A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, February 17 (game #982).
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 Connections hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #983) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- HEAVY
- CRESTED
- BAD
- FEATHER
- FLY
- TEASE
- BANTAM
- TOPICAL
- CURL
- SOUR
- WICKED
- LEGHORN
- SHAVING
- CRIMP
- FREE-RANGE
- RAD
NYT Connections today (game #983) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Old school barber techniques
- GREEN: Words for a wannabe Fonz
- BLUE: Fowl types
- PURPLE: Add a milky word
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…
NYT Connections today (game #983) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: RETRO HAIR DIRECTIVES
- GREEN: RETRO SLANG FOR COOL
- BLUE: CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS
- PURPLE: ____ CREAM
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #983) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #983, are…
- YELLOW: RETRO HAIR DIRECTIVES CRIMP, CURL, FEATHER, TEASE
- GREEN: RETRO SLANG FOR COOL BAD, FLY, RAD, WICKED
- BLUE: CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS BANTAM, CRESTED, FREE-RANGE, LEGHORN
- PURPLE: ____ CREAM HEAVY, SHAVING, SOUR, TOPICAL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
After getting a mistake for connecting HEAVY, FLY, BANTAM and FEATHER, thinking they were all boxing weights, I decided that BANTAM must apply to birds and got CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS.
This, though, was not the end of my mistakes as, almost on the right track, I decided that BAD, RAD, HEAVY and SOUR were all old-fashioned slang words for serious. As soon as I got it wrong I saw the RETRO SLANG FOR COOL.
With just eight tiles left, RETRO HAIR DIRECTIVES was easier to spot, a good thing as I may have seen the link between SHAVING and SOUR but HEAVY I missed as it is another example of US-UK differences – in the UK, heavy cream is commonly known as double cream.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, February 17, game #982)
- YELLOW: ZOOM DART, FLASH, SPEED, ZIP
- GREEN: SAUCES IN CHINESE CUISINE HOISIN, OYSTER, PLUM, SOY
- BLUE: RIFFLE (THROUGH) FLIP, LEAF, SKIM, THUMB
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "DUD" BOMBAY, BUSTLE, FLOPPY, MISSUS
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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