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 Connections tips.
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 #980): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CALLIOPE
- SUPERIORITY
- RINGMASTER
- ATLAS
- OEDIPUS
- BUZZARD
- ECHO
- ELECTRA
- TRACE
- DIALECT
- INFERIORITY
- DICTIONARY
- THESAURUS
- REMINDER
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- VESTIGE
NYT Connections Today (Game #980) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Information volumes
- GREEN: The stirring of memories.
- BLUE: Psychological problems
- PURPLE: Getting started with analog contacts
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 #980) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REFERENCE BOOKS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS ME MEMORIES
- BLUE: TYPES OF COMPLEXES
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #980): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #980 are…
- YELLOW: REFERENCE BOOKS ATLAS, DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, THESAURUS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS ME MEMORIES ECHO, REMINDER, TRACE, VESTIGE
- BLUE: TYPES OF COMPLEXES ELECTRA, INFERIORITY, OEDIPUS, SUPERIORITY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE BUZZARD, CALLIOPE, DIALECT, RINGMASTER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I’m sure there are more than the four COMPLEX TYPES listed among the current tiles and this is where I made my mistake: including RINGMASTER instead of ELECTRA. I imagine the ringmaster complex as someone who has to take control and conduct any social event, in the manner of a circus ringmaster. Could it be something, surely?
Anyway, I somehow added ELECTRA and minimized my errors to just one.
I’m old enough to be familiar with many of the words in GETTING STARTED WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE ON THE PHONE, a list missing bells and jingles. By the way, did you know that the greeting suggested by telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell when answering was “ahoy hoy”? Very civilized.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, February 14, game #979)
- YELLOW: INCREASE WALK, JUMP, LIFT, TIP
- GREEN: PROTUBERANCE lump, hump, bulge, mound
- BLUE: TOM HANKS PAPERS GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “MINT” BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR
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.
