Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group your answers into different categories. This may be tough, so read on if you need some guidance.
What should you do once you’re done? Of course, play more word games. I also have daily Wordle tips and answers, Strands tips and answers, and Quordle tips and answers articles if you need support with that too.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Connections story is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #487) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HIP
- TEA
- BIG
- BAD
- EYE
- FLY
- SEW
- SAW
- SICK
- FAR
- ELF
- LEG
- HER
- RAD
- ARM
- DOE
NYT Connections Today (Game #487) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: The ear may be different
- Green: Wonderful words
- Blue: Movies
- Purple: They all contain a popular musical song
Need more tips?
We’re now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know the four thematic answers to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
Today NYT Connections (Game #487) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BODY PARTS
- GREEN: CALM, In 1980s slang
- BLUE: MOVIES
- PURPLE: WORDS IN “DO-RE-MI”
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL UP IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #487) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, #487, are…
- YELLOW: BODY PARTS ARM, EYE, HIPS, LEG
- GREEN: CALM, In 1980s slang BAD, CURE, DISEASES, COUNSEL
- BLUE: MOVIES BIG, ELF, SHE, SAW
- PURPLE: WORDS IN “DO-RE-MI” DOE, AWAY, SEW, TEA
- My rating: Easy
- My result: Perfect
As a child of the ’80s, I was delighted to see COOL, IN ’80S SLANG as a group today – although I honestly admit that I was never chilly enough to say words like BAD, FLY, ILL or RAD very often myself. But I’ve watched enough ’80s movies that they’re still fresh in my head, so it wasn’t too demanding to solve.
In fact, none of today’s four groups were particularly demanding. However, this didn’t seem to be the case when I loaded the game: it was one of those days where all the words were really miniature. In fact, all 16 of them were three letters, and while this in itself didn’t make the game harder, there was a good chance that some of them might have prefixes or suffixes that could make it more tough.
However, this was not the case. The next topic was MOVIES (with answers ELF, SAW, HER and BIG), while the yellow BODY PARTS group was one of the easiest we have ever had at Connections. Fortunately, everything was much simpler than I expected.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, October 9, Game 486)
- YELLOW: SPARKLING BUBBLES, FIZZ, FOAM, FOAM
- GREEN: BURGEON FLOWER, DEVELOPMENT, MATURITY, PROGRESS
- BLUE: MUSIC PUBLICATIONS BILLBOARD, MOJO, FORKS, SPIN
- PURPLE: END WITH TABLEWARE CUT PLATE, CUTTER, Knife, Spoon
What are NYT calls?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. The task is to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is basic, yellow is slightly more tough, blue is often quite tough, and purple is usually very tough.
The advantage is that you technically don’t have to solve the last one because you will be able to answer it by process of elimination. What’s more, you can make as many as four mistakes, which gives you some slack.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to throw you into tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can unrecognized answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Gaming Site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
