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 #970) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BRUCE
- AMERICAN
- FLAG
- BUMP
- SPIKE
- JEANS
- SCUMP
- BALD EAGLE
- RAM
- BASEBALL
- ANG
- OCEAN
- APPLE TEAR
- CHRISTOPHER
- LAPIS LAZULI
- MAYBE
- SKY
NEW Connections today (game #970) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All-American icons
- GREEN: Bang in
- BLUE: Grouped by a color
- PURPLE: Stars with the same last name
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 #970) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE UNITED STATES
- GREEN: COLD WITH
- BLUE: BLUE THINGS
- PURPLE: LEARN FROM HOLLYWOOD
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #970) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #970, are…
- YELLOW: CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE TEAR, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL
- GREEN: COLD WITH BUMP, ROOM, BREAK, RAM
- BLUE: BLUE THINGS JEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, CLOUD
- PURPLE: LEARN FROM HOLLYWOOD ANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
This game had several tricky elements – having to take a wild gamble with LAPIS LAZULI was one of them for me, but maybe you already knew it’s an ancient deep blue metamorphic rock.
I also had trouble with the green group COLLIDE WITH, as I originally thought the connection was about rejection, so I linked BUMP, KNOCK, BUTT and SPIKE. Luckily it was close enough to get it right on the second try.
With eight tiles left, US CULTURAL SYMBOLS stood out, but now that I know the answer, I’m annoyed that I missed LEES OF HOLLYWOOD – the easiest purple group all week.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Wednesday, February 4th, Game #969)
- YELLOW: CONDITION CONFLICT, DISCORD, FRICTION, RIVALRY
- GREEN: GAME OF CHANCE BINGO, CRAPS, LOTTERY, WAR
- BLUE: MORE OR LESS, ALL ABOUT, ABOUT, LIKE, ROUND
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NBA TEAMS BULLSEYE, HEATED, MAGIC, NETSCAPE
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 little more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you play 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.
