBLE, SCARF
- PURPLE: ___ TUESDAY FAT, GIVING, SUPER, TACO
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US! And er, happy Black Friday Eve to everyone else. Inevitably, the NYT threw in some misdirection on the grid today, placing QUACK, GOBBLE, THANKS and GIVING as the first four words on the top row.
But of course this was a red herring. QUACK went with CHEAT, CON and FAKE for the green group (FRAUDSTER), while GOBBLE was grouped with BOLT, DOWN and SCARF for the timely EAT VORACIOUSLY (blue).
Yellow, as is usually the case, was simpler still – APPRECIATION was simply a bunch of synonyms including the aforementioned THANKS, which meant I didn’t need to solve the hardest purple group. This included GIVING, which formed a group of the blank kind with FAT, SUPER and TACO. The connection was apparently ___ TUESDAY, but given that SUPER TUESDAY was the only one of the four I’ve heard of, there was no way I was ever going to get that.
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- YELLOW: NOT WORKING RELIABLY BUGGY, ERRATIC, GLITCHY, SPOTTY
- GREEN: CAR PARTS BUMPER, GRILLE, MIRROR, RIM
- BLUE: WHAT A SITTER MIGHT SIT BABY, HOUSE, PET, PLANT
- PURPLE: ___ BAND BOY, RUBBER, TRIBUTE, WEDDING