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.
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 #568) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PINK
- PONY
- CLUB
- AIRPLANE
- GRINDER
- WATER
- ANTE
- HERO
- WRAP
- SETTLE
- JEOPARDY
- BEANS
- YAHOO
- FILTER
- MELT
- COUGH
NYT Connections today (game #568) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Sandwich types
- GREEN: Cup of Joe
- BLUE: Top level finance
- PURPLE: Missing punctuation
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 #568) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LUNCH ORDERS
- GREEN: USED TO MAKE COFFEE
- BLUE: PAY, WITH “UP”
- PURPLE: NAMES FEATURING “!”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #568) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #568, are…
- YELLOW: LUNCH ORDERS CLUB, HERO, MELT, WRAP
- GREEN: USED TO MAKE COFFEE BEANS, FILTER, GRINDER, WATER
- BLUE: PAY, WITH “UP” ANTE, COUGH, PONY, SETTLE
- PURPLE: NAMES FEATURING “!” AIRPLANE, JEOPARDY, PINK, YAHOO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
According to Branding Magazine, putting an exclamation mark at the end of a name “brings energy and enthusiasm to the brand identity system”, which makes you wonder why all companies don’t just add an exclamation mark.
Part of the reason why not is what the experts call “tonality” – it wouldn’t work for a funeral care business, for example. When some people see an exclamation mark they imagine the word being shouted – in the newspaper industry they used to call them screamers.
All four NAMES FEATURING “!” employ the mark in different ways – ironic, excited, enthusiastic, and in the case of P!nk, an upturned i.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 29 December, game #567)
- YELLOW: SHADES OF RED BRICK, CHERRY, MAROON, RUBY
- GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS DATE, DURATION, LOCATION, TIME
- BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HAIR HEAD, LOCK, STRAND, WISP
- PURPLE: TREE HOMOPHONES BEACH, FUR, PAIR, YOU
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.
