Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current page covers the original viral word game.
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 #568): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- PINK
- PONY
- CLUB
- PLANE
- GRINDER
- WATER
- INITIAL BET
- HERO
- ENVELOPE
- SETTLE
- DANGER
- BEANS
- YAHOO
- FILTER
- MELT
- COUGH
NYT Connections Today (Game #568) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of sandwich
- GREEN: cup of joe
- BLUE: Top-notch finance
- PURPLE: Missing score
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #568) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LUNCH ORDERS
- GREEN: USED TO MAKE COFFEE
- BLUE: PAY, WITH “UP”
- PURPLE: NAMES THAT FEATURE “!”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #568): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #568 are…
- YELLOW: LUNCH ORDERS CLUB, HERO, MELT, WRAP
- GREEN: USED TO MAKE COFFEE BEANS, FILTER, MILL, WATER
- BLUE: PAY, WITH “UP” ANTE, COUGH, PONY, CONFORM
- PURPLE: NAMES THAT FEATURE “!” PLANE, JEOPARDY, PINK, YAHOO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
According brand magazine, Putting an exclamation point at the end of a name “brings energy and excitement to the brand identity system,” which makes one wonder why not all companies just add an exclamation point.
Part of the reason it doesn’t is what experts call “tonality”: It wouldn’t work for a funeral care company, for example. When some people see an exclamation point, they imagine they are shouting the word; in the newspaper industry they used to call them screamers.
The four NAMES THAT PRESENT “!” She uses the brand in different ways: ironic, emotional, enthusiastic and, in P!nk’s case, an inverted i.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, December 29, game #567)
- YELLOW: SHADES OF RED BRICK, CHERRY, GARNET, RUBY
- GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS DATE, DURATION, LOCATION, TIME
- BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HAIR HEAD, LOCK, THREAD, WISP
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONE TREE BEACH, SKIN, PAIR, YOU
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
