Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group your answers into different categories. This may be complex, 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 lend a hand 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 #502) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- FORMAL
- DISHES
- QUESTION MARK
- ADMIRE
- PERIOD
- Thumbs up
- BALL
- DOT
- BAD REVIEW
- HOP
- EXCLAMATION
- STEERING
- SATYR
- POINT
- CAMERA MOVEMENT
- HEART
- LITTLE
NYT Connections Today (Game #502) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: End of sentence
- Green: A thing worth moving towards
- Blue: iReply
- Purple: Search for gold in the river
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 #502) – prompt #2 – group answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: •
- GREEN: DANCE EVENT
- BLUE: REPLY TO TAPBACK IPHONE MESSAGES
- PURPLE: “LORD”
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #502) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, game #502, are…
- YELLOW: • DOT, DOT, POINT, TITLE
- GREEN: DANCE EVENT BALL, FORMAL, HOP, RAVE
- BLUE: REPLY TO TAPBACK IPHONE MESSAGES EXCLAMATION MARKS, HEART, QUESTION MARK, THUMBS UP
- PURPLE: “LORD” BAD REVIEW, CAMERA MOVEMENT, DISHES, SATIRE
- My rating: Moderate
- My result: 1 error
Today I learned that the word TITLE means a very compact part, actually a dot, POINT or DOT as used in Connections today. And then I thought it was a misspelling – perhaps intentional – of the TITLE. This ignorance on my part cost me the guess as I thought BALL would be part of this group instead; Don’t laugh, at least it has the same shape!
This was supposedly the easiest of today’s four groups, but none of them could actually be described as such. Green – DANCE PARTY – wasn’t too bad, but FORMAL and HOP aren’t terms I’ve heard often in the UK, where I am, at least not in the last half-century – so I had to rely on my knowledge of American TV and movies.
Fortunately, the IPHONE MESSAGE TAPBACK RESPONSES feature was a bit easier for a tech journalist like me, but that won’t necessarily be the case if you’re using Android instead. Purple, as always, was just complex.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, October 24, Game #501)
- YELLOW: COMPOSITION BILL, PROGRAM, SCHEDULE, PAYMENT
- GREEN: NOW OFFERS AUDIO, COOKING, GAMES, NEWS
- BLUE: THINGS MADE FROM FOLDED PAPER AIRPLANE, CRANE, FAN, FAIRY
- PURPLE: FRENCH WORDS FAREWELL, BEAUTIFUL, BREAD, TIME
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 complex, blue is often quite complex, and purple is usually very complex.
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 undiscovered answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Gaming Site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
