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 Strands tips and answers and Quordle tips and answers articles if you need support 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 #577) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- TO CHOOSE
- MEMORY
- LIMB
- BISCUIT
- TRUNK
- DRUMSTICK
- CORN
- BRANCH
- EAR
- WING
- COLORED
- NOD
- LINCOLN
- MALLET
- CANINE
- DEPARTMENT
NYT Connections Today (Game #577) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Departments
- GREEN: Play a melody with them
- BLUE: Think Dumbo
- PURPLE: Rock bands from the early 21st century
Need more tips?
We’re now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know the four topical answers to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
Today NYT Connections (Game #577) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SECTION
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING THE INSTRUMENT
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE ELEPHANT
- PURPLE: WRONG WORDS IN NU METAL BAND NAMES
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #577) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, game #577, are…
- YELLOW: SECTION BRANCH, BRANCH, LIMB, WING
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING THE INSTRUMENT BOW, BLOW, HAMMER, COLOR
- BLUE: ELEPHANT CHARACTERISTICS Ear, memory, trunk, fang
- PURPLE: WRONG WORDS IN NU METAL BAND NAMES Cookie, corn, lincoln, dyed
- My rating: Moderate
- My result: 2 errors
The first thing I thought when I saw LIMB and BISCUIT side by side online was that it would be a good name for a rap/rock cover band, but did I think it might be a group called Connections? No, I didn’t do it. I just thought it was one of their jokes.
Instead, I found that DRUMSTICK, CORN, PICK and BISCUIT are all you can find at KFC. That’s sort of true, although it wouldn’t be a particularly electrifying order.
I finally made sense when I saw the four words that make up SECTION and ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, but I still got the DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE ELEPHANT against Nu Metal’s spelling mistakes.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, January 7, Game 576)
- YELLOW: VOCAL MUSIC A CAPPELLA, HAIRDRESSER, DOO-WOP, MADRIGAL
- GREEN: A HAND A FEW, CERTAIN, SOME, DIFFERENT
- BLUE: BOOK SUBTITLES LIFE, NOVEL, essays, part one
- PURPLE: _ IS _ (IS _) Agreement, rose, enough, love
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 straightforward, 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 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 hidden answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Gaming Site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
