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NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Tuesday, August 27 (game #443)
By Marc McLaren,
19 hours ago
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
GREEN: CHILI PEPPER QUALITY FIRE, HEAT, KICK, SPICE
BLUE: CLASSIC BARBERSHOP SUPPLIES BRUSH, CAPE, CLIPPERS, GEL
PURPLE: KINDS OF CARDS BASEBALL, MAGIC, SET, TAROT
My rating: Hard
My score: 3 mistakes
Phew! I narrowly avoided yet another Connections fail today – but it owed a lot to luck. Once again I lost guesses on red herrings – I thought that maybe there was a basketball connection (HEAT, THUNDER, CLIPPERS, MAGIC) but that was wrong, or that there was something to do with wizards/witches (CAPE, MAGIC, TAROT? FIRE??) but that was (rightly) even more wrong. And then finally I guessed a hairdresser-related one with BRUSH, CLIPPERS, GEL and, er, SET) and was nearly right.
With no chances left I needed to get them all correct first guess now, and looking around spotted the yellow 'Explosive sound' group. Returning to hairdressers/barbershops I added CAPE and got blue, then put four hot-sounding words together for the Chili pepper group. It was a close-run thing, but I scraped home.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 26 August, game #442)
YELLOW: OFFICIAL SANCTIONING APPROVAL, BLESSING, CONSENT, SUPPORT
GREEN: TORUS-SHAPED THINGS BAGEL, LIFESAVER, TIRE, WREATH
BLUE: BAD GOLF SHOTS HOOK, SHANK, SLICE, WHIFF
PURPLE: FOOTWEAR MINUS “ER” SOUND LOAF, SLIP, SNEAK, WADE
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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