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 #582) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BANK
- PARK
- BOOK
- STORE
- BOOK
- TRAIN
- SCHOOL
- SWIMMING POOL
- EARTH
- SIGNAL
- INCH
- COACH
- TURN
- SHINE
- GUIDE
- BRAKE
NYT Connections Today (Game #582) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: To learn
- GREEN: Collection of items
- BLUE: Take the wheel
- PURPLE: Writhing creatures
Need more tips?
We’re now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to find out the four thematic answers to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
Today NYT Connections (Game #582) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TEACH
- GREEN: DIAGRAM
- BLUE: DRIVING INSTRUCTOR GUIDELINES
- PURPLE: ROBOT
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #582) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, #582, are…
- YELLOW: TEACH TRAINER, GUIDE, SCHOOL, TRAIN
- GREEN: DIAGRAM BANK, POOL, RESERVATION, SHOP
- BLUE: DRIVING INSTRUCTOR GUIDELINES BRAKE, PARK, SIGNAL, DIRECTION
- PURPLE: ROBOT BOOK, EARTH, GLOW, INCHES
- My rating: Easy
- My result: 1 error
On the list of DRIVING INSTRUCTOR’S TIPS, I most often heard BRAKE during lessons. I was so bad at driving that after the second lesson, my first instructor did not agree to take me to the lesson – I hit a police car while stopping. The police found it comical, the instructor not so much.
When I finally came in for my first test, I failed it after 10 seconds, after I managed to miss the SIGNAL and then make a TURN in the wrong direction and directly into oncoming traffic.
I will add that during this period I also crashed my father’s car into a rock and then into a tree.
Fortunately, after a 10-year break, everything calmed down and I passed the second test. I even thought about becoming a driving instructor, but then I realized that I would have to teach people like I was 17 years senior.
Anyway, lovely Connections today. Certainly less stressful than a driving lesson.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, January 12, Game 581)
- YELLOW: PRODUCTION FABLE, FANTASY, FICTION, INVENTION
- GREEN: WOO Charm, Court, Pursuit, Romance
- BLUE: CLASSIC ATARI GAMES Asteroids, escape, centipede, defender
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH TAILS Coin toss, COMETS, CLOAT, SONIC HEDGEHOG
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 off balance with 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.
