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 #590): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- MINIATURE
- OCTOPUS
- CRACK
- PEPPER
- MILD
- SALT
- DIG
- SAND
- DOLL
- WHO
- SHOVEL
- FIGURE
- PLOW
- TONGUE
- MODEL
- NO
NYT Connections Today (Game #590) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Dwarf
- GREEN: small version
- BLUE: Slush clearing
- PURPLE: famous documents
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 #590) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DOWN
- GREEN: SMALL SIMILARITY
- BLUE: USED TO REMOVE SNOW
- PURPLE: DOCTORS IN POP CULTURE
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #590): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #590 are…
- 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
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The moment I looked at WHO and NOT, I knew we were looking for POP CULTURE DOCTORS. PEPPER was an easy spot (easier than drinking it, anyway), but the fourth was trickier, since I’m not a fan of the entire Marvel multiverse, but OCTOPUS sounded like a villain of some sort.
Having obtained the Purple group first, I thought that would make the Yellow group easier to solve; I almost completed SNOW CLEANING THINGS, but instead I found the four words PUTDOWN and the green quartet SMALL SIMILAR.
How was today? Let me know in the comments below.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, January 20, game #589)
- YELLOW: ASSUME, AS RESPONSIBILITY ASSUME, BEAR, HANDLE, SHOULDER
- GREEN: CORNERS ANGLE, CURVE, CURVE, ELBOW
- PURPLE: LEAF BALANCE, TRICK, COOKIE, EQUIPPED
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH POPEYE ANCHOR, FOREARM, TUBE, SPINACH
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.
