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NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Monday, July 29 (game #414)
By Marc McLaren,
1 day ago
Today's Connections puzzle is a little easier than the previous couple, although that's not saying a lot; it's still hard, for sure. There are hints below if you need them.
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 #414) - today's words
(Image credit: New York Times)
Today's NYT Connections words are…
GUTTER
WHALE
ТЕАРОТ
DOME
FISH
BOWL
JUSTICE
ALLEY
SOLFEGE
COURT
FOUNTAIN
LANE
COLISEUM
LIBRA
DRIVE
ARENA
NYT Connections today (game #414) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Sport places
Green: Area name additions
Blue: Reptiles have them
Purple: Pour one out for these
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #414) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: STADIUMS
GREEN: STREET SUFFIXES
BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SCALES
PURPLE: THINGS WITH SPOUTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #414) - the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Connections, game #414, are…
YELLOW: STADIUMS ARENA, BOWL, COLISEUM, DOME
GREEN: STREET SUFFIXES ALLEY, COURT, DRIVE, LANE
BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SCALES FISH, JUSTICE, LIBRA, SOLFEGE
PURPLE: THINGS WITH SPOUTS FOUNTAIN, GUTTER, TEAPOT, WHALE
My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect
Watch out for lots of classic misdirection in today's Connections. The NYT threw in three potentials for 'bowling' – ALLEY, LANE, GUTTER – and three potentials for something law-related (JUSTICE, COURT, LIBRA) but neither of those groupings were real answers, so you'll have needed your wits about you to avoid failure.
I'm particularly pleased to have spotted the 'things with spouts' group, because it's purple and I rarely solve this other than by default. Instead, the default group for me was the blue 'scales' connection, where I was slightly hampered by not knowing the word SOLFEGE (it's something to do with music, apparently).
BLUE: NERVOUSNESS, IN THE SINGULAR BUTTERFLY, JITTER, NERVE, WILLY
PURPLE: STARTING WITH VEGETABLES BEETHOVEN, CORNUCOPIA, KALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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