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 #418) - today's words
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Today's NYT Connections words are…
PRESENT
SAMPLE
JEALOUS
TRY
TAX
MIX
LUSH
POSSESSIVE
DIRECT
TEST
SCRATCH
NAUSEOUS
SPIN
IRREGULAR
ECOLOGICAL
STRAIN
NYT Connections today (game #418) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Putting you under pressure
Green: Decks appeal
Blue: All about words
Purple: Related to a specific color
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 #418) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: STRETCH, AS ONE’S PATIENCE
GREEN: THINGS A DJ DOES
BLUE: ADJECTIVES USED IN GRAMMAR
PURPLE: WHAT “GREEN” MIGHT MEAN
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #418) - the answers
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The answers to today's Connections, game #418, are…
YELLOW: STRETCH, AS ONE’S PATIENCE STRAIN, TAX, TEST, TRY
GREEN: THINGS A DJ DOES MIX, SAMPLE, SCRATCH, SPIN
BLUE: ADJECTIVES USED IN GRAMMAR DIRECT, IRREGULAR, POSSESSIVE, PRESENT
PURPLE: WHAT “GREEN” MIGHT MEAN ECOLOGICAL, JEALOUS, LUSH, NAUSEOUS
My rating: Moderate
My score: 1 mistake
I spent most of today's game alternately puzzling over what any of the groups could be – literally any of them – then face-palming over their obvious nature once I eventually spotted them. The vast amounts of misdirection inserted cunningingly into the game by the NYT didn't help – POSSESSIVE and JEALOUS could easily have gone together, so too SAMPLE and TEST and TRY (something scientific maybe?), or SPIN and TEST and TRY (as in 'give it a go').
None of those were among the real groups, though. Eventually I got the grammar one – as you'd hope I might, given my choice of career – then followed up with the DJ one. I did ultimately solve the purple one, too, although by then I would have got it by default anyway. So a tough but satisfying instalment of Connections overall.
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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