Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that requires you to sort answers into different categories. This can be tricky, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do when you’re done? Play some word games, of course. I also have daily articles with tips and answers for Wordle, Strands and Quordle if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 434) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- NERD
- GRUMP
- SLEEP
- WHAT IF
- SAY
- DO
- STIMULANTS
- RUN
- SLEEP
- KISS
- ASSUME
- ALARM
- HOUR
- PERHAPS
- SET TIME
- GIANT PAPER
NYT Connections Today (Game #434) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Wake-up call
- Green: This could happen
- Blue: Sweet treats
- Purple: Seven Dwarf
Need more advice?
Now we’re moving into the spoiler zone, but read on if you want to know the four topic answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #434) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ALARM BUTTONS
- GREEN: “HERE IS A THOUGHT…”
- BLUE: CANDY PIECES
- PURPLE: SEVEN DWARFS WITHOUT A LAST LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, SO DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 434) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections Game No. 434 are…
- YELLOW: ALARM BUTTONS ALARM, HOUR, SNOOZE, SET TIME
- GREEN: “HERE IS A THOUGHT…” MAYBE, SAY, SUPPORT, WHAT IF
- BLUE: CANDY PIECES KISS, NERD, RUNT, WHOPPER
- PURPLE: SEVEN DWARFS WITHOUT A LAST LETTER DO, DO, MURME, SLEEP
- My rating: Hard
- My result: Fail
It’s been ages since I failed to solve a Connections puzzle, but that’s exactly what happened to me today – and I suspect it might happen to others too. However, the blue group, CANDY PIECES, may be much easier to solve in the US. I’m in the UK and have never heard of WHOPPER or RUNT in this context. I’ve heard of NERDs and KISSes, but neither are particularly common here and that connection never occurred to me.
As for Lila, the SEVEN DWARFS WITHOUT A LAST LETTER, I can only applaud the NYT for a clever puzzle that I could have solved, but was just too clever for me.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, August 17, Game #433)
- YELLOW: VOICE COMMUNICATION dialect, language, language
- GREEN: CANOODLE French, Kissing, Making Out, Neck
- BLUE: FIRST AID KIT ITEMS BANDAGE, BANDAGE, SCISSORS, ADHESIVE TAPE
- PURPLE: HOUSE STYLES HOLIDAY HOME, CRAFTSMAN, PRAIRIE, RANCH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. You have to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The upside is that you don’t technically have to solve the final puzzle, as you can solve it by process of elimination. Plus, you’re allowed to make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little wiggle room.
It is a bit more complicated than Wordle, however, and has many ways to trick you. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that could obscure the answers.
It can be played for free on desktop or mobile via the NYT Games site.