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 #577): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CHOOSE
- MEMORY
- MEMBER
- COOKIE
- TRUNK
- DRUMSTICK
- CORN
- BRANCH
- EAR
- TO THE
- STAINED
- BOW
- LINCOLN
- MALLET
- TUSK
- DIVISION
NYT Connections Today (Game #577) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Departments
- GREEN: Play a tune with these
- BLUE: Think Dumbo
- PURPLE: rock groups of the 2000s
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 #577) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SECTION
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT
- BLUE: DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELEPHANT
- PURPLE: MISSPELLED WORDS IN NU METAL BAND NAMES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #577): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #577 are…
- YELLOW: SECTION BRANCH, DIVISION, MEMBER, WING
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT BOW, RAMDUCK, MALLET, PICK
- BLUE: DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELEPHANT EAR, MEMORY, TRUNK, FANG
- PURPLE: MISSPELLED WORDS IN NU METAL BAND NAMES COOKIE, CORN, LINCOLN, STAINED
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 errors
My first thought when I saw LIMB and BISCUIT next to each other on the grid was that it would be a good name for a rap-rock cover band, but did I think it might be a Connections group? No, I didn’t. I just thought it was one of his jokes.
Instead, I convinced myself that STICKS, CORN, PICK, and COOKIES were all you’d find at a KFC. Which is true, although it wouldn’t be a particularly interesting order.
I finally made sense after spotting the four words that made up SECTION and ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, but I still got DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELEPHANT ahead of Nu Metal’s misspellings.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, January 7, Game #576)
- YELLOW: VOCAL MUSIC A CAPELLA, BARBERSHOP, DOO-WOP, MADRIGAL
- GREEN: A HANDFUL OF SOME, CERTAIN, SOME, SEVERAL
- BLUE: BOOK SUBTITLES A LIFE, A NOVEL, ESSAYS, FIRST PART
- PURPLE: _ES_ (ES_) ONE DEAL, ONE ROSE, ENOUGH, LOVE
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.
