Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #980) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- CALLIOPE
- SUPERIORITY
- RING MASTER
- ATLAS
- OEDIPUS
- BUZZARD
- ECHO
- ELECTRIC
- TRACK
- DIALECT
- MINORITY
- DICTIONARY
- THESAURUS
- REMINDER
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- WESTERN
NEW Connections today (game #980) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Informative volume
- GREEN: The stir of memories
- BLUE: Psychological problems
- PURPLE: Starting with analog switches
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #980) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REFERENCE BOOKS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
- BLUE: FORM OF COMPLEXES
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #980) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #980, are…
- YELLOW: REFERENCE BOOKS ATLAS, DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, THESAURUS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES ECHO, REMINDER, TRACE, VESTIGE
- BLUE: FORM OF COMPLEXES ELEKTRA, MIGHTYNESS, OEDIPUS, SUPERIORITY
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE BUZZARD, CALLIOPE, DIALECT, RINGMASTER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I’m sure there are more than the four given TYPES OF COMPLEXES among today’s tiles, and that’s where I made my mistake – including RINGMASTER instead of ELECTRA. I imagine the ringmaster complex as someone who has to take control and run every social event, much like a circus ringmaster. Could it be a thing?
Somehow I added ELECTRA and minimized my errors to just one.
I’m old enough to be familiar with many of the words that were in STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE – a list missing bells and whistles. By the way, did you know that the inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell’s suggested greeting when he answered was “hoj hoj”? Very civilized.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answer (Saturday, February 14th, Game #979)
- YELLOW: UPTICK WALK, JUMP, CLIMB, SPIKE
- GREEN: PROTUBERANCE BUMP, PUMP, BUMP, HIGH
- BLUE: TOM HANKS ROLES GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “MINT” SPIRIT, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
