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 Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
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 #620) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ROOSTER
- UMBRELLA
- SLEEP
- STAR
- SOS
- SUNRISE
- STAY
- FLARE
- CIRCLE
- BUNK
- SIGNAL
- DEW
- ALARM
- TRIANGLE
- WORM
- CRASH
NYT Connections today (game #620) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Something you’d sound
- GREEN: Sleepover
- BLUE: First thing in the AM
- PURPLE: No. 456 picked the hardest
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 #620) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ALERT
- GREEN: SPEND THE NIGHT (AT)
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORNING
- PURPLE: COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN “SQUID GAME”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #620) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #620, are…
- YELLOW: ALERT ALARM, FLARE, SIGNAL, SOS
- GREEN: SPEND THE NIGHT (AT) BUNK, CRASH, SLEEP, STAY
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORNING DEW, ROOSTER, SUNRISE, WORM
- PURPLE: COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN “SQUID GAME” CIRCLE, STAR, TRIANGLE, UMBRELLA
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
I made one mistake today, initially thinking that there was a group that was about ways to wake up. I rashly selected ROOSTER, ALARM, SIGNAL and FLARE before coming to my senses.
Getting the Purple group – COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN “SQUID GAME – largely depended on whether you have seen the Netflix series or not, although I guess they’re all shapes that might go together anyway. Well, other than UMBRELLA, obviously, which rather complicated things. Still, that aside this was not too tough.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 19 February, game #619)
- YELLOW: STRUCTURES BY THE SHORE BOARDWALK, DOCK, LIGHTHOUSE, WHARF
- GREEN: SMALL IMPERFECTION DENT, DING, NICK, SCRATCH
- BLUE: SOUNDS A CUCKOO CLOCK MAKES CHIME, CUCKOO, TICK, TOCK
- PURPLE: _ TAIL COCK, MOCK, PIG, PONY
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.
