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 #556): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- TAP
- JERK
- KEG
- BARREL
- TABLE
- SUB
- BARGE
- HAMMER
- WORKTOP
- LADDER
- GORILLA
- SET ASIDE
- TRASH
- DELAY
- STOOL
- POSTPONE
NYT Connections Today (Game #557) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: rain control
- GREEN: Salon essentials
- BLUE: Ships
- PURPLE: nintendo classic
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 #557) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: POST OFF
- GREEN: BAR ACCESSORIES
- BLUE: WATERCRAFT
- PURPLE: SEEN IN “DONKEY KONG”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #557): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #557 are…
- YELLOW: POST OFF DELAY, POSTPONE, LEAVE, TABLE
- GREEN: BAR ACCESSORIES COUNTER, BARREL, STOOL, FAUCET
- BLUE: WATERCRAFT BARGE, GARBAGE, SUBMARINE, TUG BOAT
- PURPLE: SEEN IN “DONKEY KONG” BARREL, GORILLA, HAMMER, LADDER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 errors
In the mental Venn diagrams I was drawing today, two or three words could have gone into several categories: TABLE (Yellow and Green), GARBAGE (Yellow and Blue), BARREL (Green and Purple) and I fell in love with them all…
First I put GARBAGE instead of BOARD in what would become the Yellow group, then, thinking I was on to something safe, I put BARREL in the Blue group – Barrel Boats are a thing, right? Er… maybe not.
never having played donkey kong (I’m more of a board game person) I was grateful that this group was the leftover and finished it for me.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, December 18, Game #556)
- YELLOW: DEAL WITH FIELD, HANDLE, MANAGE, FACE
- GREEN: BEER STYLES BITTER, BOCK, SOUR, ROBUST
- BLUE: INVESTMENT VERBS Hedge, HOLD, SHORT, TRADE
- PURPLE: _DOME CAPITOL, CHROME, ONION, TEAPOT
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.
