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. 433) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- TONGUE
- BAND
- RANCH
- NECK
- FRENCH
- LANGUAGE
- DRESSING
- HUT
- BANDAGE
- HANDYMAN
- TURN OFF
- SCISSORS
- SPEECH
- KISS
- PRAIRIE
- DIALECT
NYT Connections Today (Game #433) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Say something?
- Green: Fooling around
- Blue: First aid kit
- Purple: Apartments
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 #433) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VOICE COMMUNICATION
- GREEN: CANOODLE
- BLUE: FIRST AID KIT ITEMS
- PURPLE: HOUSE STYLES
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. 433) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections Game No. 433 are…
- 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
- My rating: Simply
- My result: Perfect
This is an easy game even by the newer Connections standards (which tend to go for the easier stuff anyway). Proof is the fact that I solved Lila, supposedly the hardest, first — although I had some help with it. That’s because house styles were also the subject of another NYT word game, Strands, just a few days ago — so CRAFTSMAN, COTTAGE, and RANCH were all still fresh in my mind. PRAIRIE admittedly didn’t feature in this game, but it wasn’t too much of a mental effort to put it together with the others.
The other three groups weren’t particularly difficult either, so I solved that pretty quickly and postponed my thoughts until another day.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, August 16, Game #432)
- YELLOW: MEH AVERAGE, FAIR, OK, SO-SO
- GREEN: ABBREVIATIONS OF US STATES HELLO, MA, OR, PA
- BLUE: BOOT TYPES Ankle, Cowboy, Go-Go, Thigh High
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT GO DOWN AND UP Elevator, sun, tide, yo-yo
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.