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 #591): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BOXER
- DITCH
- BATTER
- LABORATORY
- CHIN
- JUDGE
- PIT
- LAWYER
- CONFERENCE
- HOLE
- MAGICIAN
- DISCUSSION
- DITCH
- BACKGROUND
- SEMINAR
- MONK
NYT Connections Today (Game #591) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- GREEN: Can you dig it?
- YELLOW: Learning formats
- BLUE: Get a cape, wear a cape, work
- PURPLE: Add the opposite of “below”
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 #591) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- GREEN: RESULTS OF SOME EXCAVATIONS
- YELLOW: TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES
- BLUE: THOSE WHO WEAR TUNICS
- PURPLE: ___ UP
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #591): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #591 are…
- GREEN: RESULTS OF SOME EXCAVATIONS ditch, hole, pit, trench
- YELLOW: TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES DISCUSSION, LABORATORY, CONFERENCE, SEMINAR
- BLUE: THOSE WHO WEAR TUNICS BOXER, JUDGE, MONK, MAGICIAN
- PURPLE: ___ UP BATTER, BASEBOUND, CHIN, LAWYER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 error
As someone who spends most of my life wearing almost exclusively denim and wool, the idea of having to wear a smock to do my job seems completely foreign, although I could add a touch of style to my day by sitting in front of a laptop pretending to work.
It’s really strange when you consider it and who decided that TUNIC WEARERS had to wear tunics anyway? Of the quartet in today’s Connections, a robe makes the most sense for a boxer, considering he’s wearing very little clothing underneath. Plus, they look cool with your name on the back, something maybe JUDGE and MONK robe dealers could learn from?
Just a mistake of mine today, as I momentarily thought TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES might include JUDGE. What a fool.
How was today? Let me know in the comments below.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, January 21, game #590)
- YELLOW: DOWN BEARD, CRACK, DIGGING, LIGHT
- GREEN: SMALL SIMILARITY DOLL, FIGURE, MINIATURE, MODEL
- BLUE: USED TO REMOVE SNOW PLOW, SALT, SAND, SHOVEL
- PURPLE: DOCTORS IN POP CULTURE NO, OCTOPUS, PEPPER, WHO
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.
