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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Wednesday, March 4 (Game #997).
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 #998) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SWITCH
- QUITE
- CHANGE
- BOLT
- REPLACEMENT
- SANDBOX
- UNDER
- VIG SAW
- NUT
- LAB
- WASH
- SUBMARINE
- INCUBATOR
- SWITCH
- SCREW
- TEST BED
NEW Connections today (game #998) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Workshop staples
- GREEN: Places to try things
- BLUE: Move between
- PURPLE: Go backwards on a ‘bus’?
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 #998) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HARDWARE
- GREEN: PLACES WHERE IDEAS ARE DEVELOPED
- BLUE: GO BACK AND BACK
- PURPLE: WHAT “SUB” MAY REFER TO
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #998) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #998, are…
- YELLOW: HARDWARE BOLTS, NUT, SCREW, WASHER
- GREEN: PLACES WHERE IDEAS ARE DEVELOPED INCUBATOR, LAB, SANDBOX, TEST BED
- BLUE: GO back and forth CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE
- PURPLE: WHAT “SUB” MEAN TO BELOW, HERO, REPLACEMENT, SUBMARINE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s connections started well for me and then went so smoothly that I think it was either very easy or I’m a genius. Almost certainly the former.
At first glance, there was an obvious collection of words themed around mechanical things – BOLT and NUT and SCREW and WASHER. I put them together expecting it to be something of a red herring, but no – that was all it took for yellow.
I had the same feeling about PLACES WHERE IDEAS ARE DEVELOPED AND THEN GO BACK AND BACK: It can’t be that simple, can it?
That being said, I don’t think I would ever have collected the purple group, not least because I have no idea why SUB can refer to a HERO. What am I missing there?
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Wednesday, March 4th, Game #997)
- YELLOW: PURSUIT DOG, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK
- GREEN: SPORTSMAN FAIR, HONEST, SPORTING, SQUARE
- BLUE: CLASSIC CHILDREN’S GIFTS BIKE, BOOK, TOYS, VIDEO GAMES
- PURPLE: “___ GIRL” TITLES GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORKS
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.
