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 #559): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BAND
- SLED
- BALONEY
- PAN
- BUNK
- CURMUDGEON
- CIRCLE
- PAVILION
- VESSEL
- oh
- STATUETTE
- POT
- RING
- MURPHY
- CASSEROLE
- RING
NYT Connections Today (Game #559) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Circumference
- GREEN: bake
- BLUE: Sleepy?
- PURPLE: What Academy and Wilde have in common
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 #559) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LOOP
- GREEN: COOKING CONTAINERS
- BLUE: TYPES OF BEDS
- PURPLE: THINGS CALLED “OSCAR”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #559): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #559 are…
- YELLOW: LOOP BAND, CIRCLE, HOOP, RING
- GREEN: COOKING CONTAINERS Casserole, crockery, frying pan, pot
- BLUE: TYPES OF BEDS BUNK, CANOPY, MURPHY, SLED
- PURPLE: THINGS CALLED “OSCAR” NONSENSE, grumpy, oh, figurine
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 error
Even though I only had eight words left, I was still struggling to find one of the last two groups of four today.
I knew BUNK and CANOPY were beds, but I couldn’t think of what the other two might be, and I was wrong in guessing O, which I thought might be what are called those big circular beds that people with huge houses and extensive collections use. of soft furniture. toys they could have. Which is not. But I discovered that the American name for those ingenious beds that fold up against the wall is MURPHY.
Google “Murphy bed” and you’ll discover that accidents, or the fear of accidents, are a major concern for owners and potential owners. It turns out that his fears are unfounded, despite his reputation for clowning. A recent report that studied 24 years of injuries found that Murphy beds did not cause any deaths. Ceiling fans, on the other hand, cause approximately 25 deaths a year in the United States. Every day is a school day!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, December 20, game #558)
- YELLOW: LOW COCKTAIL, COMPOUND, MIXTURE, SOLUTION
- GREEN: TYPES OF SENTENCES COMMAND, EXCLAMATION, QUESTION, DECLARATION
- BLUE: TYPES OF BROS CRYPTO, FINANCE, PHARMA, TECHNOLOGY
- PURPLE: COMPLAINT HOMOPHONES GROWN, CUT, WHALE, WINE
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.
