Are you ready for a challenge? Then check out today's NYT Connections game, which is definitely that. There are hints below if you need them.
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 #408) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- HOT DOG
- WORD
- BUG
- TWEET
- PEEP
- PORK
- PEACOCK
- QUACK
- HAM
- SHAM
- SPEED
- SOUND
- FRAUD
- NOISE
- SHOWBOAT
- CHARLATAN
NYT Connections today (game #408) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Don't trust them!
- Green: Say something
- Blue: Look at me, look at meeeee
- Purple: Cartoo characters
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 #408) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: IMPOSTOR
- GREEN: UTTERANCE
- BLUE: ONE WHO LIKES SHOWING OFF
- PURPLE: LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS MINUS A LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #408) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #408, are…
- YELLOW: IMPOSTOR CHARLATAN, FRAUD, QUACK, SHAM
- GREEN: UTTERANCE NOISE, PEEP, SOUND, WORD
- BLUE: ONE WHO LIKES SHOWING OFF HAM, HOT DOG, PEACOCK, SHOWBOAT
- PURPLE: LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS MINUS A LETTER BUG, PORK, SPEED, TWEET
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
The purple group in today's Connections is hands down one of my favorite ever word challenges. Not just Looney Tunes characters BUGS (Bunny), TWEETY (Pie), PORKY (Pig) and SPEEDY (Gonzales), which would be fun enough on its own, but those characters minus a letter each for BUG, SPEED, TWEET and PORK.
And I solved it – well, sort of. By which I mean that after solving the other three groups, I stared at it for ages until I suddenly had a burst of inspiration and realized what it was, even though I didn't need to do so and could have just solved it by default. Would I have got it if those weren't the only four words left? No chance!
The game up to that point hadn't been easy either, with HAM, HOT DOG, SHOWBOAT and PEACOCK also confusing me. I never knew HOT DOG was a description of a show off… However, I was certain the other three went together, so I tried a couple of words to complete it and got lucky with hot dog.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 22 July, game #407)
- YELLOW: REALM OF EXPERTISE AREA, DOMAIN, FIELD, SPHERE
- GREEN: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FIDDLE, HORN, RECORDER, TRIANGLE
- BLUE: USED TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC BARRIER, CONE, FLAG, FLARE
- PURPLE: FOOD ___ CHAIN, FIGHT, PROCESSOR, PYRAMID
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.
