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…
- LIONS
- TIGERS
- BEARS
- OH MY
- DEAR
- JAYS
- BILLS
- USE
- BYE
- BEES
- PLEASE
- CLOSE
- TIGHT
- GIMME
- EASE
- INTIMATE
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Follow the Yellow Brick Road
- GREEN: Companion
- BLUE: Letter soundalikes
- PURPLE: Big, big, big tunes
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: “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”
- GREEN: BELOVED, AS A FRIEND
- BLUE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS
- PURPLE: WHEN TRIPLED, HIT SONG TITLES
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 #562, are…
- YELLOW: “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!” BEARS, LIONS, OH MY, TIGERS
- GREEN: BELOVED, AS A FRIEND CLOSE, DEAR, INTIMATE, TIGHT
- BLUE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS BEES, EASE, JAYS, USE
- PURPLE: WHEN TRIPLED, HIT SONG TITLES BILLS, BYE, GIMME, PLEASE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I’m sure I wasn’t alone in thinking that at least one of the groups today was about sports. This hunch was made even stronger by the fact that the LIONS and TIGERS are both Detroit teams.
The Lion we were looking for, though, was the cowardly one that leaps into the path of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz as they fret about the existence of “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”
NSYNC and boy bands in general are a bit of a musical blindspot for me, so I missed BYE in the song titles, using a mistake on USE (although on reflection “Use Use Use Your Imagination” by Gorgon City would be a little obscure).
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES EWE, U, YEW, YOU
- GREEN: NECKLINES BOAT, CREW, SCOOP, V
- BLUE: WAYS TO EXPRESS 1,000 GRAND, K, M, THOU
- PURPLE: SUPER 8, BOWL, GLUE, TUESDAY