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 #566) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MINEFIELD
- HABIT
- ITSY
- HORNETS’ NEST
- PANDORA’S BOX
- HERSHEY
- PIECE OF CAKE
- AEGIS
- HISTAMINE
- SURE THING
- APPLE OF DISCORD
- TIRES
- EASY
- GOLDEN FLEECE
- CAN
- NO SWEAT
NYT Connections today (game #566) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Trouble-free
- GREEN: Mythological items
- BLUE: Boot these things
- PURPLE: Who it belongs to
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 #566) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “NOTHING TO IT!”
- GREEN: OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH
- BLUE: PROVERBIAL THINGS TO KICK
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #566) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #566, are…
- YELLOW: “NOTHING TO IT!” EASY, NO SWEAT, PIECE OF CAKE, SURE THING
- GREEN: OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH AEGIS, APPLE OF DISCORD, GOLDEN FLEECE, PANDORA’S BOX
- BLUE: PROVERBIAL THINGS TO KICK CAN, HABIT, HORNETS’ NEST, TIRES
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS HERSHEY, HISTAMINE, ITSY, MINEFIELD
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
As someone who is known to kick the CAN down the road when it comes to doing odd jobs around the house I really should have gotten PROVERBIAL THINGS TO KICK first.
Instead, I wasted a guess thinking that HORNET’S NEST and PANDORA’S BOX belonged in the same group of four, and wrongly thinking that GOLDEN FLEECE was a famous ship (that’ll be the Golden Hinde). I’d never heard of APPLE OF DISCORD before, although it does sum up many of my MacBook issues over the years, but it was AEGIS that helped me pull everything together today.
Not seeing any link with the final groups, I stared at the words for a few minutes before the brain clicked in and I noticed hers, his, its, and mine at the start of the words for the Purple group.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, 27 December, game #565)
- YELLOW: BREAKFAST SIDES BACON, GRITS, HASH, TOAST
- GREEN: PUSHES, AS A BUTTON CLICKS, HITS, PRESSES, TAPS
- BLUE: THEY HAVE A HORN AFRICA, BUGLER, CAR, UNICORN
- PURPLE: OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS BRIDGES, IRONS, PHOENIX, WASHINGTON
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.
