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 #592): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BETTER
- BLANKET
- BRIEFCASE
- PAGAN
- WIDEN
- COOLER
- WHIP
- SMARTER
- BASKET
- ECLIPSE
- BOMBING
- UTENSILS
- ТОР
- FEDORA
- GET OVER
- BITCH
NYT Connections Today (Game #592) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Top outlet
- GREEN: Dining outdoors
- BLUE: As seen in the Temple of Doom
- PURPLE: It sounds like Residents of the White House
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 #592) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OVERCOME
- GREEN: PICNIC ACCESSORIES
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN INDIANA JONES COSTUME
- PURPLE: RHYMES OF NAMES OF US PRESIDENTS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #592): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #592 are…
- YELLOW: OVERCOME BEST, ECLIPSE, OVERCOME, SUPERIOR
- GREEN: PICNIC ACCESSORIES BASKET, BLANKET, FRIDGE, UTENSILS
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN INDIANA JONES COSTUME BOMBER, FEDORA, WALLET, WHIP
- PURPLE: RHYMES OF NAMES OF US PRESIDENTS PAGAN, SMARTER, VIXEN, EXPAND
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
OMG, I found Connections today difficult.
Maybe if RHYMES OF THE NAMES OF US PRESIDENTS had included Chump, he would have gotten there, but this wasn’t the only group he was mentally struggling with.
On my third attempt I managed to link BOMBER, FEDORA, SATCHEL and WHIP, but it wasn’t because I thought they had anything to do with PARTS OF AN INDIANA JONES COSTUME; If I’m honest, I had forgotten about her bag. preference.
I unknowingly thought they were accessories named after a person, based on the incorrect assumption that Fedora was someone famous in the 1920s. In fact, the history of the Fedora is much more interesting, culminating in a 2016 article which described the fedora hat as the “most hated fashion accessory in the world.” Yes, this is the same year that a certain red cap rose to fame.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, January 22, Game #591)
- 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
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.
