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 clues.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #469) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- PASTEL
- POOL
- SUNTAN
- SCULPTURE
- THIRD
- NEUTRAL
- DRAWING
- NEW
- ALLOY
- OPEN
- NEON
- LOTTERY
- SAVE
- GRAYSCALE
- RAFFLE
NYT Connections today (game #469) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Different tones
- Green: Click here
- Blue: Are you feeling lucky?
- Purple: Copper and tin
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 #469) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COLOR TYPES
- GREEN: FILE MENU OPTIONS
- BLUE: CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE
- PURPLE: WHAT “BRONZE” MIGHT MEAN
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #469) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #469, are…
- YELLOW: COLOR TYPES GRAYSCALE, NEON, NEUTRAL, PASTEL
- GREEN: FILE MENU OPTIONS NEW, OPEN, PRINT, SAVE
- BLUE: CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE DRAWING, LOTTERY, POOL, RAFFLE
- PURPLE: WHAT “BRONZE” MIGHT MEAN ALLOY, SCULPTURE, SUNTAN, THIRD
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Those of you who play Connections on a laptop or PC may have had an advantage over people playing on their phones today, because you'll have had a big hint for the green group. That connection is FILE MENU OPTIONS, and the fact that I was on my laptop to play and then write this column meant they were staring me in the face. OK, not literally – they were hidden within the menu – but they were certainly fresh in my mind. By that point I'd already solved blue, too, with LOTTERY and RAFFLE clearly going together and the other two not too hard to find (I did struggle a little with DRAWING).
Two down, one to go – and inevitably I found yellow rather than purple, although neither was actually too bad today.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 21 September, game #468)
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM, MYSTIC, ORACLE, PSYCHIC
- GREEN: SPECIAL EDITION ADJECTIVES COLLECTIBLE, EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED, RARE
- BLUE: “GREAT JOB!” IMPRESSIVE, NICE, PROPS, WELL DONE
- PURPLE: EXTREMELY AWFUL, BLOODY, REAL, WAY
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.
