by If you can’t figure it out today New York Times Connections of puzzle, you are not alone. But luckily, if you are stuck, we have hints (and spoilers if you want them) to help you by coming the puzzle on Wednesday: #787. Don’t feel bad to take a look – even yellow was difficult today.
Because we are in this together, I will share how I did it every day. This puzzle started fairly simple, but I had a hard time guessing the last word for yellow (again). It took two mistakes before I discovered the last yellow word.
If you are new with NYT connections, we have a number of tips to help you on the road. Also view today’s hints and answer today’s hints.
How to play NYT connections
NYT Connections is a surprisingly difficult word game and if you play, you will now be considered a “connector”. There are 16 words presented in a schedule of four by four and your goal is to match four words in their respective color -coded groups (yellow, green, blue, purple). Yellow is the easiest to guess, while purple is the most difficult.
Your job is to find out how the four words are connected to a specific group. In one recent puzzle, for example, the Blue Group was “related to buying a house” and the words were assessment, escrow, insurance and mortgage.
If you make a mistake when you submit, that’s okay. You get four guesses before the game is over and the answers are revealed. You can also click on the Lightbulb icon to get some hints, but we will also offer them here.
If you are obsessed with this game after completing just one puzzle, I have bad news for you. You can only play once a day. The timer is reset every night at midnight.
Tips for playing NYT connections
I recently started playing connections, but here are some tips that I found useful along the way.
1. If you get an answer wrong, pay attention to the text that appears at the top of the puzzle. “One away” means that you are only wrong. Analyze each word to find one that may fit better in another group and try a new word.
2. If you are stuck, slide the plate. You can shake as often as you want you to see a number of different word combinations.
3. First try to find the easy yellow group words. Those words usually stick out because they have so much in common – they are often synonyms of each other. But be wary of the trick words that can fit in multiple categories.
4. Stumps? Come back to the puzzle with a fresher mind later. Trying to solve a difficult puzzle without “sleeping” on it can lead to too many mistakes.
Today’s NYT connections Hints
View these hints if you are struggling to group them together.
I will give you my own hints:
Yellow group: Sharp things that you would apply to your clothes
Green Group: Poke pleasure in
Blue group: Related to Muhammad Ali’s career
Purple group: Strong parts of you
Here is one word of each group:
Yellow group hint word: Pin
Green group hint word: Rib
Blue Group Hint Word: Hook
Purple group hint word: Team
Okay, on to the official group names for a larger hint. If you don’t want to know what those are, stop scrolling.
NYT connections group names
Here are the group names for today’s puzzle.
Yellow group: Accessory with a pointed confirmation
Green Group: Plagues
Blue group: Punch
Purple group: What you build when you train
Warning, spoilers ahead! If you browse here, the answers below are.
Last warning! Last chance to go back and finish the game.
NYT Connections’ answers today NYT connections (spoilers)
Here are the connecting groups and the words that go with it.
Yellow group: Accessory with a pointed attachment (badge, brooch, button, pin)
Green Group: Tease (bait, needle, dap, rib)
Blue group: Boxing Punches (Cross, Haak, Jab, Uppercut)
Purple group: Spier Nicknames Plus “S” (Shammy, Spec, Squad, Strap)
My results today
Blauw first stood out today because I saw different boxes (although I expected that this would be a easier color). As always, Purple was creative and I never guessed it. Yellow was also dubious for me today, but I finally got it.
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Thank you for reading! Share how you did it today in the comments.
