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…
- PLAY
- BAY
- STIR
- CHAIN
- TREE
- STREAM
- BARK
- RUN
- HOWL
- GARNISH
- AIR
- PYRAMID
- MUDDLE
- LADDER
- SNARL
- STRAIN
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Woof!
- Green: YouTube verbs
- Blue: Things you might do in a specific kind of bar
- Purple: Command structures
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: SOUND LIKE A DOG
- GREEN: BROADCAST, AS ONLINE MEDIA
- BLUE: COCKTAIL-MAKING VERBS
- PURPLE: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, METAPHORICALLY
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 #528, are…
- YELLOW: SOUND LIKE A DOG BARK, BAY, HOWL, SNARL
- GREEN: BROADCAST, AS ONLINE MEDIA AIR, PLAY, RUN, STREAM
- BLUE: COCKTAIL-MAKING VERBS GARNISH, MUDDLE, STIR, STRAIN
- PURPLE: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, METAPHORICALLY CHAIN, LADDER, PYRAMID, TREE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
I seem to be making quite the habit of guessing groups with one connection in mind, only to get it right even though the answers were all linked by something different. I had two of those today: purple and blue, although in both cases I was halfway there.
Taking purple first, I put PYRAMID, LADDER and CHAIN together as things that humans might form into. I tried MUDDLE along with them – don’t judge me, it was just a guess – and when that was wrong turned to TREE, which proved to be correct. I was on the right lines: the actual connection was ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, METAPHORICALLY.
For blue, I had a feeling that GARNISH, STIR and STRAIN went together as things you did to food, and thought maybe MUDDLE was also connected; do you muddle a salad maybe? Maybe not! But it was right anyway, though the connection was actually COCKTAIL-MAKING VERBS. Lucky me.
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- YELLOW: AREA OF EXPERTISE CONCENTRATION, FIELD, FOCUS, SPECIALTY
- GREEN: WAYS TO UNLOCK A DEVICE FACE, FINGERPRINT, PASSWORD, PIN
- BLUE: PASTA SHAPES EAR, ELBOW, RIBBON, WHEEL
- PURPLE: DOUBLE ___ AGENT, DRIBBLE, JEOPARDY, STANDARD