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…
IDEABOOMPACKINGDOLLYSKATEBOARDGAFFERWAGONBEST BOYDUCTSPIKEELECTRICALSTABLESRISEROLLERBLADEKRONERSURGE
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Sharp increaseGreen: Round and round they goBlue: VHS is anotherPurple: Do you do your shopping at detail chairs?
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: UPSWINGGREEN: THINGS WITH WHEELSBLUE: KINDS OF TAPEPURPLE: RETAIL CHAINS WITH A LETTER CHANGED
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 #507, are…
YELLOW: UPSWING BOOM, RISE, SPIKE, SURGEGREEN: THINGS WITH WHEELS DOLLY, ROLLERBLADE, SKATEBOARD, WAGONBLUE: KINDS OF TAPE DUCT, ELECTRICAL, GAFFER, PACKINGPURPLE: RETAIL CHAINS WITH A LETTER CHANGED BEST BOY, IDEA, KRONER, STABLES
My rating: ModerateMy score: 1 mistake
I was at a distinct disadvantage today compared to some people, because I don’t live in the United States and have never heard of KROGER, and therefore didn’t recognize that it was part of the RETAIL CHAINS WITH A LETTER CHANGED group, with its equivalent word being KRONER. If I had known that then maybe I’d have placed it with BEST BOY (BEST BUY), IDEA (IKEA) and STABLES (STAPLES) in what was undoubtedly a very tough purple group today.
The others were not exactly easy either, but I did solve them all after a fair bit of thought. Blue – KINDS OF TAPE – was the first I got and was arguably simpler than UPSWING (yellow). Green was somewhere in-between – I knew that ROLLERBLADE and SKATEBOARD probably went together, but initially put DOLLY with GAFFER, BEST BOY and BOOM as things that you get on a film set. This was wrong, but I persevered and got the connection eventually, without needing to worry about that dastardly purple.
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YELLOW: IN PRISTINE CONDITION MINT, NEW, ORIGINAL, UNUSEDGREEN: MEDICAL ROLES ATTENDING, FELLOW, INTERN, RESIDENTBLUE: SINGULAR NOUN IN A FAMOUS “JULIUS CAESAR” LINE COUNTRYMAN, EAR, FRIEND, ROMANPURPLE: ___ SQUARE PERFECT, POCKET, TIMES, TOWN
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.