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 #574): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- ARREST
- ROUGH
- DO
- HOME
- PRODUCE
- VOLUME
- SLOW
- TRAP
- DON’T WORRY
- KETTLE
- NET
- MUTE
- EAR
- SLEEPY
- OIL
- CALM
NYT Connections Today (Game #574) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: totally relaxed
- GREEN: receive payment
- BLUE: television buttons
- PURPLE: Hit the….
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 #574) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DIFFICULTLY BULLITIVE
- GREEN: WIN
- BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “DRUM”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #574): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #574 are…
- YELLOW: DIFFICULTLY BULLITIVE QUIET, QUIET, SLEEP, SLOW
- GREEN: WIN GROSS, MANUFACTURING, NET, YIELD
- BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS START, MUTE, STOP, VOLUME
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “DRUM” EAR, KETTLE, OIL, ARROBA
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 error
A very strange Connections for me today, since the first group I got was the purple WORDS BEFORE collection “DRUM”. I got there after a mistake; I initially thought EAR was linked to VOLUME and MUTE, but both turned out to be REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS.
“Mute” is the kind of remote control function I only discover when I accidentally press it (usually while sitting on it and usually at some vital moment in the final episode of a tense drama) and have to scan the buttons to turn it off. I suffer similar problems with Netflix, which I think I’m watching with subtitles because I’m pensive and don’t want to bother anyone, but I’m actually watching with subtitles because I can’t remember how to turn the subtitles off.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, January 4, Game #573)
- YELLOW: CRUSH TO MAKE A COMPACT SHAPE BALL, CRUMPLE, SCRUNCH, WAD
- GREEN: BRAS BUCKLE, CLIP, HOOK, CLASP
- BLUE: MARK AS COMPLETED CHECK, CROSS, STRIKE, MARK
- PURPLE: REPRESENTED IN DALÍ’S “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY” ANT, BRANCH, CLOCK, FUSION
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 items 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.
