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 #991) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SHAMROCK
- DRUM
- PUNCH LINE
- LANDMARK
- BEAUTIFUL
- WATERSHED
- GRASSHOPPER
- LANDMARK
- CHECK
- TIMING
- ATTENTION
- THE FREEDOM STUDY
- SETUP
- WASABI
- RECALL
- ROAD OF THE CROSSROADS
NEW Connections today (game #991) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The moment of truth
- GREEN: Share the same color
- BLUE: Parts of a gag
- PURPLE: Add a polite word
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 #991) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PIVOT POINT
- GREEN: GREEN THINGS
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF JOKE FORMULA
- PURPLE: “___ PLEASE”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #991) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #991, are…
- YELLOW: PIVOT POINT CROSS ROAD, LANDMARK, MILESTONE, WATERSHED
- GREEN: GREEN THINGS GRASSHOPPER, SHAMROCK, FREEDOM STUDY, WASABI
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF JOKE FORMULA CALLBACK, PUNCHLINE, SETUP, TIMING
- PURPLE: “___ PLEASE” ATTENTION, CHECK, DRUM, PET
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I was really happy when I got the GREEN THINGS group, but on second thought it was only STATUE OF LIBERTY that could have tripped me up – as she is only green due to the patina of the copper.
You may well know this, but in 1886 the statue was a shiny, reddish-brown copper color; it turned green over the following two to three decades due to natural oxidation.
Anyway, I digress – I found PIVOT POINT fairly straightforward, but when it came down to the last eight tiles I struggled to find a quartet among them and at first thought ELEMENTS OF JOKE-TELLING had something to do with giving a speech – which I suppose stand ups are (especially bad).
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, February 25, Game #990)
- 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
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.
