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 #588): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SUN
- POOL
- ACTION
- AQUARIUM
- SAY
- GEOMETRY
- BLUFF
- SUIT
- САРЕ
- BRIEFCASE
- TAMPA BAY
- BOAT
- FLAT
- CASE
- POT
- BASIN
NYT Connections Today (Game #588) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Finance in one place
- GREEN: you have been served
- BLUE: Landscape
- PURPLE: Everyone loves these
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 #588) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BACKGROUND
- GREEN: COURT PRESENTATION
- BLUE: TERRESTRIAL
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE RAYS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #588): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #588 are…
- YELLOW: BACKGROUND KITTEN, POOL, POT, PURSE
- GREEN: COURT PRESENTATION ACTION, CASE, CLAIM, TRIAL
- BLUE: TERRESTRIAL BASIN, cliff, cape, plain
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE RAYS AQUARIUS, GEOMETRY, SUN, TAMPA BAY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
For the first time in a long time I got today’s groups in order of difficulty. Although when I say “I have”, none of us are in the last group, right? This happens by default after we turn off the brain and simply click on the remaining four words, occasionally fooling ourselves with an “of course!” like we really knew what the connection was before we clicked send.
Today’s Purple group was great: it brought together four different types of LIGHTNING. It’s not that all AQUARIUMS have LIGHTNING. A fact I know from my many holidays ruined by the European weather, where a rainy day meant a trip to the local indoor attractions, which usually meant standing in line to look at some crabs in a bucket. Happy days.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, January 18, Game #587)
- YELLOW: DESIRE IMPULSE, IMPULSE, ITCH, URGENCY
- GREEN: BEARD SPINE, Spur, STICKER, THORN
- BLUE: INFORMATION ABOUT A RECORD ALBUM, ARTIST, LABEL, TRACK
- PURPLE: SPIN THE ___ CORNER, PAGE, TABLES, TIDE
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.
