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 #595) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RAVEN
- SILO
- HITCH
- PROMO
- TRAILER
- DISCOG
- FISH
- TRACTOR
- BALLY
- FARM
- CLOISTER
- GATHER
- SEPARATE
- HUNT
- AXLES
- SECLUDE
NYT Connections today (game #595) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Nourish ourselves
- GREEN: Segregate
- BLUE: 18-wheeler
- PURPLE: Places to boogie
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 #595) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WAYS TO GET FOOD
- GREEN: KEEP APART
- BLUE: PARTS OF A BIG RIG
- PURPLE: DANCE EVENTS PLUS A LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #595) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #595, are…
- YELLOW: WAYS TO GET FOOD FARM, FISH, GATHER, HUNT
- GREEN: KEEP APART CLOISTER, SECLUDE, SEPARATE, SILO
- BLUE: PARTS OF A BIG RIG AXLES, HITCH, TRACTOR, TRAILER
- PURPLE: DANCE EVENTS PLUS A LETTER BALLY, DISCOG, PROMO, RAVEN
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Pure luck got me over the line without making any mistakes today. I had no idea what a BIG RIG is, but AXLES, HITCH, and TRAILER all sounded like they must be part of something mechanical and I took a chance on adding TRACTOR.
I would never have got DANCE EVENTS PLUS A LETTER. I’m trying to rewire my Connections thinking process so I see these tricky groups, but I always go to the most obvious links – and in this case I was thinking PROMO and DISCOG had something to do with music; back in the day when I was a music journalist we’d called an artist’s Discography their Discog, and a Promo was a record you’d be sent ahead of official release. The actual connection was, inevitably, a little more complicated!
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 25 January, game #594)
- YELLOW: SCHOOL PERIODS CLASS, HOMEROOM, LUNCH, RECESS
- GREEN: FEATURES OF A SKI RESORT LIFT, LODGE, MOGUL, SLOPE
- BLUE: WORDS DERIVED FROM JAPANESE EMOJI, GINKGO, KARAOKE, TYCOON
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER THE PREFIX “TRI-“ ANGLE, CYCLE, DENT, POD
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.
