Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need some tips.
What should you do after you finish? Of course, play more word games. I also have daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers, and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need assist with those.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about tonight’s NYT Connections show, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answer.
NYT Connections Today (Game #468) – Today’s Words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TRUE
- MEDIOCRE
- IMPRESSIVE
- EXCLUSIVE
- PRETTY
- RARE
- TERRIBLE
- MYSTIC
- WAY
- WELL DONE
- BLOODY
- LIMITED
- ORACLE
- PROPS
- COLLECTIBLE
- MENTAL
NYT Connections Today (Game #468) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Future observer
- Green: The reason we want something
- Blue: Perfect!
- Purple: Very
Need more tips?
Now we’re definitely getting into spoiler territory, but read on if you want to find out the four thematic answers to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #468) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers to today’s NYT Connections questions?
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT
- GREEN: SPECIAL EDITION ADJECTIVES
- BLUE: “GREAT JOB!”
- PURPLE: VERY
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Match #468) – Answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #468, are…
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM, MYSTIC, ORACLE, PSYCHIC
- GREEN: SPECIAL EDITION ADJECTIVES COLLECTIBLE, EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED, RARE
- BLUE: “GREAT JOB!” IMPRESSIVE, NICE, PROPS, WELL DONE
- PURPLE: VERY SCARY, BLOODY, REAL, WAY
- My rating: Easy
- My result: 1 error
This was a surprisingly effortless Connections puzzle, even by recent examples, although I still managed to make one mistake. It was a stupid mistake; I’m sure the NYT deliberately misled me, and I fell right into the trap. I’m talking about BLOODY, RARE, WELL DONE, and MEDIUM, of course – which could mean “Ways to cook a steak.” But no, all four words actually belonged to alternate groups.
This quickly became clear when I looked again and realized that MEDIUM, Mystic, ORACLE, and PSYCHIC were words for CLAIRVOYANT (yellow), and COLLECTIBLE, EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED, RARE made up the green group for SPECIAL EDITION ADJECTIVES.
There were blue and purple, but this time neither were too complicated. No “empty something,” no clever cryptic connections—just a few groups, both of which were pretty obvious.
How did you do today? Email me and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, September 20, Game #467)
- YELLOW: ASSUME IMAGINE, SUSPECT, THINK
- GREEN: SOMEONE CHARACTER, PERSON, SIDE, PERSON
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”, FAMILIAR BOBA, CHEWING, EMPEROR, SOLO
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “KITTY” CAT, ANGLE, HAWK, TRASH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It requires you to find groups of four items that have something in common, with each group having a different level of difficulty: green is effortless, yellow is a little harder, blue is often quite demanding, and purple is usually very demanding.
The positive is that you technically don’t have to solve the last one, since you’ll be able to answer it by elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to surprise you with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can hide answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Games Page on your desktop computer or mobile device.
