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. 438) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- EGG
- STORY
- SUN
- SCREEN
- MOON
- SINK
- STRETCH
- POST
- GLOBE
- DECK
- SPEAKERS
- FLOOR
- TOILET PAPER
- MIRROR
- LEVEL
- PROJECTOR
NYT Connections Today (Game #438) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Movie stars
- Green: Vertically rising areas of a building
- Blue: read all about it
- Purple: Words for a mischievous prank
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 #438) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CLASSIC CINEMA EQUIPMENT
- GREEN: LEVEL
- BLUE: NEWSPAPER NAMES
- PURPLE: VERBS FOR PRANKS
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. 438) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #438 are…
- YELLOW: CLASSIC CINEMA EQUIPMENT PROJECTOR, REEL, SCREEN, SPEAKER
- GREEN: LEVEL DECK, FLOOR, LEVEL, STOREY
- BLUE: NEWSPAPER NAMES GLOBE, MIRROR, POST, SUN
- PURPLE: VERBS FOR PRANKS EGG, MOON, STRIPES, TOILET PAPER
- My rating: Moderate
- My result: 1 Note
I don’t want to complain every day about the differences between US English and UK English, but it would be nice if the New York Times could either avoid the ambiguity in this regard or find a technical solution to it. For example, in today’s edition of Connections, the word STORY appears. But it is not written there as a story, but as what we in the UK would call STOREY with an E. So the connection between this word and LEVEL, DECK and FLOOR occurred to me late, after I had been trying for ages to figure out what the fourth word for this green group could be.
So, enough ranting – aside from that problem, today’s game isn’t that bad, although I wouldn’t have thought of the purple group of prank verbs on my own. Then again, it’s been about 40 years since I was young enough to pull pranks like that (and I never did anyway because I was a shy nerd).
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, August 21, Game #437)
- YELLOW: COVER WITH A THICK LAYER CAKE, COATING, PLASTERING, SMEARING
- GREEN: INFLATED THINGS BALLOON, BASKETBALL, FLOATIE, TIRES
- BLUE: CHART TYPES bar, bubble, line, circle
- PURPLE: CLASSIC COCKTAILS Sparkling, Punch, Sling, Sour
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.