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 and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
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…
- TIDY
- ALA
- HANDSOME
- ELDER
- SPRUCE
- LIKE
- PINE
- MISS
- HEALTHY
- ROUGHLY
- ARK
- PALM
- ABOUT
- RESPECTABLE
- ORE
- AROUND
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Generally similar
- GREEN: Evergreens
- BLUE: A decent portion
- PURPLE: Four of the 50
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: APPROXIMATELY
- GREEN: TREES
- BLUE: SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNT
- PURPLE: U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDE
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 #564, are…
- YELLOW: APPROXIMATELY ABOUT, AROUND, LIKE, ROUGHLY
- GREEN: TREES ELDER, PALM, PINE, SPRUCE
- BLUE: SIZABLE, AS AN AMOUNT HANDSOME, HEALTHY, RESPECTABLE, TIDY
- PURPLE: U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDE ALA, ARK, MISS, ORE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
I wasted time today thinking HANDSOME, HEALTHY and SPRUCE were somehow connected – I was imagining some shaving gel commercial featuring some buff man with a chiseled jaw admiring himself in the mirror and thinking how, erm, ARK he is. Sometimes when you can’t find the fourth word it’s for a good reason.
After seeing the tree link, I got there in the end – although those state abbreviations were far from obvious and I would never have got them if it wasn’t for the fact that they were the final Purple four. We still click on those last four words like we knew all along though, right? Yeah, yeah U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS, PER AP STYLE GUIDE, yeah, yeah, I knew that.
- YELLOW: CELESTIAL OBJECTS COMET, MOON, PLANET, STAR
- GREEN: ARCHERS CUPID, HAWKEYE, ROBIN HOOD, SAGITTARIUS
- BLUE: FEMALE ANIMALS JENNY, NANNY, QUEEN, VIXEN
- PURPLE: “S.N.L.” CAST MEMBERS FEY, RUDOLPH, SHANNON, STRONG