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. 444) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- MARTINI
- TEETH
- HUMOR
- PENDULUM
- STEPS
- Teabags
- CLIMBING EQUIPMENT
- TETHERBALL
- ABSTINENTS
- SLIDE
- BOOMERS
- DESERT
- SWING
- JO-JO
- ROCKING
- BLUES
NYT Connections Today (Game #444) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Have fun, kids
- Green: Just hang!
- Blue: Not wet
- Purple: (word for small child) empty
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 #444) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
- GREEN: FOUND AT THE END OF A CORD/CABLE
- BLUE: DESCRIBED AS DRY
- PURPLE: BABY ___
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. 444) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections Game No. 444 are…
- YELLOW: PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT Climbing frame, slide, swing, seesaw
- GREEN: FOUND AT THE END OF A CORD/CABLE PENDULUM, TEA BAG, TETHERBALL, JO-JO
- BLUE: DESCRIBED AS DRY DESERT, HUMOR, MARTINI, EXHAUST
- PURPLE: BABY ___ BLUES, BOOMER, STEPS, TEETH
- My rating: Moderate
- My result: 1 error
Blank-style connections are often the ones that catch me off guard. In hindsight, the connection included today – BABY (BLANK) – should have been easy. After all, baby boomers, baby steps, baby blues and baby teeth are all established expressions. But in the heat of the connections battle, these links just didn’t come to mind.
Still, it didn’t do me any harm today. Yellow – playground equipment – was easy, and both green and blue were convenient solutions after some thought.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, August 27, Game #443)
- YELLOW: EXPLOSIVE NOISE BOOM, CRASH, ROAR, THUNDER
- GREEN: CHILI QUALITY FIRE, HEAT, KICK, SPICE
- BLUE: CLASSIC BARBERSHOP SUPPLIES Brush, cape, hair clipper, gel
- PURPLE: CARD TYPES BASEBALL, MAGIC, SET, TAROT
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.