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 #440) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- NATIONAL
- TALK
- SLIP
- LATIN
- JARGON
- STEAL
- BUDGET
- TIPTOE
- WHISPERS
- ENVIRON
- PLEAD
- ENTERPRISE
- CREEP
- SPECULATION
- THRIFTY
- RUMBLING
NYT Connections today (game #440) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Might have been said
- Green: Walk like a mouse
- Blue: Hired wheels
- Purple: Mislead is another
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 #440) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HEARSAY
- GREEN: MOVE STEALTHILY
- BLUE: CAR RENTAL COMPANIES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #440) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #440, are…
- YELLOW: VISUAL INTERFACE DISPLAY, MONITOR, SCREEN, TERMINAL
- GREEN: BURLESQUE WEAR BOA, CORSET, FAN, GLOVES
- BLUE: BEIGE SHADES BUFF, CREAM, FAWN, TAN
- PURPLE: LANGUAGE HOMOPHONES BASK, CHECK, FINISH, TIE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
I'm determined to regain my Connections form, following three failures in a week, so I took extra care over today's game. And it was just as well – because it's another potentially difficult one.
I was at a disadvantage compared to some players from the start, because the blue group, CAR RENTAL COMPANIES, contains companies that to my knowledge do not operate outside of the United States, meaning that those of us who don't hail from the US might well have struggled with it. I might have guessed it anyway, if one of them was another global company, but as it was I left that group until the end and solved it by default.
That I was able to do so owed a lot to my having solved the most difficult purple group early on, which I was very pleased about; this was a clever connection that involved the end of the word being a chemical element – for instance LEAD in PLEAD or TIN in LATIN – but I was on the lookout for that kind of devious trick by the NYT, and spotted it right away. Phew!
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 23 August, game #439)
- YELLOW: VISUAL INTERFACE DISPLAY, MONITOR, SCREEN, TERMINAL
- GREEN: BURLESQUE WEAR BOA, CORSET, FAN, GLOVES
- BLUE: BEIGE SHADES BUFF, CREAM, FAWN, TAN
- PURPLE: LANGUAGE HOMOPHONES BASK, CHECK, FINISH, TIE
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.
