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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 29 (game #688).
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 #689) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- HEEL
- ROOM
- DYNASTY
- FACE
- GIMMICK
- STANDING
- SEATING
- MILDEW
- UPPER
- SOLE
- REGARD
- CHAIRS
- CAPACITY
- ENGROSS
- TONGUE
- IMAGE
NYT Connections today (game #689) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Think feet first
- GREEN: Lodging
- BLUE: Your honor
- PURPLE: Look for disgust
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 #689) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A SHOE
- GREEN: ACCOMMODATION
- BLUE: REPUTATION
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “YUCK”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #689) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #689, are…
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A SHOE HEEL, SOLE, TONGUE, UPPER
- GREEN: ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY, CHAIRS, ROOM, SEATING
- BLUE: REPUTATION FACE, IMAGE, REGARD, STANDING
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “YUCK” DYNASTY, ENGROSS, GIMMICK, MILDEW
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
I made just one mistake today, but I’m classing this as a dirty win as I had no idea what any of the categories were and had zero confidence throughout that any of my four word groups were correct.
At first I saw 16 random words with only three very tenuous links – SOLE and HEEL (soul and heal), CAPACITY and SEATING (theaters), REGARD and STANDING (class system). Instead, I fudged similar-sounding groups together and somehow fluked through.
My mistake came with the final two groups. For reasons I can’t even explain I had ENGROSS wrong but the other three words correct. When I got “one away” I swapped in TONGUE and kicked myself that I’d failed to see this group, at least.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, April 29, game #688)
- YELLOW: COOKING CONCOCTIONS BATTER, DOUGH, MIXTURE, PASTE
- GREEN: SEEN ON A TABLE AT A DINNER PARTY CANDLESTICK, PITCHER, PLACEMAT, PLATE
- BLUE: THINGS TO CLIMB LADDER, MOUNTAIN, ROPE, TREE
- PURPLE: WHAT “DIAMOND” CAN REFER TO GEMSTONE, INFIELD, RHOMBUS, SUIT
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.
