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 #562): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- LIONS
- TIGERS
- BEARS
- oh my
- DEAR
- JAYS
- INVOICES
- WEAR
- BYE
- BEES
- PLEASE
- NEAR
- TIGHT
- GIVE ME
- EASE
- INTIMATE
NYT Connections Today (Game #562) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Follow the yellow brick road
- GREEN: Buddy
- BLUE: Similar letters
- PURPLE: Big, big, big melodies
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 #562) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OMG!”
- GREEN: LOVED, AS A FRIEND
- BLUE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE LETTERS IN PLURAL
- PURPLE: WHEN TRIPLE, PRESS SONG TITLES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #562): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #562 are…
- YELLOW: “LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OMG!” BEARS, LIONS, OH GOD, TIGERS
- GREEN: LOVED, AS A FRIEND CLOSE, DEAR, INTIMATE, TIGHT
- BLUE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE LETTERS IN PLURAL BEES, EASE, JAYS, USE
- PURPLE: WHEN TRIPLE, PRESS SONG TITLES BILLS, GOODBYE, GIVE ME, PLEASE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who thought at least one of today’s groups was about sports. This hunch was made even stronger by the fact that the LIONS and TIGERS are Detroit teams.
The Lion we were looking for, however, was the coward who stood in the way of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz while worrying about the existence of “LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS, OMG!”
NSYNC and boy bands in general are a musical blind spot for me, so I missed BYE in the song titles, due to a mistake in USE (although on second thought, Gorgon City’s “Use Use Use Your Imagination” would be a bit dark). .
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, December 23, game #561)
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES SHEEP, U, YEW, YOU
- GREEN: NECKLINES BOAT, CREW, PALLET, V
- BLUE: WAYS TO EXPRESS 1,000 BIG, K, M, YOU
- PURPLE: SUPER 8, BOWL, GLUE, TUESDAY
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.
