Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that requires you to sort answers into different categories. This can be tricky, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do when you’re done? Play some word games, of course. I also have daily articles with tips and answers for Wordle, Strands and Quordle if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 459) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- WILL
- SAVE
- PEPSI
- MOCHI
- CURRY
- FETA
- BIRD
- BIOTA
- HOW
- MAGIC
- ADVANTAGE
- KOVE
- FAVORITE
- INTEREST
- BOOKMARK
- TO USE
NYT Connections Today (Game #459) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Stay online
- Green: To your advantage
- Blue: Hoop Dreams
- Purple: Ends with letters from another alphabet
Need more advice?
Now we’re moving into the spoiler zone, but read on if you want to know the four topic answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #459) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MARK ONLINE FOR LATER
- GREEN: IN THE NAME
- BLUE: NBA LEGENDS, FAMILY
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH GREEK LETTERS
That’s right, the answers are below, SO DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 459) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections Game No. 459 are…
- YELLOW: MARK ONLINE FOR LATER BOOKMARK, FAVORITES, LIKE, SAVE
- GREEN: IN THE NAME advantage, benefit, interest, benefit
- BLUE: NBA LEGENDS, FAMILY BIRD, CURRY, KOBE, MAGIC
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH GREEK LETTERS ORGANIC, FETA, MOCHI, PEPSI
- My rating: Simply
- My result: 1 error
This is a pretty easy connection puzzle – there are three easy ones, meaning the last (purple) group was solvable by default, which is great because this one was super hard.
Blue seemed almost too easy – KOBE could really only refer to the basketball star or the Japanese city, and since CURRY, BIRD and MAGIC were also on the board, it was clear that it was the former rather than the latter. At least that was the case for me. If you know nothing at all about the NBA, you might have had trouble with that too.
As for purple… well, the GREEK LETTER ENDING aspect was clever, but I’d say almost too difficult. I’m glad I didn’t have to figure that out!
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, September 11, Game #458)
- YELLOW: LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY bundle, fortune, mint, stack
- GREEN: SOME WISDOMS CORE, NUGGET, PEARL, TREATS
- BLUE: FEATURED IN “JURASSIC PARK” AMBER, DINOSAUR, MOSQUITO, PALEONTOLOGIST
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE AMETHYST, EGGPLANT, GRIMACE, LAVENDER
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. You have to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The upside is that you don’t technically have to solve the final puzzle, as you can solve it by process of elimination. Plus, you’re allowed to make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little wiggle room.
It is a bit more complicated than Wordle, however, and has many ways to trick you. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that could obscure the answers.
It can be played for free on desktop or mobile via the NYT Games site.