Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group your answers into different categories. This may be hard, 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 #492) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- TO LEAD
- PENNYWISE
- SECURITY
- NICKELODEON
- Quarterback
- HISTORY
- DIMENSIONAL
- HOME
- DEFENSE
- GUARDIAN
- JOKER
- DISCOVERY
- OXYGEN
- DEMOCRAT
- CENTER
- RONALD
NYT Connections Today (Game #492) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Linebacker is different
- Green: Channel surfing
- Blue: “Funny” people
- Purple: 4th letter
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…
NYT Connections today (game #492) – prompt #2 – group answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOOTBALL POSITIONS
- GREEN: CABLE CHANNELS
- BLUE: FICTIONAL CLOWNS
- PURPLE: WHAT COULD THE “D” MEAN.
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #492) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, #492, are…
- YELLOW: FOOTBALL POSITIONS CENTER, RINGMEN, PLAYER, SAFETY
- GREEN: CABLE CHANNELS DISCOVERY, HISTORY, NICKELODEON, OXYGEN
- BLUE: FICTIONAL CLOWNS HOMEY, JOKER, PENNYWISE, RONALD
- PURPLE: WHAT COULD THE “D” MEAN. DEFENSE, DEMOCRAT, DIMENSIONS, DRIVE
- My rating: Hard
- My result: Fail
My verdict on today’s Connections: too American. This isn’t a criticism per se – my days of complaining about the NYT’s refusal to make a game that will be useful to people everywhere are over. After all, this is an American publication, so I have to accept that there will be days, like today, when it will just be too much for a Brit like me.
For example, when I talk about FOOTBALL POSITIONS, my thoughts go to soccer; I’m looking for a goalkeeper and a winger, not a center, defender, playmaker and SECURITY. I know enough about the game that I made a few attempts at solving this problem, but even though I was pretty sure about the quarterback and defender, I didn’t know enough to learn the other two, adding different combinations that included DEFENSE instead.
Similarly, CABLE CHANNELS cost me a guess because I had never heard of OXYGEN, and in the case of FICTIONAL CLOWNS, I didn’t know about HOMEY. It was all just too far outside my comfort zone.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Monday, October 14, Game #491)
- YELLOW: SEARCH COMB, DIGG, ROOT, SIFT
- GREEN: SOUNDS OF THUNDER CLICK, ACTION, THROW, BLOW
- BLUE: HAIR TYPES Braid, bun, ponytail, twist
- PURPLE: THINGS LEAVES CAN HAVE BOOK, SALAD, TABLE, TREE
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 hard, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
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 breathing space.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to throw you off balance with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can undiscovered answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Gaming Site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
