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 #990) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- NAPKIN
- COOK
- BABY
- PRINCIPAL
- DEAN
- NURSE
- KEY
- MOTHER
- BASIC
- ALKALINE
- HARDNESS
- EMBRYO
- DIATRIB
- PRIMARY
- BROWN
- DECLAN
NEW Connections today (game #990) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take care
- GREEN: Starting
- BLUE: A common first name
- PURPLE: All include close groups
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 #990) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BEWARE
- GREEN: ELEMENTARY
- BLUE: JAMES’S
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH FAMILY WORDS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #990) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #990, are…
- YELLOW: BEWARE BABY, CARE, MOTHER, NURSE
- GREEN: ELEMENTARY BASIC, KEY, PRIMARY, PRINCIPAL
- BLUE: JAMES’S BROWN, COOK, DEAN, HARDEN
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH FAMILY WORDS ALKALINE, DECLAN, DIATRIBE, NAPKIN
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake came in thinking that DEAN, PRIMARY and PRINCIPAL belonged to the same leader-based group – for some reason I included DECLAN (I confused it with deacon).
The bug out of the way I managed to get CARE FOR hesitated a bit over BABY as it felt more like patronizing someone instead of caring for them, but I took the risk.
Again, I was hesitant about the four tiles for JAMESES — HARDEN, DEAN, and BROWN seemed logical, but COOK seemed too historical, and I almost pressed DECLAN because of the author called Declan James. Fortunately, I resisted the temptation.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Tuesday, February 24, Game #989)
- YELLOW: CALCIUM BASED STRUCTURES BONES, CORAL, SHELLS, TEETH
- GREEN: SYMBOLS OF SCOTLAND BAG PIPE, SCOTTIE, TARTAN, THISTLE
- BLUE: FAMOUS PLAYMAKERS CHEKHOV, COWARD, MILLER, SHAW
- PURPLE: _____ BEAM BALANCE, JIM, LASER, TRACTOR
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.
