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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 #983): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HEAVY
- CRESTED
- BAD
- FEATHER
- FLY
- ANNOY
- COCKY
- CURRENT
- CURL
- SOUR
- WICKED
- LEGHORN
- SHAVING
- CRIMP
- FREE RANGE
- RAD
NYT Connections Today (Game #983) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Old school barber techniques.
- GREEN: Words for a Fonz wannabe
- BLUE: types of birds
- PURPLE: Add a milky word
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 #983) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: RETRO HAIR DIRECTIVES
- GREEN: RETRO ARJAMA FOR THE COOL
- BLUE: CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS
- PURPLE: ____ CREAM
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #983): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #983 are…
- YELLOW: RETRO HAIR DIRECTIVES CURLY, CURLY, FEATHER, WOVEN
- GREEN: RETRO ARJAMA FOR THE COOL BAD, FLY, RAD, EVIL
- BLUE: CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS ROOSTER, CREST, FREE FIELD, LEGHORN
- PURPLE: ____ CREAM HEAVY, SHAVING, SOUR, TOPICAL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
After making a mistake connecting HEAVY, FLY, BANTAM and FEATHER, thinking they were all boxing weights, I decided that BANTAM should apply to poultry and got CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS.
However, this was not the end of my mistakes as, almost on the right track, I decided that BAD, RAD, HEAVY and SOUR were old-fashioned slang words for serious. As soon as I was wrong I saw the slang RETRO FOR COOL.
With only eight tiles left, RETRO HAIR DIRECTIVES was easier to spot, a good thing since I may have seen the link between SHAVING and SOUR, but HEAVY I missed because it’s another example of the differences between the US and the UK: in the UK, heavy cream is commonly known as double cream.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, February 17, game #982)
- YELLOW: EXPAND DART, FLASH, SPEED, ZIP
- GREEN: SAUCES IN CHINESE CUISINE HOISIN, OYSTER, PLUM, SOYBEAN
- BLUE: RIFLE (THROUGH) FLIP, LEAF, SKIM, THUMB
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “DUD” BOMBAY, BUSTLE, FLOPPY, MISSUS
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.
