Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group your answers into different categories. This may be challenging, 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 Strands tips and answers and Quordle tips and answers articles if you need lend a hand with that, and today’s Marc on Wordle page covers the original viral word game.
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 #560) – today’s words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- STATISTICS
- CROWN
- ABBOT
- BASIC
- NUN
- KEY
- DOME
- ABBA
- LAUREL
- MONK
- COCONUT
- TO FRY
- SKULL
- BONES
- KAYAK
- KOJAK
Today NYT Connections (Game #560) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Body part jargon
- GREEN: Backwards and forwards
- BLUE: I’m watching detectives
- PURPLE: The second half
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 #560) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DEFINITION OF HEAD
- GREEN: PALINDROMES
- BLUE: POLICE PROCEDURES
- PURPLE: FIRST IN DUO COMEDY
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #560) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, game #560, are…
- YELLOW: DEFINITION OF HEAD COCONUT, CROWN, DOME, SKULL
- GREEN: PALINDROMES ABBA, KAYAK, ENDING, STATISTICS
- BLUE: POLICE PROCEDURES BONES, ELEMENTARY, KOJAK, MONK
- PURPLE: FIRST IN DUO COMEDY Abbot, Fry, KEY, LAUREL
- My rating: Moderate
- My result: 1 error
If today’s Connections included the words Noggin, Nut, Helmet, or Bonce, I might not have had so much trouble seeing SLANG FOR HEAD. Instead, PALINDROMES were the first thing that struck me – though mainly because I couldn’t see how Swedish pop legends ABBA could connect with anything else, unless there was an hidden 70s Eurovision act called KOJAK, which is entirely possible.
According to Wikipedia, the longest palindrome in common operate is the 19-letter Finnish word saippuakivikauppias (soapstone seller).
Wikipedia also directs us to some palindromic expressions such as “Man, plan, canal, Panama”, to which one could certainly add “KAYAK” (or saippuakivikauppias) and the age-old question “Do geese see God?” “
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, December 21, Game 559)
- YELLOW: LOOP TAPE, WHEEL, PROCESSING, RING
- GREEN: COOKING Utensils Casserole, pot, frying pan, pot
- BLUE: TYPES OF BED BED, BALKADES, MURPHY, Sleigh
- PURPLE: THINGS CALLED “OSCAR” BALLONEY, COO, O, STATUETTE
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 easy, yellow is slightly more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
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 obscure answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Gaming Site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
