NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Tuesday, October 15 (game #492)
By Marc McLaren,
1 days 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.
BLUE: FICTIONAL CLOWNS HOMEY, JOKER, PENNYWISE, RONALD
PURPLE: WHAT “D” MIGHT STAND FOR DEFENSE, DEMOCRAT, DIMENSIONAL, DRIVE
My rating: Hard
My score: Fail
My verdict on today's Connections: too American. That's not a criticism as such – my days of ranting about the NYT's refusal to make a game that works for people worldwide are over. After all, it is a US publication, so I just have to accept that there will be days like today where it is just too difficult for a Brit like me.
For instance, talk about FOOTBALL POSITIONS and my mind goes to soccer; I'm looking for goalkeeper and winger, not CENTER, GUARD, QUARTERBACK and SAFETY. I know enough about the game that I made a couple of attempts at solving it, but though I was fairly sure about QUARTERBACK and GUARD I didn't know enough to get the other two, adding various combinations that included DEFENSE instead.
Likewise, CABLE CHANNELS cost me a guess, because I have never heard of OXYGEN, and with FICTIONAL CLOWNS I was not aware of HOMEY. It was all just too far outside of my comfort zone.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 14 October, game #491)
YELLOW: RUMMAGE COMB, DIG, ROOT, SIFT
GREEN: SOUNDS OF THUNDER CLAP, PEAL, ROLL, RUMBLE
BLUE: WAYS TO WEAR YOUR HAIR UP BRAID, BUN, PONY, TWIST
PURPLE: THINGS THAT CAN HAVE LEAVES BOOK, SALAD, TABLE, TREE
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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